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lunes, 11 de diciembre de 2017

It is God's will that you should be sanctified, 1 Thessalonians 4:3

The first letter to the thessalonians is a book of the new testament wrote by the apostle Paul. The epistle begins with an invocation to the Holy Spirit and with a thanksgiving. To continue then with an exhortation to holiness and finishing the letter with a mention to the second coming of Jesus Christ.
The apostle emphasizes the expression: "It is God's will that you should be sanctified, 1 Thessalonians 4:3"
The apostle adds: "God has not called us to impurity, but in holiness, 1 Thessalonians 4:7" In this context the concept of holiness is the opposite to impurity and being the impurity a work of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21), the holiness could be understood as a fruit of the spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).
The apostle in this letter also refers the sanctity as a belonging to the divine, to the spiritual gift of fear of the lord or serenity, this gift is known as constancy, firmness, devotion, ecuanimity, stability. when he affirms: "in order to please God, 1 Thessalonians 4:1".