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Be Holy
Like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be holy, forI am holy.” (1 Peter 1:15–16)
The word “holy” appears nearly 700 times in the Bible. Some of them refer to the Holy One, some relate to our being holy.
Believers are holy
Children of God, those who believe in Jesus Christ and have received Him as Lord and Savior, are holy. We are saints. (See Good Morning, Saint!).
This is our position in Christ, but our behavior needs work.
Let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (2 Corinthians 7:1)
How to Become More Holy
View God as Holy
God is holy, incomprehensibly above us, infinitely perfect. He is wholly other than us.
God is not the “Man Upstairs,” or our buddy. He is the awesome, great, all-powerful God. (See Praise the Holy One.) When men saw Him, they were terrified.
Believers have the incomprehensible privilege of being the children of God, and going to Him, our Father, with confidence. We must not forget, however, that our Father is the Holy One.
Meditate on this truth. Pray for understanding. Ask to have this truth guide your thoughts, words, and deeds.
Determine to Treat the Holy God as Holy
By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, and before all the people I will be honored. (Leviticus 10:3)
When we sin, we do not treat God as holy.
Sin is rebellion against Almighty God. Sin is despising the word of God. (Isaiah 5:24)
Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!(Isaiah 37:23)
Like Isaiah, we should have the attitude “Woe is me,” and seek forgiveness and cleansing. (Isaiah 6:5)
Be Conscious of His Presence
God–Father, Son, Holy Spirit–are all-knowing and all-present. Nothing we think, say or do is hidden from God.
Strive, moment by moment, to honor Him.
Resolve to behave as a child of the King.
Worship the Holy One!
