HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Exodus 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote
upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
I Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Levictus
20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD
your God.
20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD
which sanctify you.
1.Holy in Body.
Romans
12:1 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.Holy In Prayer.
I Timothy 2:8.
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.
3.Holy In Worship.
Psm
29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the
LORD in the beauty of holiness.
I Peter 2:5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by
Jesus Christ.
4.Holy In Citizenship. (Nation).
I Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,
a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
5.Holy In Business.
Zechariah
14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORDs house shall be
like the bowls before the altar.
14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the
LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of
them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the
Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
6.Holy In Thought..
Exodus
28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
the engravings of a signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
7.Holy In Heart.
I Thessalonians
3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness
before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints.
Give Thanks To The Lord Jesus Christ.
HOLINESS in the highest sense belongs to God (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation
15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to Gods service, and in so far as
they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Romans 6:19, 22;
Ephesians 1:4; Titus 1:8; 1 Peter 1:15). Personal holiness is a work of
gradual development. It is carried on under many hindrances, hence the
frequent admonitions to watchfulness, prayer, and perseverance (1
Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 4:23, 24). (See
SANCTIFICATION.)
SANCTIFICATION involves more than a mere moral reformation of
character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the
Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences
of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In
other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun
in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man (Romans 6:13; 2
Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 3:10; 1 John 4:7; 1 Corinthians 6:19). It is the
special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this
work (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13). Faith is instrumental in
securing sanctification, inasmuch as it (1) secures union to Christ
(Galatians 2:20), and (2) brings the believer into living contact with the
truth, whereby he is led to yield obedience to the commands, trembling at
the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that
which is to come.
Perfect sanctification is not attainable in this life (1 Kings 8:46; Proverbs
20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8). See Pauls account of
himself in Romans 7:14-25; Phil. 3:12-14; and 1 Timothy 1:15; also the
confessions of David (Psalm 19:12, 13; 51), of Moses (90:8), of Job (42:5,
6), and of Daniel (9:3-20). The more holy a man is, the more humble,
self-renouncing, self-abhorring, and the more sensitive to every sin he
becomes, and the more closely he clings to Christ. The moral imperfections
which cling to him he feels to be sins, which he laments and strives to
overcome. Believers find that their life is a constant warfare, and they need
to take the kingdom of heaven by storm, and watch while they pray. They
are always subject to the constant chastisement of their Fathers loving
hand, which can only be designed to correct their imperfections and to
confirm their graces. And it has been notoriously the fact that the best
Christians have been those who have been the least prone to claim the
attainment of perfection for themselves., Hodges Outlines.
Exodus 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote
upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
I Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Levictus
20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD
your God.
20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD
which sanctify you.
1.Holy in Body.
Romans
12:1 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.Holy In Prayer.
I Timothy 2:8.
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.
3.Holy In Worship.
Psm
29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the
LORD in the beauty of holiness.
I Peter 2:5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by
Jesus Christ.
4.Holy In Citizenship. (Nation).
I Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,
a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
5.Holy In Business.
Zechariah
14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORDs house shall be
like the bowls before the altar.
14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the
LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of
them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the
Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
6.Holy In Thought..
Exodus
28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
the engravings of a signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
7.Holy In Heart.
I Thessalonians
3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness
before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints.
Give Thanks To The Lord Jesus Christ.
HOLINESS in the highest sense belongs to God (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation
15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to Gods service, and in so far as
they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Romans 6:19, 22;
Ephesians 1:4; Titus 1:8; 1 Peter 1:15). Personal holiness is a work of
gradual development. It is carried on under many hindrances, hence the
frequent admonitions to watchfulness, prayer, and perseverance (1
Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 4:23, 24). (See
SANCTIFICATION.)
SANCTIFICATION involves more than a mere moral reformation of
character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the
Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences
of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In
other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun
in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man (Romans 6:13; 2
Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 3:10; 1 John 4:7; 1 Corinthians 6:19). It is the
special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this
work (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13). Faith is instrumental in
securing sanctification, inasmuch as it (1) secures union to Christ
(Galatians 2:20), and (2) brings the believer into living contact with the
truth, whereby he is led to yield obedience to the commands, trembling at
the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that
which is to come.
Perfect sanctification is not attainable in this life (1 Kings 8:46; Proverbs
20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8). See Pauls account of
himself in Romans 7:14-25; Phil. 3:12-14; and 1 Timothy 1:15; also the
confessions of David (Psalm 19:12, 13; 51), of Moses (90:8), of Job (42:5,
6), and of Daniel (9:3-20). The more holy a man is, the more humble,
self-renouncing, self-abhorring, and the more sensitive to every sin he
becomes, and the more closely he clings to Christ. The moral imperfections
which cling to him he feels to be sins, which he laments and strives to
overcome. Believers find that their life is a constant warfare, and they need
to take the kingdom of heaven by storm, and watch while they pray. They
are always subject to the constant chastisement of their Fathers loving
hand, which can only be designed to correct their imperfections and to
confirm their graces. And it has been notoriously the fact that the best
Christians have been those who have been the least prone to claim the
attainment of perfection for themselves., Hodges Outlines.
very uplifting!
