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Apart from Me you can do nothing.
\n\u2013John 15:5<\/p><\/blockquote>\nSanctification is the process by which you and I are conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. That is God\u2019s plan for every believer. Now, here is the $64,000 question: Is sanctification God\u2019s responsibility, or is it my responsibility?<\/p>\n
There are some people who have what I call the \u201clet go and let God\u201d view of sanctification. They say, \u201cYou cannot live as a Christian through human effort. So quit struggling\u2013just let go and let God. Let the Holy Spirit flow through you, and you can become like Christ.\u201d They will quote verses like Galatians 3:3: \u201cAre you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?\u201d In other words, they say, if it was the Holy Spirit who saved you, why are you depending on human effort to make you more like Christ?<\/p>\n
But that belief is wrong on two counts. First of all, the \u201clet go and let God\u201d approach denies the reality of our sin nature. Yes, if you are a Christian, you have the power of the Holy Spirit inside you. But you also have that old nature that is opposed to the things of God. Remember, in Galatians 5:17, Paul said there is a civil war going on in the life of every believer between your old nature and your new nature. To say living the Christian life requires no effort is a prescription for spiritual disaster. Second, the \u201clet go and let God\u201d view of the Christian life defers responsibility to God that He has given to us. In Galatians 5:16, Paul said, \u201cWalk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.\u201d And in Colossians 3:8, he wrote, \u201cYou also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.\u201d Those are commands: You are the one who is to lay aside anger, wrath, and malice. You are the one who is to walk by the Spirit. In other words, quit telling God to do those things for you\u2013they are your responsibility.<\/p>\n
So then who is responsible for sanctification? Sanctification is God\u2019s power through the Holy Spirit igniting the intentional choice we make when our heart’s and mind’s desire seeks to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all of our thoughts, words, and actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apart from Me you can do nothing. \u2013John 15:5 Sanctification is the process by which you and I are conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. That is God\u2019s plan for every believer. Now, here is the $64,000 question: Is sanctification God\u2019s responsibility, or is it my responsibility? There are some people who have … Continue reading “From Dr. Jeffress Devotional”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168848"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168852,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168848\/revisions\/168852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}