A call to walk in holiness
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This document calls Christians to walk in holiness and defines holiness as sanctity and purity. It explains that God calls us to be holy and commands us to be holy like Him. The Bible teaches that those with impure hearts cannot enter God's kingdom. The document uses Daniel as an example of someone who was committed to not defiling himself and as a result, received favor and protection from God. It provides steps to living in holiness, such as repenting, renouncing sin, and resisting temptation.
A call to walk in holiness
- 1. A CALL TO WALK IN HOLINESS 1 Thess. 4:7; 1 Pet. 1:15-16
- 2. 1 THESS. 4:7 “For God did not call us to be impure but to live a holy life.” 1 PETER 1:15-16 “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.”
- 3. PSALM 24:3-4 “Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false”
- 4. HOLINESS DEFINED GOD is calling us to walk in holiness. HOLINESS is sanctity, saintliness, consecration. It is from the word HOLY which means sanctified (pure), divine, righteous. PURE means clean, uncontaminated; unpolluted
- 5. MAN’S STATE IN REGARD TO HOLINESS
- 6. WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT HOLINESS 1 Thess.4:7 “God did not call you to be impure, but to live a holy life.” GOD CALLS US TO BE HOLY 1 Pet.1:15-16 “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.” GOD COMMANDS US TO BE HOLY
- 7. WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT HOLINESS Eph.5:5 “For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person – such a man is an idolater – has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” Ps.24-3:4 NO STAINED/BLEMISHED HEART CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD
- 8. COST OF IMPURITY Impurity withholds the favor of God. Isa. 59:2; Jer.5:25 Impurity denies us of the power and protection of God. Impurity keeps us from the presence of God. Ps. 51:10-11
- 9. A CALL TO WALK IN HOLINESS
- 11. COMMITMENT TO HOLY LIVING Daniel 1:8 “Daniel purposed in his heart not to defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies…”
- 12. HOW WE ARE MADE IMPURE? By what enters into our system king’s delicacies – Things of the world. Dan.1:8 By what comes out of our system Through our words. Matt.15:11
- 13. THE ANATOMY OF SIN
- 14. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM DANIEL’S EXAMPLE Whenever we desire to heed God’s call for us to live in holiness we receive His full backing on us. Dan.1:9 Daniel was able to live an exceptional kind of life because of his commitment to walk in holiness. Dan.6:4
- 15. WHAT DID DANIEL RECEIVE FROM HIS COMMITMENT Favor of God & man. Dan.6:1-2 Exceptional gift from God. Dan.6:3 Protection from God. Dan.6:22 Enjoyed close relationship with God.
- 16. HOW TO LIVE IN HOLINESS By faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Gal.2:16, 1 Jn.1:7 REPENT. The attitude of repentance needs to be built into our lives as an ongoing experience. RENOUNCE the sin/s. It is more than just confession/admission, it involves forsaking of the sin/s.
- 17. HOW TO LIVE IN HOLINESS RESIST the devil (temptation). Jas.4:7 REMAIN in the fellowship of believers. Heb.10:25
- 18. PSALM 24:3-6 Who can ascend the LORD’s mountain? Who can stand in his holy sanctuary? Only the one with clean hands and a pure heart; the one who hasn’t made false promises, the one who hasn’t sworn dishonestly. That kind of person receives blessings
- 19. PSALM 24:3-6 from the LORD and righteousness from the God who saves. And that’s how things are with the generation that seeks him— that seeks the face of Jacob’s God