Rapture +++ ~ A CALL TO HOLY LIVING ~ +++ What does it mean for us to be holy? When God told Israel to be holy in Leviticus 11 and 19, He was instructing them to be distinct from the other nations by giving them specific regulations to govern their lives. Israel is Gods nation and God has set them apart from all other people groups. They are His people, and consequently they were given standards that God wanted them to live by so the world would know they belonged to Him. When Peter repeats the Lords words in 1 Peter 1:16, he is talking specifically to believers. As believers or The Church or The Bride of Christ, we need to be set apart from the world unto the Lord. We need to be living by Gods standards, not the worlds. God isnt calling us to be perfect, but to be distinct from the world. First Peter 2:9 describes believers as a holy nation. It is a fact! We are separated from the world; we need to live out that reality in our day-to-day lives, which Peter tells us how to do in 1 Peter 1:13-16. The question arises, how can we become holy? Holiness only results from a right relationship with God by believing in Jesus Christ as Savior (accepting His gift of eternal life). If we have not placed our faith in Gods Son alone to save us from our sins, then our pursuit of holiness is in vain. So, we must first make sure we are born-again believers (see John 3). If we truly are believers, then we recognize that our position in Christ automatically sets us apart from the world (1 Peter 2:9). After all, we have a relationship with the living God! Then we must daily live a set-apart life, not trying to blend in with the world, but instead living according to Gods Word as we study the Bible and grow in it. Because it is written, Be ye Holy; for I Am Holy. 1 PETER 1: 16 ¶ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 1 PETER 1: 13-16 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. LEV 11: 44 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am Holy. LEV 19: 2 IF WE CLAIM TO BE THE PART OF HIS BRIDE AND HE IS OUR HUSBAND, CERTAINLY HE IS NOT COMING FOR A WHORE BUT A HOLY BRIDE, TO BE THE PART OF THE HOLY OF HOLLIES. MARANATHA ! AMEN !!! RAPTURE AHEAD !!! PREPARE YE THE WAY !!! REPENT WHILE THERE IS STILL ROOM! TRUST YESHUA JESUS CHRIST! LIVE HOLY M A R A N A T H A ! https://plus.google/ +RaptureAhead raptureahead.wix/rapture https://facebook/ RAPTURE.BY.MARANATHA https://twitter/RaptureAhead rapturebymaranat ha888.blogspot/ https://facebook/ RaptureOfMaranatha
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:33:42 +0000
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