Holiness

Hello, my dear friend!

 

Time passes quickly. The end of the year is approaching.... Many things will pass away, but God's Word will never pass away. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He is HOLY. And He wants us to be HOLY as He is. This will never change...

 

HOLINESS means more than to be pure... it means  to be distinct, separate, set apart... the one who is holy is uniquely holy, with no rivals or competition (God Himself).

Hebrews 12:14  says “Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.” If we want to see the Lord, we must be HOLY. That's God's will. (I Thes.  4.3-8; I  Pe. 1.15-16)

There is a WAR inside of us: the flesh, our sinful nature, is always at war with our spirit. To be holy, we need to make war against our sinful nature 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

 

Romans 8:5-9,  13-14 - "Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. (What have you set your mind on? What have you been thinking about more than anything else these past six months? What has consumed most of your time and prayers? Has it been mostly bread issues—personal needs?) The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile (enmity) to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. – James 4.4

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Galatians 5:16 -“So I say, live by the Spirit (walk in the Spirit), and you will not gratify (satisfy) the desires of the sinful nature.”

 

- If we make every effort to be holy and always live in accordance with the Holy Spirit, we will be able to be holy as our God is. It's possible!

 

The Holy Spirit help you and sanctify you all the time....

 

A strong hug!

 

Pr Silvana