Holiness is not... 12/29/2009
This post is just a little addition to the last one, you have look over the previous one to fully understand this one...I'll be posting another video soon to continue the series... Holiness is not about living up to a standard of moral excellence, that standard of perfection is unattainable, Jesus even says so when talking about eternal life with the rich young man when he says, "with man this is impossible..." "...But, with God all things are possible." That BUT is where perfect Holiness meets imperfect dirt and dust. Grace is our entrance into Holiness, to Perfection, which means in order to begin to live a perfectly Holy life we must first recognize how imperfect and not Holy we are. Further, we must continually recognize our unworthiness outside of God's Provision in order for Grace to have its full work in us, and in order for Holiness to take full effect. So, being perfect starts with realizing how imperfect we are, and ends with us being made fully like Christ. In God's Way of doing things, frailty is strength, brokenness is healing, and desperation is devotion. Holiness is not something we achieve, it's something we live into, it's a state or way of living and it's not that we don't achieve it in this life..its that we can't. He did though! He is Holy, if we live in Him, we are Holy too. Like I said in the last post, I can't know Him and I can't know Holiness fully, but at the same time, I do know Him, and I am Holy! Thank you Father! CommentsJosh J. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:24:34 AMEN BRO!!! Leave a Reply |