Our Personal
Holiness!
"He is the kind of high priest we need
because he is holy and blameless,
unstained by sin."
Hebrews 7: 26
What’s the best way to remove a stain from a shirt?
That’s something everyone must know. The American
Cleaning
Institute says soaking the stain in cold water,
treating it with a prewash stain remover, and washing
it with a liquid laundry detergent. But there’s a better
answer—not to stain the shirt to begin with.
James 1:27 tells us to keep ourselves “unstained from
the world”. Yes, we have the
stain-removing power of
the blood of Jesus Christ, without which we’d be lost.
The Lord desires we avoid the stains and smudges
of sin altogether. The words personal holiness are
missing from theChristian vocabulary of too many
of us. God wants us to cultivate holiness in our life,
just as He is holy.
What habits do you have to improve? What sin do you
have to forsake, or attitude do you have to change?
Ask God to help you in your words and actions daily.
Present yourself to Him as living sacrifices,
holy and acceptable to Him, which is our
reasonable service (Romans
12:1).
"There is a gap between our love
for the gospel and our love for
godliness. This must change."
Kevin DeYoung