Holiness.
What is it? A strong desire to be clean before God, to be free from sin.
Is Holiness an option? It is God's command for the believer -1 Peter 1;15. Holiness usually frightens
believers as something impossible. If God commands us to be holy, we can do it.
Why is it so necessary? Heb. 12:14 - Without it we cannot know God, Sin will hinder us (unholiness). God called His people Israel and also His Church to holiness-Deut.14:12. Holiness is an absolute must if we are to know God's presence in our midst. Deut 23:12-14.The Mercy Seat was in the Holy of Holies, where God dwelled-Ex.25:22.
To live a holy life is not to have a saintly look, like an icon, it is to have no earthly or worldly character, but to have God's character. He demands this from us-John 17;16-18. HOLINESS separates
us from the world and its Sin.
What is the effect of God's Holiness upon our lives? Is.6:1-5. Like Isaiah, God calls holy people to serve Him. Peter, the Apostle confirms this in 2 Pet. 1:21.
What is it? A strong desire to be clean before God, to be free from sin.
Is Holiness an option? It is God's command for the believer -1 Peter 1;15. Holiness usually frightens
believers as something impossible. If God commands us to be holy, we can do it.
Why is it so necessary? Heb. 12:14 - Without it we cannot know God, Sin will hinder us (unholiness). God called His people Israel and also His Church to holiness-Deut.14:12. Holiness is an absolute must if we are to know God's presence in our midst. Deut 23:12-14.The Mercy Seat was in the Holy of Holies, where God dwelled-Ex.25:22.
To live a holy life is not to have a saintly look, like an icon, it is to have no earthly or worldly character, but to have God's character. He demands this from us-John 17;16-18. HOLINESS separates
us from the world and its Sin.
What is the effect of God's Holiness upon our lives? Is.6:1-5. Like Isaiah, God calls holy people to serve Him. Peter, the Apostle confirms this in 2 Pet. 1:21.