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Devotional - 22nd Oct 2020

 'And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you' (Leviticus 20:8).

Each one of us has as this awesome opportunity to accept the plan of salvation, given freely to us by God to deal with the sin problem. Sin distorted the family of God and He wants to restore us to this family;  so the plan of redemption was established in heaven to address this problem. We are all given a freewill to choose to accept God and His plans for us, as He will not force any one to be obedient to Him. However, we must realised that there will be consequences to pay if we are not obedient to God. We must also accept Jesus Christ as our Lord, our Saviour and Redeemer by faith in order to be saved. We should be desirous of turning our hearts to God and away from sin and evil surmising. We ought to keep God's law and statutes and do them. This must not be a ritual for us, but be seen as a lifestyle. We must see it as important for our daily sustenance, and  essential in our ongoing walk with the Lord, who is the One who sanctifies us. God gives us His laws and statutes, not only to be hearers but doers of it.  In sanctifying us, we become holy and pure; in ourselves we cannot be holy and pure, but Christ in us does the purifying and sanctifying work in us to lift us up to God. That's why He can say with all confidence, "I am the Lord which sanctify you." God is the one working in our lives at all times, through the aid of the Holy Spirit for our sanctification. He is working to draw us closer to him, and conforms us into the image of Christ. Even when we are struggling with sin, God is near to help us. But we must be willing to turn everything over to him. He will purify and sanctify us. His aim is to work with us for the greater good of restoration to the family of God for eternity. Let us  thank God for the  sanctifying work He is doing in us, so we can be more and more like Christ. Let us be more of Christ today than we were yesterday.

Have a wonderful day 🌹🌹

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