February 13, 2011 Are You Holy?

Are You Holy?
Read Leviticus 9-12

Lev 11:45 “I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.”

WHAT IS HOLY? We need to know because God said “Be Holy.”
Holiness is perfection, and holiness is being set apart. God is perfect. His perfection sets him apart. Yet, he lovingly calls his people then, and he calls you and me now to be holy as he is holy.
Think about that! God’s purpose for his long list of “do’s” and “don’t’s” is to set his people apart from others to make them like him. When we are like him in our holiness, we can be in relationship with him.
Think about that!
But there is a big problem. Our human nature is to disobey God. We are naturally “unholy”.
How, then, do we become holy? God has made it possible for us to become perfect and to be with him through Jesus’ death on the cross.
God has offered himself to you to welcome you as holy by the blood of Jesus into his holy presence forever.
Yes, you can be holy with God for all eternity. All you need to do is turn to him and say, “Father, thank you for sending Jesus to the cross to make me holy. I welcome Jesus into my heart to be the Lord of my life.”
Trust Jesus as your Savior and enter into the holy presence of God.


Pause and Consider: God’s holy presence pleases your soul.