Kept By God
1 Thessalonians. 5:23,24 Amplified Bible
The God of peace—wholeness—sanctifies, separates us from profane things (sin, sickness, fear, lack, discouragement, hopelessness, etc.) and makes us pure, healthy and wholly consecrated to Him. He preserves our spirit, soul and body sound (healthy and strong) and complete (filled up with no part lacking) so that it is found blameless, without fault, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful (worthy to be believed, steadfast to one’s word or promises) is He Who is calling you to Himself and utterly trustworthy, and He will also fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you.(Emphasis added by author)
The Holy Spirit is our keeper. Jude 24 tells us in the Amplified Bible that He is able to keep us without stumbling, slipping or falling and to present us unblemished, blameless and faultless before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation with unspeakable, ecstatic delight.
Ponder these two verses today. God is separating us from things that are contrary to Him and His will for our lives, into what is in line with His will for our lives. There’s a separation between us and profane things. We are not only separated from, but separated to—separated to Him, His love, His glory, His peace, His joy, all that He is. What a good separation!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at these words (Strong’s Concordance): preserved (to guard from loss or injury by keeping the eye upon, to keep from destruction or decay; defend from evil; protect; save; keep intact, which means untouched by anything that harms or defiles, left complete and entire); sanctify (to withdraw from fellowship with the world by first gaining fellowship with God); peace (prosperity, one, rest, quietness, deliverance and freedom from all the distresses experienced as a result of sin).
We are separated and made pure by the Word, which God Himself is speaking. The Holy Spirit takes the Word and breathes the breath of life into it and it becomes life to us. The Word is life, health, healing, medicine to all our flesh (Prov. 4:22).
John 15:3
We are clean (pure) through the Word.
Eph. 5:26b
…we are cleansed (purified) with the washing of water by, with the Word.
The God of peace—wholeness—sanctifies, separates us from profane things (sin, sickness, fear, lack, discouragement, hopelessness, etc.) and makes us pure, healthy and wholly consecrated to Him. He preserves our spirit, soul and body sound (healthy and strong) and complete (filled up with no part lacking) so that it is found blameless, without fault, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful (worthy to be believed, steadfast to one’s word or promises) is He Who is calling you to Himself and utterly trustworthy, and He will also fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you.(Emphasis added by author)
The Holy Spirit is our keeper. Jude 24 tells us in the Amplified Bible that He is able to keep us without stumbling, slipping or falling and to present us unblemished, blameless and faultless before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation with unspeakable, ecstatic delight.
Ponder these two verses today. God is separating us from things that are contrary to Him and His will for our lives, into what is in line with His will for our lives. There’s a separation between us and profane things. We are not only separated from, but separated to—separated to Him, His love, His glory, His peace, His joy, all that He is. What a good separation!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at these words (Strong’s Concordance): preserved (to guard from loss or injury by keeping the eye upon, to keep from destruction or decay; defend from evil; protect; save; keep intact, which means untouched by anything that harms or defiles, left complete and entire); sanctify (to withdraw from fellowship with the world by first gaining fellowship with God); peace (prosperity, one, rest, quietness, deliverance and freedom from all the distresses experienced as a result of sin).
We are separated and made pure by the Word, which God Himself is speaking. The Holy Spirit takes the Word and breathes the breath of life into it and it becomes life to us. The Word is life, health, healing, medicine to all our flesh (Prov. 4:22).
John 15:3
We are clean (pure) through the Word.
Eph. 5:26b
…we are cleansed (purified) with the washing of water by, with the Word.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 10:43 AM
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