Are You Being Set Apart? Being Set Apart
As believers, the process of our being set apart by God from the world - or sanctification - begins with God's call to us in Christ. It is put in motion when we respond by faith and give our lives to Him. And it continues with God's work of molding us to be more like the person of Jesus Christ. We must dedicate ourselves to Him and cooperate by obeying His commands, but the sanctifying belongs to Him. As believers, we can also be confident that this process of sanctification will be completed - as the apostle Paul wrote, "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:6).
The Process Of Being Set Apart
Simon Peter addresses the process of this sanctification - or of being set apart - in 2 Peter 1:5-9. In this letter Peter states the following:
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For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, selfcontrol; and to selfcontrol, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
6:15:36 AM 
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