JESUS GIFT OF HOLINESS GIVEN TO US.WHAT DO WE KNOW OF HOLY?Ephesians 1. 3-4.Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed.Us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,.Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should .Be holy and without blame before Him in love, .Jesus Purchased us With His Own Blood.Holiness has long been one of the main issues of Christians.One side says that we must obey His commandments in order to be holy, while the other side says that grace abounds.One side also says that the words of Jesus will bring unity when the bible clearly shows that when Jesus spoke it brought division.Those of us who rely on our own brand of holiness brought about by our own obedience will always be against the thought that it is by grace alone that we are made holy.The bible is very clear about rightly dividing the word of God.(2 Tim.2.15) The Holy Spirit never makes a mistake, if He had wanted us to interpret this passage to mean to rightly interpret scripture then He would not have said divide.Jesus divided everything, time, covenants and most important sin and holiness.We have been taught to fear God and by doing this holiness will become ours.Obey all of His commands and we will be holy.Jesus Himself defined the fear of God as the worship of God.(Matthew 4.10) When we feed upon the bread of life, Jesus Christ, He will manifest Himself in us and cause us to obey without any effort on our part.Jesus paid the price for all sin, in fact, He overpaid.The wrath of God was poured out on Him at the cross and when God's wrath had run out and the full price had been paid; the sacrifice remained.Jesus then, after absorbing the whole penalty for us, cried out, "IT IS FINISHED!" He then bowed His head, finding rest in saving us, and dismissed His Spirit like the King that He is.I believe in being holy.I also believe that holiness only comes to us as we look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.As we behold Him in all of His glory and majesty, He by His Spirit transforms us into His image.His holiness is part of His gift to us, the gift of righteousness that He died to give us.Start seeing yourself holy, because He is holy and watch His gift of righteousness come in and transform your life.Thank you and Be Blessed,.Joe D.Willis.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Jesus Gives Us The Gift Of His Holiness
JESUS GIFT OF HOLINESS GIVEN TO US.WHAT DO WE KNOW OF HOLY?Ephesians 1. 3-4.Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed.Us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,.Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should .Be holy and without blame before Him in love, .Jesus Purchased us With His Own Blood.Holiness has long been one of the main issues of Christians.One side says that we must obey His commandments in order to be holy, while the other side says that grace abounds.One side also says that the words of Jesus will bring unity when the bible clearly shows that when Jesus spoke it brought division.Those of us who rely on our own brand of holiness brought about by our own obedience will always be against the thought that it is by grace alone that we are made holy.The bible is very clear about rightly dividing the word of God.(2 Tim.2.15) The Holy Spirit never makes a mistake, if He had wanted us to interpret this passage to mean to rightly interpret scripture then He would not have said divide.Jesus divided everything, time, covenants and most important sin and holiness.We have been taught to fear God and by doing this holiness will become ours.Obey all of His commands and we will be holy.Jesus Himself defined the fear of God as the worship of God.(Matthew 4.10) When we feed upon the bread of life, Jesus Christ, He will manifest Himself in us and cause us to obey without any effort on our part.Jesus paid the price for all sin, in fact, He overpaid.The wrath of God was poured out on Him at the cross and when God's wrath had run out and the full price had been paid; the sacrifice remained.Jesus then, after absorbing the whole penalty for us, cried out, "IT IS FINISHED!" He then bowed His head, finding rest in saving us, and dismissed His Spirit like the King that He is.I believe in being holy.I also believe that holiness only comes to us as we look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.As we behold Him in all of His glory and majesty, He by His Spirit transforms us into His image.His holiness is part of His gift to us, the gift of righteousness that He died to give us.Start seeing yourself holy, because He is holy and watch His gift of righteousness come in and transform your life.Thank you and Be Blessed,.Joe D.Willis.
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