1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
And may the same God of peace make you all entirely holy,
and may your entire spirit and soul and body be kept blameless in the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ. The faithful one
who calls you – He will also do this.
Thoughts for Today
First Thought:
Paul desires that the Thessalonians be made holy. Paul wants them to be separate from the
world. But notice to whom Paul gives the
credit. God makes us holy. God empowers us to be separate. We don’t have what it takes within us. But God does.
God makes us entirely holy.
How are you holy in life?
How does this separate you from the world?
Second Thought:
I often think about why it is that I
still sin. After all, I believe in a
powerful God. I believe in a God who can
do anything. I believe in a God who will
bring us into eternal life where sin will exist no more. So why do I still sin? I sin because I will be blameless in the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am
not currently blameless. But I will be
blameless. I will be remade
blameless. But that means that I am not
now blameless. I still have free
will. My flesh is still at war with
God. I long for the day when I will be made
blameless.
What do you think it will be like to be
made blameless? Why do you think God
allows us to have free will even now?
Third Thought:
The last point that Paul makes in this
chapter is a little easy to miss. The
God who calls us is able to accomplish what He desires. This is easy to miss because I think that we
take it for granted. How often do we
take God’s omnipotence for granted? Yet
God is capable of accomplishing His desire.
Why would He call us if He cannot accomplish His will? Of course He can accomplish His will. The faithful one who calls us doesn’t call us
into something that may happen. He calls
us into something that absolutely will happen.
Into what has God called you? Do you believe God can do it?
Passage for Tomorrow: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
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