‘We Should Not Be Lazy People.’
a) Proverbs 19:24; 26:15. Lazy people do not even feed themselves properly.
b) Proverbs 6:6. Lazy people need to watch ants and learn from them.
c) Proverbs 6:9; 26:14. Lazy people frequently oversleep.
d) Proverbs 10:26. Lazy people are a pin to their employer.
e) Proverbs 13:4; 20:4. Lazy people want much but get little.
f) Proverbs 15:19. Lazy people have trouble all through their lives.
g) Proverbs 21:25. The desires of lazy people will be their ruin, for their hands refuse to work.
h) Proverbs 22:13; 26:13. The lazy person is full of excuses for their laziness.
i) Proverbs 26:16. Lazy people deceive themselves.
(This QT reminds me that I Should Not Be A Lazy Person)
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‘Sanctify Them.’
This is a part of the Prayer of Jesus Christ for His Disciples in John 17. In Old Testament Hebrew the word QADASH means:- sanctify; hallow; dedicate; holy; prepare; consecrate; appointed and purified. HAGIAZO is the word in the New Testament, it means:- sanctify; hallow; be holy. So this Prayer of Jesus Christ has great meaning for His modern day Disciples.
a) John 17:17; Ephesians 5:26. We are Sanctified by the Truth of God’s Word.
b) 1 Thessalonians 5:23. We are Sanctified by God the Father.
c) Hebrews 13:12; 1 Corinthians 1:30. We are Sanctified by the Blood of Jesus.
d) 1 Peter 3:15. We are to Sanctify the Lord God in our hearts.
e) 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2. We are Sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
f) 1 Thessalonians 4:3. Our Sanctification is the Will of God.
(Through this Second one I have deep comfort and assurance from this Prayer of Jesus Christ: Sanctify Them)
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Chris.
God is the One Who does the major work of Sanctification in us. In our own effort we are to sanctify (or set apart the Lord) in our hearts, that is all. The rest of the work of Sanctification is what the Lord does for us. There is absolutely no room for self righteousness or self holiness in God’s Kingdom.
