Set Apart

 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Hebrews And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. – Hebrews 10.10-14

 

There are a lot of really special aspects of salvation. We are redeemed and justified and declared right and regenerated and receive remission of sin at the cross.

 

I like this word as well – we are sanctified. It’s a word that is often misunderstood or misused or misapplied.

 

It’s a simple word. It just means to be set apart.  It means that we are separated from the ways of the world and we are separated to God Himself. We see first set apart at salvation. When we die we will be totally set apart. In the meantime we ought to be living in such a way that we separate from the world daily and we draw ourselves closer to Him.

 

But for now, back to the start, let’s look at the ‘once for all’ aspect of sanctification. This is what Jesus did when He saved us. At one instant He changed everything. We were bound to the world with no hope of reaching God. In an instant We had full access to God and our ties to the world were cut.

 

That’s a done deal, once and for all.  It can never be reversed or cancelled out.Set Apart