Holiness - Part 2

Randy Schneider
 

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Holy – dedicated or consecrated to God or a Religious Purpose, sacred.

Holiness – is a state of being separate from everything else or being in a class of your own. Ex) God is holy because he is set apart from everything that is not God.

Hebrew word for “holiness”, - kedushah – conveys the twin ideas of separation from and dedication to something and hence holiness as a religious ideal refers to the attitude and state of mind in which certain activities and thoughts are rejected in order to come closer to God.

Justification – the act by which God declares a sinner to be righteous through faith in Jesus Christ

Sanctified – set apart as or declare holy; consecrate. In the Bible, sanctification is the process of being set apart for God’s special use and purpose or made Holy.

• 1 Peter 1:15-16 - 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3 – It is God’s will that you should be sanctified:
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7 - For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
• Acts 2:38 – Peter replied, Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the Holy Spirit.
• Hebrews 12:14 - 14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
• Ephesians 5:25-27 - 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
• Colossians 3:1-2 - Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
• 1 Philippians 1:6 - 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• Romans 6:1-2 – What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
• Romans 6:11-12 – In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
• Romans 12:1 - Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
• James 4:7 – Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil. And he will flee from you.

Questions:

1. We are called to “Be Holy, because I am Holy”, What confidence do we have that we can pursue Holiness?
   
   
   
   
    
2. What can we do in our lives to Pursue Holiness?