Human Response 544: Sanctify a Place for God

2 Chronicles 29:2-5 And he dod that w hitch was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them, Andhe brought in the priests and the Levites, And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

Hezekiah was one the two most faithful kings Judah had. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. After the wicked reign of Ahaz, he repaired, restored, and cleansed the temple of the Lord and reinstalled pure worship of the Lord. He opened the doors of the temple. He had the priests sanctify themselves and the temple. They cleaned out the temple and carried out the filthy rubbish.

Because we sin every day, we need to sanctify and cleanse the temple, the human body, in which God dwells on earth. The body is the temple of God the Spirit and Jesus lives in the heart of the believer. But sin and unbelief corrupt and “filthify” the dwelling place of God in us. We sanctify ourselves and the temple by repentance of sin and filth and by faith applying the cleansing blood of Christ. We confess the filth we find inside and carry it to the cross. Jesus restores us to and maintains us in a right relationship with God. We have God’s life and enjoy it forever.

Jesus Christ is our sanctification, and in Him we are forgiven, holy and righteous, and daily we sanctify a place in our heart for the Lord. And life is good.