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(1 Pet.3:10–22; Mark 12:18–27) “Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts” (1 Peter 3:15). The sanctification of the Lord in the heart is the soul and spirit of the person depicted above the innermost heart. Just as initially God, having created the human body from particles of dust, breathed into it the breath of life, and man began to be as he should be; so the “hidden man of the heart” (1 Peter 3:4), created within from the demonstrated virtues, will only appear as a true spiritual man when this heart sanctifies the Lord God, as in the Lord’s Prayer we read: “Hallowed be Thy name.” If this does not happen, then the person blinded by the above-mentioned virtues will emerge as a stillborn child without the spirit of life. Let those who think of getting by with just certain virtues, without any relation to God, know this! What does it mean to sanctify God in the heart? To constantly revere Him, always bearing in mind the thought of His omnipresence, to be jealous with all zeal, to be pleasing to Him at every moment and with every fear to beware of everything that is displeasing to Him, especially by committing your entire life, both temporary and eternal, to His fatherly care, to accept everything that happens humbly, submissively and gratefully, as coming directly from His hand. You might be interested in: