MacDonald on Heb 12:14
What this verse means is that there must be practical holiness as a proof of the new life within. If a person is not growing more holy, he is not saved. When the Holy Spirit indwells a person, He manifest His presence by a separated life. It is a matter of cause and effect; if Christ has been received, the rivers of living water will flow.

Words aren’t enough.

Guest Blogger: A Repentant Heart

Blog: 11/6/20

Mt 6:8b
...for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

How Sanctification Works
God doesn’t just give us what we need automatically; rather, He asks us to journey through the process of figuring it out for ourselves. In doing so, we arrive at our own convictions, put away our fleshly tendency to reject His thoughts/ways, and are sanctified.

Jn 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Jn 15:8
By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

How Sanctification Works
God doesn’t just give us what we need automatically; rather, He asks us to journey through the process of figuring it out for ourselves. In doing so, we arrive at our own convictions, put away our fleshly tendency to reject His thoughts/ways, and are sanctified.

Jn 15:7-8
If [<-- the operative word] you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

Fruit