TRUTH - 2 Thessalonians 2:13

 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 2 Thessalonians 2:13

God’s salvation involves two forces, the Holy Spirit and the belief in the truth.  Both are essential for sanctification or separation from the world and commitment to God.  God chose and believer’s accepted an internal holiness by the Spirit.  Believers are set apart to be holy and to be used as instruments of the work of the Spirit.

Belief or faith in the truth involves embracing and loving the truth of the gospel as well as a reliance, trust and dependence on Jesus Christ.   There must be the belief of truth for true sanctification.  Faith and holiness must be joined together.

                                                            Joyce