Man has always been
very special to God that He had a very special
plan for him even before the foundation of the
world. It was
God's purpose when He created him that "man should be Holy
and blameless before Him in love".
In Ephesians 1:4, Apostle Paul said:
In Christ, God chose us before the world
began. He wanted us to be holy and
spotless before Him in love. (Ephesians 1:4, IEB)
The same
verse in other versions of the Bible:
just as He chose us in Him before
the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love, (NKJV)
Thus he chose us in Christ before
the world was made
to be holy and faultless before
him in love, (NJB)
God wanted man to
serve Him "on the basis of love", But, in order for man to serve Him on the basis
of love, man must first be
made holy and spotless or without blame or
faultless. Thus, man must be sanctified or
freed
from sin before he can serve God.
Becoming holy or
sanctified—freed from sin, is the only way man
can serve and worship God in truth with all his heart,
with all his soul and with all his mind.
This is the only way man can fulfill the great
and sublime purpose of God in creating him.
It is
of utmost importance that man should fully understand
the workings behind God's plan on how man can be holy
or
sanctified—freed from sin, so he can serve God. Knowing this will help man
acquire the strong faith in God Almighty and the
Lord Jesus Christ, thus ultimately attain salvation on the
day of Judgment.