Today we continue our week on Jesus' high priestly prayer by exploring the topic of sanctification.

What does it mean to be in the world, but not of the world? What does sanctification look like

played out in our lives practically?

Often the concept of being sanctified is daunting and a bit intimidating. But today, God wants

to clear up our common misconceptions and help us enter this process with joy. Open your heart to the kindness of Jesus

and allow Him to give you rest. There is a level of freedom from sin in Christ that most of us in the body have yet to reach.

Jesus prayed in John 17 verses 14 through 19.

I have given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world,

just as I am not of the world.

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world,

but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world,

so I have sent them into the world.

And for their sake, I consecrate myself

that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Jesus declares a truth about you and me, that we have yet to walk in fully,

that our sanctification is linked to his consecration. He declares that we are not of the world,

just as he is not, that he has sent us into the world as he was sent, and prays that we would be

sanctified in the truth. For too long, we have sat idle with the incredible gift of freedom,

bought at the highest price by the blood of Christ, and left it unwrapped and thereby not

experienced. By the blood of Jesus, we are transformed from being of the world, or of the conditions

and brokenness of the world, to being given a new nature and identity

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