How to Live a Holy Life
Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us THROW OFF everything that HINDERS and the SIN that so easily entangles. And let us RUN with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. FOR THE JOY set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
“For the JOY set before me, I will throw off what HINDERS, and I will embrace HOLINESS.”
1 Peter 1:3-4, 13-16 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you... THEREFORE, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “BE HOLY, BECAUSE I AM HOLY.”
“Holiness is not an option; it is the very nature of God’s character and the essence of His Will for us.”
— Dr Myles Monroe
Hebrews 10:14 NIV
For by one sacrifice he has MADE PERFECT FOREVER those who are BEING MADE HOLY.
Believers are okay living FORGIVEN, but Disciples want to live HOLY.
How to Live a Holy Life
1) Get a Vision for Holiness
Why We’re Called to Live Holy
- To Set Us Apart
QADOSH: Hebrew – Holy, to be set apart for a special purpose
Matthew 5:16 NLT
Let your good deeds shine out for all to see, SO THATeveryone will praise your heavenly Father.
Why We’re Called to Live Holy
- To Protect Us from Our Enemy
Why We’re Called to Live Holy
- To Have Fellowship with God
Matthew 5:8 NIV
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
How to Live a Holy Life
2) Empty My Life of Evil
- I’ve Got to Come to My Senses
- I’ve Got to Bring Everything into the Light
James 5:16 NIV
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
- I’ve Got to Do What I’ve Got to Do
Matthew 5:29 NIV
If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
How to Live a Holy Life
3) Fill My Life with Christ
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 NLT
God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives. Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Romans 13:11-14 NLT
This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.
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