In Jesus’s prayer for His followers, He asks the Father that they would be sanctified – set apart for God. Sanctification is allowing God’s Spirit to change us in character to be more like Christ. Every day it’s a challenge to grow to be like Christ. Paul tells the church in Thessalonica that it is God’s will that we be sanctified. Sanctification is a command, not a recommendation. We work in cooperation with the Holy Spirit yielding our will so that He can work to conform us into the image of Christ in character, attitude and thought.
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