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Friday, July 4
1 Corinthians 6:1-11

WASHED, SANCTIFIED, AND JUSTIFIED
...But you were washed… sanctified…justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.  1 Corinthians 6:1-11, KJV

Paul rebuked the Corinthian believers because of some sinful acts that were prevalent among them. He criticised them of taking fellow believers to law court and advocated that believers should rather endure being cheated and wronged (vs. 1, 5, 7).

Paul considered lawsuits against fellow believers a reproach because   unbelievers are the ones that would preside over these lawsuits in the court. He then reminded the church about their exalted positions and the acts of God upon them.

As believers, we enjoy certain privileges that qualify and give us right standing before God. We are to put off all filthiness of the spirit and flesh because God has washed and sanctified us. The church is a separated community called out of the world and united with God.

Our justification therefore implies that Jesus Christ has blotted out our sins and the Spirit of God is witnessing the same to our conscience. We should live in the consciousness that these acts of God are intended to qualify us for the Kingdom promised by Christ.

Are you aware of these actions? If yes, pattern your life in line with the Word of God. As long as we remain in the flesh, the rule of sin will remain a challenge but the grace of God is sufficient for us.

• Birthday Blessing: "on Mount Zion will be deliverance…"    – Obadiah 17.

Read Bible Through Passage: 2 Chronicles 24, 25; Acts 8:1-25

As the heart is more washed, we grow more aware of its remaining defilement; just as we are more displeased with a single spot on a new coat than with a hundred stains on an old one. – John Barridge