01/12/22 BIBLICAL HOLINESS IS REQUIRED

01/12/22 BIBLICAL HOLINESS IS REQUIRED

God does not require anything from us that He does not provide for us.
2 Peter 1:1-4
1  Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2  Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3  According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Hebrews 12:14-15
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Beware the preachers who say we should live a holy life, but then tell us we can't, and they tell us that God Himself can't (or won't) enable us to obey Him (love Him with our whole heart, mind, soul, and strength and love our neighbor as we love ourselves).
Beware the preachers who say we should live a holy life, but then tell us that God does not purify our hearts from all sin.

Biblical holiness is both:
The condition of the heart, by Divine deliverance from Double-Mindedness (the Carnal Mind, the Old Man, The Law of Sin and Death) through the saving work of God, by the Blood of Christ, the Infilling of the Holy Spirit and the continuous washing if God's word.
AND
The life lived in complete faith, surrender, and obedience to the known will of God.
Biblical holiness is both Being and Doing.
Biblical holiness is both Clean Hands and a Pure Heart.

Biblical Holiness is a whole person reality.
1Thessalonians 5:23-24
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

If we are not conformed to the image of Christ we will not consistently walk in the steps of Christ.
If we do not consistently walk in the light we will not be cleansed from sin.
Romans 12:1-2
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

1 John 1:7
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

James 4:8
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.