"Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, for it is written, “Be holy because I [am] holy.” (1 Peter 1: 14-16).
"Become a saint, and do so quickly," a quote attributed to St John Paul the Great. If God your Creator thinks you can be a Saint, why not!
Consider these two truths:
#1 "All things are possible for God." (Luke 1: 37; Matthew 19: 26).
#2 "Is anything too marvelous for the Lord to do?" (Genesis 18: 14). For you?
Why then could I ever imagine that it is impossible for God to make me a Saint? Clearly this is His expressed will. But how much do I desire it?
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him." (Ephesians 1: 3 - 4)
May God so confirm our hearts in holiness that we may be blameless in the sight of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus Christ comes with all his saints. (Cf 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13).
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