LET'S TALK ABOUT HOLINESS
Biblically, to be holy means to be set apart. Being set apart from the rest implies that you are different.
It means:
**1. You can't just think like the others**
While defiled men can be moved and influenced by evil thoughts and impure motives, a holy person guards against such. Their preference is purity of heart.
**2. You can't do anything just like the others**
A holy person, a person set apart, is one with clean hands. They naturally run away from external sins.
**3. You can't just say anything like the others**
A holy person really controls their tongue. Children of the King must use the language of the palace.
**4. You can't just go anywhere like the others**
A person set apart would not go to any place that can potentially affect their peculiarity. You shouldn't find them in places where drunkenness, wild parties, sexual immorality and the like prevail.
**5. You can't listen to just anything like the others**
While it is not always possible to control what one hears, a set-apart person chooses what they listen to or pay attention to. They would avoid listening to whatever could affect their peculiarity.
**6. You can't just look at anything like the others**
It may not be realistic for a holy person to choose what they see, but they can decide what to look at or watch.
**7. You can't just wear anything like the others**
An unholy soul may not have any restrictions on what clothing to put on. But a holy person knows that there are forms of dressing that do not align with holiness.
**Note:** The holy person's choices and restrictions are not determined by legalistic rules. They are informed by their obedience and connection to Jesus. Jesus is the source of their holiness.
Everyone who comes to Christ in genuine repentance is made holy through salvation. That is positional holiness. But the Bible tells saved souls to pursue practical holiness (1 Peter 1:15; Hebrews 12:14).
We are to seek and pursue growth in holiness.
**Holiness is the beauty of believers.**
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