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Holy, Becoming
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Ephesians 1:4  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) We have been invited to be holy—to be holy as God is holy—to be without blame before Him in love. John W. Ritenbaugh Unity (Part 6): Ephesians 4 (C)

Ephesians 1:4  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) God says that we have been called to be holy and without blame before Him. One could also say we have been called to be sanctified. Becoming holy is sanctification. Sanctification is just a fancy term that means "becoming holy," which is growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. It implies overcoming. We might avoid a word like "sanctification" because it is not part of our normal vocabulary, but all it means is "to become holy." Paul says in Hebrews 12:14 that "without [holiness] no one will see the Lord." This is serious stuff! We have been invited—called—to become holy. John W. Ritenbaugh Unity (Part 6): Ephesians 4 (C)

Ephesians 2:19  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) He is gathering everybody into the household of God, and we are forerunners in the process He is working out. One of the major keys to the unity God is creating is understanding that it is through Christ that we are reconciled to God. Much of the responsibility for maintaining that reconciliation with God has fallen upon us. Christ is still involved, because He is our High Priest. He is working with us to maintain the reconciliation that He made, so that our contact with God is not broken through disobedience. Thus, each person contributes in the maintenance of this reconciliation by working on himself to become holy—by living a life worthy of God's calling. John W. Ritenbaugh Unity (Part 6): Ephesians 4 (C)

 

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