"It is God’s will that you should be sanctified;"
1 THESSALONIANS 4:3
Losing your life means giving everything - jobs, people, money, stuff - whatever it is - it must be forsaken. The Only thing necessary to follow Jesus is Jesus. In this losing of your life - The Lord will see your faith and place his spirit strongly inside you. Thus making you one with the Lord - son of man in the spirit.
No works or words allow for a substitute - only the life action of being stripped to walk with Jesus.
To sanctify is to make Holy and set apart. This is specifically what God is asking of you to do for him. To be one with Jesus - we must also be sanctified in death of our life here on earth. The death I refer to is the choice to die to your old life and accept the new way in Christ Jesus. The process of sanctification will strip you completely in such a way that you will have nothing left except for Jesus. Jesus declares, "If any man come to me and hate not...his own life, he cannot be my disciple." This is being sanctified.
The purpose of being sanctified is so that the complete and fullness of the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ will be lived in you. He is Holy - therefore you must be Holy to be his dwelling place. You are the church - God is the power in heaven - The Holy Spirit gives you direct speaking access to Christ. This is the truth of The Holy Spirit. The father is the son through the Holy Spirit.
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