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IT’S NOT HARD TO BE HOLY !
JESUS DID THE HARD WORK THAT ENABLES US TO RECEIVE HOLINESS.
If I asked you, “Are you a holy person”? What would your answer be? I think most of us would hesitate and not be sure how to respond. Many Christians are not sure of themselves when it comes to holiness. That is curious if you think about it, because we are Sons and Daughters of the Holy God. The Spirit we have within us is the Holy Spirit. Here are 8 facts from the Bible too give you a better understanding about holiness.
God commands us to be holy: …’because it is written’, “Be holy for I am holy”. (1Pet 1:16)
Paul had no doubt that you and I are holy: ‘God chose us in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love’. (Eph 1:4) If you had asked him, “Paul are you holy”? “Yes, I am”, he would have replied, “Come and meet some of my fellow Christians, they are holy too”.
A life of holiness has been prepared for us: God showed Isaiah a Holy Highway that had been prepared especially for Christians. ‘And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called the holy way….it shall be for the redeemed….the redeemed shall walk upon it’. (Is 35:8,9)
It is not hard to be holy: God has something surprising to say about walking on the holy highway: ‘The highway shall be for the…
