Ka sehlabelo sa Jesu Kreste le mali a Hae le ka tumelo le tsoalo e ncha ho Kreste, o hlatswitswe dibeng tsohle tsa hao le makgopong a hao, mme o halaleditswe, o lokile, mme o boelane le Modimo. You have not been cleansed and made holy and righteous by your own works and by obeying all kinds of laws and regulations, but you have been cleansed and made holy and righteous by faith in Jesus Christ and His perfect work of redemption. When you have become a new creation and have been made holy and righteous, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Mokhoa oa khalaletso ke ofe? What does the Bible say about sanctification?
Mokhoa oa khalaletso ke ofe?
Le uena, bao ka nako e ’ngoe ba neng ba ikarotse, ’me e le lira likelellong tsa lōna ka mesebetsi e khopo, yet now hath He reconciled In the body of His flesh through death, ho le hlahisa le halalela, le hloka sekodi, le sa nyatsehe mahlong a Hae: Ekare ha le tiisetsa tumelong, le theilwe, le tiile, mme le se ke la suthiswa hole le tshepo ya Evangeli, tseo le di utlwileng, e leng yona e boletsweng dibopuwa tsohle tse tlasa lehodimo; eo nna Paulosi ke entsweng mosebeletsi wa yona (Bakolose 1:21-23)
Ka ho tsoaloa bocha ho Kreste, o fetohile mora wa Modimo (e motona le e motshehadi). You have been set apart from the world and belong to God.
After your repentance and regeneration in Christ, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Because although you have become a son of God in the spiritual realm and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, most likely you shall not immediately walk as a son of God on earth, Joalo ka Jesu. This is mainly because the flesh is in the way.
Nama, including the carnal mind, still thinks and acts like the world and considers the wisdom and knowledge of the world and all the tangible things in the natural realm as the truth.
As long as the carnal mind doesn’t change, a person shall remain carnal (moya) and sense-ruled and shall walk after the flesh.
Ka hona, the first step in the process of sanctification is to nchafatsa kelello ea hao Ka mantsoe a Molimo, which are the truth and have created all the visible things around you, ho kenyeletsa le uena.
The renewing of your mind
Mme le se ke la ipapisa le lefatshe lena: empa le fetohe ka ntjhafatso ya kelello ya lona, le tle le lemohe se molemo, le ho amoheleha, le phethahetseng, thato ya Modimo (Baroma 12:2)
Hobane lentsoe la Molimo le phela, le matla, mme e bohale ho feta sabole efe kapa efe e leoditsweng ka nqa tse pedi, ho phunya le ho isa ho arola moea le moea, le ya manonyeletso le moko, mme le lemoha menahano le mehopolo ya pelo. Hape ha ho sebopuwa se sa bonahaleng mahlong a hae: empa tsohle di hlobotse, di tutubolohile mahlong a eo re nang le taba le yena (Baheberu 4:12-13)
The will of God is written upon your heart by the Holy Spirit, but your mind still thinks like the world. By reading and studying the words of God, you shall get to know God and gain insight into good and evil; what is according to the will of God and what is not according to the will of God.
The Word of God is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, ho phunya le ho isa ho arola moea le moea.
The truth of the Word shall expose the false doctrines and all the lies of the devil.
Sanctified through the truth of God
I have given them thy word; mme lefatshe le ba hloile, hobane hase ba lefatshe, jwalokaha le nna ke se wa lefatshe. Ha ke rapele hore o ba tlose lefatsheng, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Ha se ba lefatshe, jwalokaha le nna ke se wa lefatshe. Ba halaletse ka nnete ya hao: lentswe la hao ke nnete. Jwalokaha o nthomile lefatsheng, le nna ke ba romile jwalo lefatsheng. 'Me ke ikhalaletsa ka lebaka la bona, e le hore le bona ba ka halaletswa ka nnete (Johanne 17:14-19)
The Word is the Truth and becomes alive in you when you obey and apply the words of God in your life.
As long as you only read and listen to the words of God but don’t do anything with the words of God, the words of God shall remain written words, and although they possess the life, kgotso, and power of God, they shall not reap anything.
Only if you read, listen to, and study the words of God and obey and apply the words of God in your life, the written words of God shall come alive in your life.
