{"id":5558,"date":"2011-10-20T04:51:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T12:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=5558"},"modified":"2011-10-20T06:25:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T14:25:46","slug":"is-god%e2%80%99s-will-my-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=5558","title":{"rendered":"Is God\u2019s Will My Will?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the will of God, your sanctification . . . \u20141 Thessalonians 4:3<\/div>\n
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Sanctification is not a question of whether God is willing to sanctify me\u2014 is it\u00a0my<\/em> will? Am I willing to let God do in me everything that has been made possible through the atonement of the Cross of Christ? Am I willing to let Jesus become sanctification to me, and to let His life be exhibited in my human flesh? (see\u00a01 Corinthians 1:30<\/a>). Beware of saying, \u201cOh, I am longing to be sanctified.\u201d \"\"<\/a>No, you are not. Recognize your need, but stop longing and make it a matter of action. Receive Jesus Christ to become sanctification for you by absolute, unquestioning faith, and the great miracle of the atonement of Jesus will become real in you.<\/p>\n

All that Jesus made possible becomes mine through the free and loving gift of God on the basis of what Christ accomplished on the cross. And my attitude as a saved and sanctified soul is that of profound, humble holiness (there is no such thing as proud holiness).<\/p>\n

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It is a holiness based on agonizing repentance, a sense of inexpressible shame and degradation, and also on the amazing realization that the love of God demonstrated itself to me while I cared nothing about Him (see\u00a0Romans 5:8<\/a>).He completed everything for my salvation and sanctification. No wonder Paul said that nothing \u201cshall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord\u201d (Romans 8:39<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sanctification makes me one with Jesus Christ, and in Him one with God, and it is accomplished only through the magnificent atonement of Christ. \"\"<\/a>Never confuse the effect with the cause. The effect in me is obedience, service, and prayer, and is the outcome of inexpressible thanks and adoration for the miraculous sanctification that has been brought about in me because of the atonement through the Cross of Christ.<\/p>\n

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October 20, 2011<\/p>\n

Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n

Lord, thank you for reminding me that You do not see me as I was, or am, You see Jesus in me. Even though I cannot \u201csee\u201d the change, I only see my errors, mistakes and missteps, You still see Jesus. Thank You for Jesus and His life in me.<\/p>\n

And God says\u2026\u201dYour growth is not made up by the changes or growth in you. You are not really becoming a better person. It is simply that more of Jesus is showing through. Your sanctification is not about making you better; it is about Jesus living through you. As more and more of Jesus shines through you, less and less of you is visible. The kingdom of God, that is Jesus, is within you. Let Him shine through \u2026\u2026..be sanctified.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the will of God, your sanctification . . . \u20141 Thessalonians 4:3 Sanctification is not a question of whether God is willing to sanctify me\u2014 is it\u00a0my will? Am I willing to let God do in me everything that has been made possible through the atonement of the Cross of Christ? Am I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5558"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5558"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5575,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5558\/revisions\/5575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}