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We’re living in the last of the last days. Jesus is coming soon, and the greatest spiritual outpouring in all of history is going to take place before His arrival. More signs, wonders and miracles are going to be manifested in our day than ever before, and we’re going to have the opportunity to help bring into the kingdom of God the greatest harvest of souls that’s ever been reaped in one generation. Already, it’s beginning to happen all around us. As anyone who’s been paying attention can tell you, the last days’ move of God is on! For it to come to its fullness, though, something more must happen. The Church as a whole, and each one of us, as individual believers, must come up to a higher level of holiness. For God’s glory to flow through us to the max, we must cleanse our lives of anything that’s contrary to His will, get our flesh under control, and go all out for God. We must drop everything that pulls us away from Him so that we’re living like 2 Timothy 2:21 commands: As “an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work” ("New International Version"-84). God isn’t going to bring His work to a climax in this age through half-baked believers who have one foot in the world and one foot in His kingdom. He’s going to put on the front lines of His grand finale, Christians who are running their spiritual races full out. He’s going to pour out His power through a Church that’s rejected worldliness and sin and given itself 100%—spirit, soul and body—to Him. That’s the kind of Church Jesus intends for us to be in these last days. It’s what He had in mind when He gave His life for us. According to Ephesians 5:25-27: “Christ...loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Those verses don’t say Jesus gave Himself for the Church so that we could live pretty much like the rest of the world and then go to heaven when we die. They don’t say He gave us His Word so that we could be just old sinners saved by grace. No, they say that Jesus gave Himself for us so that He can present us to Himself, a Church that is glorious, holy and without blemish. “Well,” someone might say, “that holiness business sounds like bondage to me. It sounds like legalism, and I’m into grace.” I’m into grace too! I love everything about it. I love that grace causes God’s unmerited favor to manifest in my life. I love that it’s by grace we’re saved through faith and not by our own works. I love that by God’s grace, all His promises and BLESSINGS are mine in Christ Jesus. * * * * article continues on p. 28 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Points to Get You There: 1) When you cleanse your life of everything that’s contrary to God’s will, His glory can flow through you. 2 Tim. 2:21 2) God empowers you to reject ungodliness and live in holiness by His grace. Titus 2:11-12 3) The Holy Spirit will lead you to put to death your fleshly tendencies to sin. Rom. 8:13 4) You weren’t born again to live like people in the world, you were created by God to live in holiness. 2 Cor. 6:17 5) Laying aside worldly weights and sin enables you to run your spiritual race to win. 1 Cor. 9:24 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BVOV : 27