What does the Bible say about living holy?
Can I live free from sin?
In the
life of a child of God, holiness is the doctrine around which all
other doctrines center.
God wills, provides for, and demands a holy
life, free from sin.
- Romans 12:1-2
- Titus
2:12
- 1
Thessalonians 5:23
- Luke
1:74-75
- 1
Peter 1:15-16
Holiness
was taught by Jesus, James, Peter, Paul, John, and Jude.
- John 5:14; 8:11
- James
2:10
- 1
Peter 4:1-2
- Romans
6:1-18
- 1
John 1:7; 2:1; 3:7-10
- Jude
24
Holiness
is not possible through man’s efforts alone, but through the grace
of God and the Spirit of God.
- Romans
6:14; 8:13-14
- Ephesians
2:8
Holiness
is first inward, starting in a person’s heart through salvation,
or the new birth.
- Matthew
23:25-28
- Ezekiel
36:26-27
- Jeremiah
24:7
- Hebrews
8:10
- Proverbs
4:23
Inward
holiness is manifested outwardly through the way a person lives.
The Bible provides practical ways to express inward holiness, including
the following:
- having
godly virtues (Galatians 5:22-23)
- doing
good to others (Galatians 5:14; 6:9-10)
- honesty
(Romans 12:17; Proverbs 6:16-19)
- civil
obedience (Romans 13:1-7; Hebrews 13:17)
- subjection
to parental authority (Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20)
- wearing
modest apparel (1 Timothy 2:8-10)
A person
having inward holiness will not be involved in adultery, stealing,
drunkenness, or other ungodly activities, such as pride, selfishness,
inordinate indulgence of carnal appetites, hatred, hostility, prejudice,
envy, or partiality.
- 1
Corinthians 6:9-11
- Galatians
5:19-24
- Ephesians
4:22-24; 5:1-8
- Colossians
3:5-10
- Psalm
24:3-5
- Titus
2:12
A
holy person will keep his heart and mind pure.
- Galatians
5:24
- Philippians
4:7-8
- Ephesians
4:22-24
Holiness
is first God-ward, and then man-ward. God has granted us deliverance
unto holiness all the days of our lives.
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