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jealousy and strife and fornication in their midst. They
were arrogant and refused
to~
acknowledge their sins
just as many today who falsely claim to be sanctified are
spiritually lroud and arrogant! Paul
round
it necessary
t o have the ndividual involved
.in
f'orn1ca t 1on removed,
from their
~dst
(I Cor. 5).
Those people certainly had the nature of sin.
Their
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Adamic nature" certainly was not removed. And
certainly the unbelieving mates -- who were also sanctif'ied
-- were set apart for the high calling of becoming members
of the God family. It was after they were sanctified -–
and after Paul's stern rebuke
tha t
the Corinthians began
to overcome sin.
God sanctifies ua , or sets us apart today for
His holy
use
when He cal l a ua into
His
Church. We then
begin to ,develop
sp~ritually.
So that we continue to
develop, God separates us - - or sanctifies us -- from the
sinful customs of the world .
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Come out f'rom among them
and be ye
separate~"
But that does not mean we suddenly
become perfect! Not at all. If, after we have been
sanctified, we continue to overcome the pull of sin in
our
human nature and continue fai t hfully to the end of life,
God will grant
us
eternal l ife in a world free from sin.
Not until the resurr ection -- when we are born again as
ap~rit
Sans of God --will we be absolutely sinless.
No wonder Paul wrote: "For
I
la'low that in me
(that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to
will is present with
me;
bu t how to perform that which
is good
I
find not. For t he good that
I
would
I
do not:,
but the evil which I would not, that
I
do [Yet Paul was
sanctified or set apart for
a
very high callingl . . • .
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wretched man that
I
am! who shall deliver me
~rom
the
body of this death?
I
t hank God
~hat
I
will be delivered]
through Jesus Christ our Lor d ...
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(Rom.
7:18,19,24,25).
That deliverance Paul will receive when Christ returns at
the time of the
resurrection~
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