Holiness!

[Daniels]

What is Holiness?

When Holiness starts in a believers life?

How to attain the Holiness?

 

[Laloni]

PRINCE OF PEACE

You are holy...
You are mighty...
You are worthy...
Worthy of praise...

I will follow...
I will listen...
I will love You...
All of my days...

chorus
I will sing to and worship
the King who is worthy
I will love and adore Him
I will bow down before Him
I will sing to and worship
the King who is worthy
I will love and adore Him
I will bow down before Him

(He is Lord of Lords)
(He is King of Kings)
(He is the Mighty God)
(Lord of everything)
(He is Emmanuel)
(He is the Great I Am)
(He is my Prince of Peace)
(who is the Lamb)
(He is the Living God)
(He is the Saving Grace)
(He will reign forever)
(He's the Ancient of Days)
(He is the Alpha Omega)
(Beginning and End)
(He's my Savior, Messiah)
(Redeemer and Friend)


He's my Prince of Peace
and I will live my life for Him
​

 

[David Brider]

What is Holiness?

When Holiness starts in a believers life?

How to attain the Holiness?

Holiness is something I've been thinking a lot about for the last three years or so, since I realised that all believers are called to be holy. I'm not sure I can really answer your questions - I'm still working my way there myself - but I've read a couple of really useful books on the subject, by J I Packer and J C Ryle. One thing I'm pretty sure about is that holiness proper begins the moment we become Christians - we're set apart, sanctified, by God's spirit, at the moment of rebirth. There is, I think, more to it than just that, but the danger I find is that it can become one of obeying rules and regulations. It's more about pursuing God Himself, than it is about following rules per se - but on the other hand, to be holy is, AIUI to live a life free from sin.

I find the song "Purify my heart" to be a really helpful prayer as I pursue holiness: "I want to be holy, set apart for You, my Master, ready to do Your will."

HTH.

I'll be interested to know what other people have to say on this subject.

David.

 

[Daniels]

I Peter

1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner
of conversation;
1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.​

 

[Laloni]

I think the best book for discovering holiness or anything that is about the way that God wants us to be, is the bible. Other people have the things that God tells them about, how to live there lives, but by reading the bible, having a one on one relationship with Jesus, He tells each individual how to be holy.
Although I also find books to be helpful, they are not the same thing because it can be a replacement of the relationship. especially when talking about the Spirit and holiness. Who can write a book about the Wind except the Spirit. He wrote only one book.

 

[David Brider]

I Peter

1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner
of conversation;
1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.​

That was the verse that really helped me to decide that holiness wasn't simply an optional extra for me, but something I had to pursue wholeheartedly.

Trouble is, I've probably been a little halfhearted about it.

But I just keep coming back to God.

David.

 

[David Brider]

I think the best book for discovering holiness or anything that is about the way that God wants us to be, is the bible. Other people have the things that God tells them about, how to live there lives, but by reading the bible, having a one on one relationship with Jesus, He tells each individual how to be holy.
Although I also find books to be helpful, they are not the same thing because it can be a replacement of the relationship. especially when talking about the Spirit and holiness. Who can write a book about the Wind except the Spirit. He wrote only one book.

Good point, but other writers can help to explain and unpack certain issues that otherwise I might struggle to understand. It's like hearing a good sermon - it can help you understand the passage they're preaching on, whereas just reading the passage, you might miss out on a lot of the meaning.

IMO.

David.

 

[Daniels]

Holiness and Sanctification are same or different!

 

[Daniels]

In seeking and obtaining Sanctification, consecration is necessary. Sanctification has a two-fold meaning. First, it is referred to in many places in the Bible as "set apart." It is the devotion of our life and service to God. We are in the world, but not of the world. Consecration means to set apart for a sacred office. We are not our own for we are bought with a price. The Bible in Deuteronomy, chapter 15, tells us that a slave was bought and then served his master six years, but in the seventh year God ordained that he must be set free.

 

[Criada]

God is Holy, and we are called to be holy.
It doesn't seem to be optional, but a requirement of God :

1 Peter 1:15
But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

1 Peter 1:16
for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."


This has scared me sometimes, as I can't do it!
However hard I try, I can't live a holy life.
BUT...
in God's eyes I am holy, through the blood of Jesus.
Through His death, He has made me holy - not by anything I can do, but as a gift of grace!


Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.

Colossians 1:22
But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—

Hebrews 10:10
And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.


So - in eternal terms, I am holy.
But - my life doesn't always line up with that.
It is an ongoing thing as well:

Hebrews 10:14
because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

2 Corinthians 3:18
18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect[a] the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.


God is still working to bring me into line with what He has made me to be.
And I have a part to play in this - to live in a holy way:


2 Peter 3:11
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

How do I do this?
Simply by staying close to Him! The more I spend time with Him, the more I am changed into His image.
The more I surrender myself totally to God, the more He can change me.

So - I am called to be holy, I have been made holy, and I am becoming holy!

And all through Jesus!

 

[Daniels]

Jn

17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them
into the world.
17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be
sanctified through the truth.​

 

[TamaraLynne]

I was given something one night when I was waiting upon the Lord for a word....a word given through one of his vessels...a prophet.

It seemed as if the heavens opened and a mist of Holiness fell upon me....since then I have been very aware of my feet.

notice that Moses took off his shoes when he stood on Holy ground.....

Notice Paul talked of the sandles of Jesus before Jesus was baptized........

we ourselves are not Holy....Holy as in our own strength to be Holy......

With Jesus abiding in us and us in him.....we are always on Holy ground .......walking on streets of Gold.

Many times I use to think that to visit the Holy land where Jesus walked would be so awesome....to actually walk the same streets as Jesus walked on or to stand on the same mountain that Jesus was on.........you understand.

But then realized that I am doing exactly that!....I'm walking where Jesus walks....all was created by him....and all belongs to him.....and as I walk I claim the very ground for him............Jesus is where I am....he promised to never leave or forsake me.........


Nothing is by our strength...........we can't make Holiness....Holiness is all God.....

Love Tam

 

[Daniels]

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to
morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.​

 

[Daniels]

Josgua

5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I
now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did
worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
5:15 And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy
shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is
holy. And Joshua did so.​

 

[TamaraLynne]

Josgua

5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I
now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did
worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
5:15 And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy
shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is
holy. And Joshua did so.​

sometimes I think you are an angel............you know just when to post a scripture and post the right scriptures......and you allow the Holy Spirit to teach after that. I'm not sure how you do that...........




Love
Tam

 

[TamaraLynne]

Mt 8:9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Mt 8:10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

 

[Daniels]

Glory to God!

 

[Daniels]

Heb

13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the
sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his
own blood, suffered without the gate.​

 

[Daniels]

1. Holy in prayer.

I Tim

2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.

2. 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.

3. Holy in Worship.

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.

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 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.

6.Holy in business.

Zech
14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s 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.

7. Holy in heart.

I Thess
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.

8. Holy Faith.
​

1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost,​

 

[Daniels]

Holy Kiss.
Ro

16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute
you.

Holy men.

II Peter
1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy
men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Holy Child Jesus.

Acts
4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders
may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.​