These are the Days of True Holiness!

These are the Days of True Holiness!

Lot's of preachers today would like to play the music of holiness softly. The subject of holiness would, most often, trigger some degree of godly sorrow and in a world where entertainment rules, godly sorrow is something unpopular and something the world wouldn't want propagated. Most preachers would rather tread that path with caution!

One excuse is that man is imperfect and so shouldn't be forced into holiness and that those who claim holiness are hypocrites.

But the same imperfect world creates precision over and over in technology, warfare, medicine and even in economy sometimes.

Man pursues perfection and development in every other area and that to some degree of awesomeness but would call anyone after same in relationship with God a perfectionist! To me that's the true meaning of hypocrisy!

The same mentality has found itself into the church too and the message is gaining grounds and being taught and practiced in different and various ways contrary to what Christ taught.
But Holiness remains a possibility! Righteousness is attainable!

The way to holiness is what the world has refused to discover! And that is what Christ came to give to the world!

It isn't the way, if we want to independently pursue and achive holiness by whatever strength we can muster without God and what He has provided! If we try we'll always fail. And that's the error that has led to other negative conclusions about holiness and righteousness.

Holiness won't come just by a disciplined, moral or spartan lifestyle. Somewhere there, an error will set in and crash the pack of cards.

If God sets an exam for mankind to His standard of holiness man will always fail.

So to attain success in holiness, God would have to find a way of indwelling man and through man work out what pleases Him in spite of man.

And this is what is called grace!

Galatians 2:20-21 English Standard Version (ESV)
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

The power of the New Covenant is that God gives a new heart of flesh, a new spirit, writes His laws upon the tables of the heart and dwell in us by His Spirit.

With His Spirit indwelling us we are moved and quickened beyond the power of sin and temptations and through that we reign over sin instead of being slaves to sin as we had always been!

Grace doesn't mean, that God condones sin or that He overlooks sin. Sin remains a displeasure to God any day.

When we live in pride, selfishness and in sexual immorality we create evil for ourselves and for others and displease God.

And to preach that God is ok with that is to create a god for ourselves different from the one and only True God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

That's not the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is purely a self seeking error to use freedom in Christ as a covering garment for unrighteousness. We can't continue in sin and expect grace to continue!

Today, we have the very nature of God indwelling us and that grace strengthens us in our weaknesses to walk as God would expect of us.

2 Corinthians 12:9 English Standard Version (ESV)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

To those willing to walk in holiness, these are the days of true holiness!

This had always been the way of holiness! God permitted the laws of Moses as a way to holiness to make man see how impossible it is for man without Him to please Him!

Now, He has made every provision available in grace to make man walk in holiness, righteousness and unconditional love towards others even towards his enemies.

Much have been given us in our days and much is expected of us and we have nowhere to hide than to walk in God's pleasure! It's no use thinking that lack of holiness will be condoned or should be overlooked!

God has and will always give us all that's necessary to do His will, as He consistently works in us that which is well pleasing in His sight! Hebrews 13:20

We have been set free from sin, we need to walk free and in dominion over sin, walking otherwise is taking the grace of God in vain 2Corinthians 6:1, frustrating it Galatians 2:21 and doing despite to the spirit of grace, Hebrews 10:29...

Sin shouldn't have dominion over us in these days...these are the days of true holiness!

Romans 6:14 English Standard Version (ESV)
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

The days of grace are the days of holiness!  These are the days when we have available all that it takes to live in holiness and in true righteousness! We have no excuse so let's live it up!

Good morning!

Let's Pray...

Father of all grace and everlasting mercies, we thank you and give you praise for your loving kindness and truth as they merge to produce grace for us...to you be all glory in Jesus name.

We come to you today asking that you perfect us unto every good work to do your will, working in us that which is well pleasing in your sight.
We release ourselves to your Spirit within us to lead and quicken us into righteousness and holiness!
We declare that through your grace, sin shall no longer have dominion over us. We believe we are Christ's and we have crucified the flesh and the lusts thereof and whatever residue will vanish with time as you strengthen us with your might in our inner man according to your glorious power and grace!
We receive strength not to do despite to the Spirit of grace, frustrate it or take it in vain, rather we take our stand through faith in this grace which you have provided through Christ and we reign in life!
Thanks so much for your truth...all the power and glory remain yours forever...and we believe we receive all these and much more in Jesus name...Amen!
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