You shall constantly cleanse yourself with the truth of God. And by the revelation of the Word and the Holy Spirit and the choice you make to follow the Word and the Spirit in your life, which means that you obey and do the words of God, you shall put off the works of the flesh and shall do the works of the Spirit.
Through obedience to the Word and the Spirit, your life shall change and you shall no longer live like the world and the way you lived before your repentance.
Leshano le lenyenyane le lesoeu le ke ke la ntša kotsi?
Ka mohlala, the world says, that a lie is not so bad and that a little white lie doesn’t hurt anyone and is permissible, as long as you can substantiate the lie and/or when it’s for your own benefit. In some cultures lying is even considered normal and part of the culture. But the Word commands to lie not. God doesn’t lie and therefore those, who are born of Him and have His nature shall not lie. Lentswe le re, that the devil is a liar and that his children are liars and therefore shall lie (Oh. Levitike 19:11, Lipalo 23:19, Baefese 4:25, Bakolose 3:9, Tite 1:2, Johanne 8:44 (Bala hape: ‘Setso se seng le se seng se nyamela ho Kreste‘))
Lying is not a work of the Spirit, but lying is a work of the flesh and should be put away. E ngotsoe, that liars, who love the lie, will not inherit eternal life but eternal death (Oh. Tšenolo 22:15).
Only through the Word you will get to know the will of God and discern good and evil. The Holy Spirit shall guide you and show you when something is good and when something is evil and against the thato ya Modimo.
When the telephone rings and you say to a member of your family: “just say that I’m not here”, oa bua leshano. But you are not the only one who lies. You put the other person in a difficult position and make the other person complicit by asking the person to lie for you. The Holy Spirit will show you immediately, that what you have done is not good.
If this doesn’t happen and you have no problem lying, you should wonder if you have received the Holy Spirit and if the Holy Spirit abides in you. Because one of the tasks of the Holy Spirit is that He reproves the world of sin.
Ka hona, if the Holy Spirit dwells in you and He shall reprove the world of sin, He shall definitely reprove you of sin.
When the Holy Spirit confronts you and you become conscious of your sin, it’s up to you to obey Him and repent (in this case of your lie) and continue your walk.
And so there are many other areas in life that shall be dealt with during the process of sanctification. How fast the process of sanctification will go, all depends on your love for Jesus Christ.
“Le be ba halalelang; for I am holy”
Joaloka bana ba mamelang, le se ke la ipapisa le ditakatso tsa pele tsa ho se tsebe ha lona: Empa jwalokaha ya le bitsitseng o halalela, jalo he, nnang boitshepo mo mekgweng yotlhe ya lona; Hobane e ngotsoe, Le be ba halalelang; hobane kea halalela (1 Peterose 1:14-16)
Ho latela kamoo a mo khethileng ho eena pele ho motheo oa lefatše, Hore re halalele, ntle le ho beha molato ka pel'a hae ka lerato (Baefese 1:4)
Every son of God will go through the process of sanctification. There is no one excluded from the process of sanctification. Since God is a holy God and He wants His sons to live holy lives. A holy life means to be set apart from the world unto God and do His will.
Nakong ya tshebetso ya kgalaletso, the works of the flesh shall be put away. The old man shall be put off and the new man, ea thetsitsoeng ka mor'a setšoantšo sa Molimo, shall be put on (Bala hape: ‘Tlosa monnamoholo'me'Beha monna e mocha').
Shall you make mistakes in the beginning? Ho joalo! But there is a difference in the types of mistakes and whether you will make a mistake unconsciously or consciously and sin willfully. Because there are sins not unto death and sins unto death (Bala hape: ‘What are sins not unto death and sins unto death?').
Empa joale e se e lokolotsoe sebeng, u be bahlanka ho Molimo, le na le tholoana ea hao ho ea khalalelo, le qetello e sa feleng. Bakeng sa moputso oa sebe ke lefu; empa mpho ea Molimo ke bophelo bo sa feleng ka Morena Morena oa rona (Baroma 6:22-23)
Empa ba, who are born of God and have been made holy and righteous shall live from that righteous and holy position and from God’s nature in the will of God. Because as God is holy, those who are born of Him and belong to Him shall also be holy.
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
