Without
Holiness no one will see the Lord. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.
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| Triumph
of Christ by Gustave Dore, 1868 |
Women
are sometimes judged as more readily knowing holiness. Truth is, God
called all who serve him to be holy, Men and Women. On the great
mountain, Mt. Horeb, God called Moses and the whole nation of Hebrews
to be holy. (No, I don't use the other name, Mt. Sinai, because it's
not located on the Sinai Peninsula; it's located in Midian right
where the Bible says it is.) Whenever I see photos of the mountain,
my spirit jumps for joy. There, God gave Moses the world moral code,
the Ten Commandments, and there, he called us to be holy.
But the
world is still in denial.
And
you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated
you from the peoples, that you should be Mine (Lev 20:26 NKJV).
What
about other world believers? Paul clarified it to the Early Church
when writing the Ephesians.
Just
as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before Him in love (Eph 1:4 NKJV).
Peter
backed it up. And you know Peter does not act too hastily. So, hear
him.
But
as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy" (1 Pet 1:
15-16 NKJV).
You
could pray and minister like Jesus in a prayer shawl, the Tallit. It
means more than you think. The major point is God did give men the
Tallit in the scripture. It was used from Moses' time to Elijah and
Elisha, to Jesus and the Apostles, on to modern Jews and Christians
today. It's often translated as garment or outer tunic in many
verses.
Do men
need to be reminded?
And
you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all
the commandments of the LORD and do them, and that you may not follow
the harlotry (sexual temptation) to which your own heart and your own
eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My
commandments, and be holy for your God. I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD
your God (Num 15: 39-41 NKJV).
With
what kind of man, does God actually relate?
For
thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is
Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, (also) With him who
has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones” (Isa 57:15 NKJV).
The
learned writer of Hebrews gives us the ultimate warning.
Pursue
peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see
the Lord (Heb 12:14 NKJV).
Without
holiness no one will see the Lord.
How do
we get holiness?
But
put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to
fulfill its lusts (Rom 13:14 NKJV).
Put on
the Lord Jesus Christ.
– Bill
Hunt
World
in Christ
