Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Holiness

Recent events on the international scene have led to talk of a “new world order.” This indicates disillusionment with the status quo and a desire for something better.
There was great celebration when the “ark of God” was placed permanently in Jerusalem. King David committed a psalm to the musicians for the occasion.
Any study of holiness needs to address the subject of “men everywhere [lifting] up holy hands in prayer.” So let’s do it!
Guy King wrote, “In such an age as this, when there is abroad so much loose thinking, lax living, and lopsided teaching, few things are so important as that Christians should be men and women of the Bible...”
“Holiness,” as we have seen, means, among other things, “separation.” This has led some Christians to interpret it as “isolation.”
There are many hindrances to a holy lifestyle, but God has made adequate provision for the believer, not least in the gift of the Holy Spirit.
As soon as God had “redeemed” the children of Israel from Egypt, He told them, “Be holy, because I am holy” (Leviticus 11:44).
The church at Corinth had well-documented shortcomings. Nevertheless Paul referred to it as “those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy” (1 Corinthians 1:2).
When Isaiah the prophet “saw the Lord” he was overwhelmed with a sense of divine holiness and human sinfulness.
The pursuit of happiness comes more readily to mind than the pursuit of holiness and to many people the former is more appealing than the latter.

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