You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact\u2014the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God!<\/p>\n
Neither do you have to give long study to the attitudes of modern Christian believers to discern that by and large we consider the expression of true Christian holiness to be just a matter of personal option: \u201cI have looked it over and considered it, but I don\u2019t buy it!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n
Personally, I am of the opinion that we who claim to be apostolic Christians do not have the privilege of ignoring such apostolic injunctions. I do not mean that a pastor can forbid or that a church can compel. I only mean that morally we dare not ignore this commandment, \u201cBe holy.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n
But, brethren, we are still under the holy authority of the apostolic command. Men of God have reminded us in the Word that God does ask us and expect us to be holy men and women of God, because we are the children of God, who is holy. The doctrine of holiness may have been badly and often wounded\u2014but the provision of God by His pure and gentle and loving Spirit is still the positive answer for those who hunger and thirst for the life and spirit well-pleasing to God.<\/p>\n
Leviticus 19:2; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Peter 1:14\u201316<\/p>\n
I Call It Heresy!,<\/i> 57, 58, 63.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact\u2014the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God! Neither do you have to give long study to the attitudes of modern Christian believers to discern that by and large we consider the expression of true Christian holiness to … Continue reading “HOLINESS:
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