II. WE MUST BE SAINTS
Leviticus 11:44; 19:2;
20:7,8,26; Joshua 3:5; Psalm 24:3-5;
Isaiah
1:16-18; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 3:16,17;
Romans 6:13,19;
8:29; 12:1;
2 Timothy
1:9; 1 Peter 1:15,16; 2 Peter 3:11; 2 Corinthians 7:1;
Ephesians 1:3,4;
4:17-32; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 4:1-12;
Titus 2:11,12; James
1:21; 4:8; 1 John 1:7; 2:15-17;
Revelation 7:14,
22:11;
(Isaiah 52:1 with Revelation 21:2,23-27) ...
1 Corinthians 3
17 If any man defile the temple of God,
him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is holy,
which temple ye are.
him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is holy,
which temple ye are.
(KJV Bible)
2.1 "Christians are called to holy living"
Peter 1
15 But as he which hath called you is holy,
so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written,
Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father,
who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work,
pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
(KJV Bible)
2.1.1 The Call to Sanctification
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
1 Thessalonians 4
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification:
that you should abstain from sexual immorality;
4 that each of you should know
how to possess his own vessel
in sanctification and honor,
5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles
who do not know God;
6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud
his brother in this matter,
because the Lord is the avenger of all such,
as we also forewarned you and testified.
7 For God did not call us to uncleanness,
but in holiness.
[NKJV]
Exhortations to purity
and holiness
and holiness
To abide in the faith of the gospel
is not enough,
is not enough,
we must abound in the work of faith.
The rule according
to which all ought to walk and act,
to which all ought to walk and act,
is the commandments given
by the Lord Jesus Christ.
by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Sanctification, in the renewal of their souls
under the influences of the Holy Spirit,
and attention to appointed duties,
constituted the will of God respecting them.
In aspiring after this renewal
of the soul unto holiness,
of the soul unto holiness,
strict restraint must be
put upon the appetites
put upon the appetites
and senses of the body,
and on the thoughts
and on the thoughts
and inclinations of the will,
which lead to wrong uses of them.
which lead to wrong uses of them.
The Lord calls none into
his family to live unholy lives,
his family to live unholy lives,
but that they may be taught
and enabled to walk before him in holiness.
Some make light of the precepts of holiness,
because they hear them from men;
but they are God's commands,
and to break them is to despise God.
(1Th 4:9-12)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
on the Bible is available in the
Public Domain
http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/Matthew-Henry/1Thess/Exhortations-Purity-Holiness
Indeed,
HOLINESS is so important
that without it
no man will see the Lord !
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