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And you're receiving this message because you

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opted in to be encouraged. I'm thinking today

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of 1 Thessalonians 5, 23. It says, Now may the

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God of peace himself sanctify you entirely. That

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is to say, to set you apart as holy. That's what

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sanctify means. And may he sanctify you entirely.

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And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved

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complete without blame at the coming of our Lord

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Jesus Christ. This is Paul writing in the book

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of... 1 Thessalonians 5, verse 23. The truth

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is that when you got saved, God made you holy.

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He wants to cleanse us and restructure us by

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making us born again and then progressively throughout

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our life to make us more and more holy, more

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and more like Jesus, more and more like God,

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more and more his people. As we get closer, the

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hope is that people will have their whole selves

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made holy and that we'll make it in. We make

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it in not by our goodness or our greatness, but

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by Jesus' holiness and his righteousness and

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his imputed righteousness. That means that his

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righteousness put on us. When Jesus comes, it's

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finished, and the process must be complete by

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then. So that's day in, day out, repenting, turning

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to God, loving the Lord for who he is, and being

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willing to follow his ways the best we know how.

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And he'll keep making us a little better, a little

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more able to understand, a little more... knowing

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of when we need to repent and turn to him again.

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And we're so grateful that this is the God of

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heaven making us over into the image of one who

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will live for eternity with him. Be encouraged

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today. Whatever mistakes you've made, God is

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still working in you. He can use you. Repent,

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turn to him, and let him take care of the next

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thing that's upcoming.