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Why should we want to be holy?
Reasons why we should be holy
by Pastor David Cox
Oswald Chambers said, "Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man."
Matthew Henry said, "No other attribute of God scares sinners like
holiness."
Psalm 96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear
before him, all the earth.
God sees holiness as something of beauty, pleasant and pleasing to the sight.
God wants us to adore him through "putting on" the clothes of holiness.
Reasons why we should be holy
We should understand that the word "holy" means separated from what is not
God's will (evil and sin), but also separated, dedicated, serving, and following
unto what is God's will.
I. Sin hurts us, and causes us problems.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of
thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him,
and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To
keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this
day for thy good?
Our dedication to God is for our own good. Sin is deceptive, making us think
it is for our good, but it is not. It is for our harm.
II. We are God's special cherished possession, therefore we must act
according to what we are.
III. God is holy, so we must be like him to live and commune with him.
Hebrews 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us
after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be
partakers of his holiness.
1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Holiness is Christ living in and through us. It is as if Christ were back on
earth, speaking, acting, praying, in our lives, with those whom we have contact
with day by day.
IV. Holiness is essential for salvation.
Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord:
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