SCRIPTURE: 1Thessalonians (NIV) 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
OBSERVATION: Verse 24: what a statement! It is a statement of God’s character and His willingness to carry through.
As to God’s character, I see basically two major sides. There is Love and Holiness. These two are quite different yet mix together into Goodness. If either were missing, we would not think of God as “Good.” At times these seem to oppose each other but are completely reconciled in the cross. For it is there the righteous demands of our Holy God are paid in Love by none other than Himself!
Faithfulness is an expression of Holiness. Out of holiness comes justice, righteousness, purity, faithfulness, etc. God is Holy. God is Faithful!
God is faithful to act according to His character. When Paul writes, “He will do it,” he is referring to the prayer of blessing in the previous verse. God will bless them by sanctifying them through and through. God will keep them blameless!
APPLICATION: For those desiring to be holy and pure, what a special blessing to know that God is more desiring of this than we are and that He is working to keep us that way! Of course we want to live holy, but on our own, we will not find much success. It is only as we rely on Him and live in an abiding relationship with Him that we have any hope of succeeding.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, it is such a joy and privilege to know you through your Son Jesus and through the presence of your Holy Spirit that came to live in us when we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We are blest. Amen
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