WHY HOLINESS?

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: WHY HOLINESS?

1 Pet 1:13–17
Text: I Pet. 1: 13-17

To prove that a Christian must live a faithful life in order to be well pleasing in the eyes of his Father.

Many people simply think that once one becomes a Christian, he can then live his life in any fashion that he so chooses.
Martin Luther is said to have made the statement that one who is saved and then goes back to his sinful lifestyle is to be compared to a person who takes a bath only to put his dirty clothes on afterwards.

Many today have a false idea of the grace of God; thus, they think that they have a license to sin.

NOTE. Some will attempt to eliminate obedience of man’s part in order to access the grace of God.

Grace is not a license to sin (Rom. 6: 1-2).

We will examine points on how and why a Christian must live a holy life:

I. The cause for one to be holy
(I Pet. 1: 15-17).

A. We have been called by a Holy Father.

1. The word holy is from the Greek word “akios,” and it means “set apart for God, to be, as it were, exclusively his.” (Thayer, 7)

2. God of course is set apart, uniquely different from all others.

3. His children must be set apart and different from all others.

4. Christians are to be set apart in this world.

B. One will be judged by his works
(I Pet. 1: 17).

1. One will be judged by the way that he lives his life.

2. God demands that it be a holy life.

3. It is not left up to us to decide how we will live for Him It can only be according to His way and will if truly we are God's child.

LET US PRAY
DEAR LORD JESUS CLOTH US WITH YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MAKE US HOLY IN JESUS NAME.

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