TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY

What is the meaning of holiness?

• Holiness is a cleanness or purity, a separation or cutting off.

• To be holy is to be separated, devoted, and pure.

• God is the definition of true holiness (Is. 5:16; 6:3)– He is pure (Hab. 1:13)– He is good (3 Jn. 11)

God demands that we be holy

• Lev. 19:2

• We must separate ourselves from evil (2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 4:24; Heb. 12:14)

• We must also do good (Mt. 5:44,45; Ja. 4:17; Gal. 6:9)

“Take Time” to be holy

• We only have a limited amount of time (Jn. 4:14)

• If we are not taking time we need to fear (Ac. 24:25)

• We must then “redeem the time” (Eph. 5:16)

• In the end having lived a holy life will have been the most important thing (2 Pet. 3:10,11; Ps. 46:10)

The source of holiness

• Holiness comes from within (Mt. 15:16-20)

• Our time should be spent…– In study (Ac. 17:11; 2 Tim. 2:15)

– In meditation (Phil. 4:8)

– Around good people(1 Cor. 15:33)

– In prayer (Col. 4:2; 1 Chr. 16:11)