Who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

 How:

 

            Purified – zealous for good deeds:  

 

Titus 2:14

14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

 

            All those things we did in the past which were out of a rebellious heart … Jesus redeemed us from them. We were in bondage to sin; but He redeemed us. He didn’t redeem us just to get us out from under the bad things we had done. He redeemed us for Himself … His very own people for His very own possession. He didn’t want a blemished people. He wanted one purified for Himself. Why? So that we, being out from under the bondage to sin, would be zealous to do good deeds; not just to keep from doing the bad ones.

 

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "I desire that you have a strong desire to be like Me. I would have you walk in My path. You should have a passion for doing what is pleasing unto Me. You cannot have true success without walking in My holiness. It is not a path of least resistance, but rather one of strong resistance. You have to have a passion for My holiness to walk in this path. It is not a struggle that the faint of heart would take on. It is one of tremendous importance in your life. You cannot reach the place that I would have you to without overcoming the sin that begs you to obey it. It is not something that the flesh would choose. The flesh would choose a way of least resistance, but the spirit must choose the path to glory through obedience to Me.”

 

            68. God has purified me and I am zealous for good deeds