“But now, as God’s loving servants, you live in joyous freedom from the power of sin. So consider the benefits you now enjoy—you are brought deeper into the experience of true holiness that ends with eternal life!” (Romans 6:22 TPT)
We have been emancipated from our bondage to worldliness. We no longer have to live that way--with a slave mentality--as if we have no power over sin. We are no longer beholden to our carnal nature. There is no need to be sharecroppers for evil--raising crops of depravity and exploitation. We can move out of the plantation and into the realm of holiness.
Sin separates us from God.
Holiness sets us apart for God.
How can we experience holiness in a deeper way? We detach ourselves from the old lifestyle--filled with materialism, ambitions, distractions, addictions, hedonism, prejudices, and priorities that divert us from God. Instead, we acknowledge that our life is now set apart for God’s purposes. The transition is difficult to manage on our own. Thus, we ask for God’s help. We take baby steps--tentative, incremental, wobbly, awkward movements. In dependency and trust, we place our hand in His hand and follow in His footsteps. We turn away from the temporal and focus on the eternal. We grow deeper in faith, understanding, purity, and holiness.
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