This is Church, pt. 4 - Watch Your Step

When we became Christians, we moved from the desire to please ourselves to the desire to please others and God. In 1 Thessalonians 4, we learn that perfection is not given at conversion and, in fact, cannot be attained this side of heaven. We are being sanctified (being made holy) day by day. The Christian’s walk is about sinning less, doing good more and becoming more like Jesus daily.

• Sanctification is the process by which an entity is brought into relationship with or attains that which is holy.
• Holiness is the state of being in which you find yourself separated from sin.
• The Christian experiences sin just like everyone else but we have a loving obligation to our God, which requires us not to act on it like everyone else.
• Unmeasured passion has no place in the Christian walk.
• Our words, actions, decisions, and thought processes must all be bridled by our desire to ensure that what we say, do, and think is pleasing to God.