[Holiness: The state of continual sanctification, the life of purity and detachment from worldliness and its lusts.] “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and TO BE HOLY; WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD.” (Heb. 12:14) [Moses tells us: God created man IN HIS OWN IMAGE; that is, God was the model according to how He formed us in the spirit of our mind. Paul says: that they should put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness!] “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to PUT ON THE NEW SELF, created to be like God IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS.” (Eph. 4:22-24) [I think for us to more clearly understand: Holiness is consecration, purity, hallowed or sacred!] “…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.” (1 Pet. 1:15-16) [This is the way our Abba Father pronounces this command!] “Consecrate [sanctify] yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.” (Lev. 20:7) [This has been the will of our Abba Father from the very beginning!] “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world TO BE HOLY AND BLAMELESS IN HIS SIGHT. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will…” (Eph. 1:3-5) [Paul prays for us to have wisdom and revelation so we may know what our Abba Father really expects from us!] “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, MAY GIVE YOU THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION, so that you may KNOW HIM BETTER.” (Eph. 1:15-17)
Be blessed as you praise The Lord, knowing that:
GOD WILL GIVE US THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION, SO THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM BETTER!
-Bill Stockham