Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
God has prepared us and is preparing us to be “ready for every good work” He has for us. We have to realize that even though this world is full of beauty, interests and intrigue, we have been called to something far greater than what we see each day. God has created us to be “vessels of gold and sliver.” God has made us to be for “honorable use.” We are “set apart as holy.” Notice what Paul told the church in Thessalonica:
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; ... For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.
God has already “sanctified” us; while at the same time He is constantly “sanctifying” us. We have the reality of being “sanctified” and the every day experience of being “sanctified.” We we read about is that God is able to distinguish those who are really holy from those who simply say they are holy. There were some in the church who claimed to be one thing and were quit the other. God knows those who are His and which vessels are which. We are to yield in faith as God continues to perfect in practical form what He has already perfected in positional form. We are to be holy!
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