PURSUING HOLINESS

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: pursuing Holiness

TEXT:I Peter 1:3-16

"But, as He who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of life. Because it is written, Be he holy; for I am holy" (I Peter 15-16)

It is my conviction, and I believe it is well-founded, that not much is mentioned in our churches today about the biblical subject of Christian holiness.

Holy living is not one of our favorite themes when it comes to preaching. Today it seems that everybody wants to be happy, but very few people desire to be holy.

And there is a difference! Happiness is what we are on the outside, but holiness is who we are on the inside.

Let's admit it: Holiness is a beautiful thing to observe. David the Psalmist declared that we are to "Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" (Psalms 29:2).

He not only declared it, but after his fall into terrible sin David passionately desired it. Listen to his prayerful cry: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalms 51:10).

Now such beauty of holiness comes from Christ. And we as believers are to be progressively becoming Christlike in everything we do. The Apostle Paul speaks of it in these words: "And all of us...can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like Him and reflect His glory ever more"
(II Corinthians 3:18, NLT).

LET US PRAY
DEAR LORD JESUS, MAKE US TO BE THE REFLECTION OF YOUR HOLINESS IN JESUS NAME.

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