The Olive Branch Church at Woodforest
Can I live a Holy Life?
(Matthew 5:8)
If
it were not possible to live a holy life, God would not have commanded it. He said, “Ye shall be holy: for I the
Lord your God am holy” (Leviticus
19:2) to be holy means to be
separated to God. God’s nature itself
defines holiness. Being set apart to
God makes us holy.
We
are not holy by doing good things. We are made holy by faith in Christ, just as
we are saved by faith. Little by
little, as we grow and live with the Lord, we will become more like Him (2
Corinthians 3:18).
As
we look to the Lord Jesus, think about Jesus, study about Jesus, pray to Jesus,
and seek to follow His example, we become like Him.
We
begin to think like Him and act like Him.
We become like Him because we are set apart to Him. This is true holiness.
If
you are a Christian, ten years from now your life should be considerably
different from what it is now. Your
motives and desires, as you draw closer to Him, should be continuously more
holy.
Jesus said, “Blessed are the
pure in hear: for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8). We can achieve a degree of purity in this life. It comes from God, as we grow closer to Him
and are more like Him. although
perfection is not totally attainable in this life, it is something we should
constantly strive toward and aim for, for Christian maturity and holy living
constitute being a responsible son or daughter of God. Holiness is also practical. Mature holiness is seen in people who have
stopped being concerned about their own needs and pursuits and have entered
into the global vision of their Father so that they may transform a hurting
world. Holiness begets the maturity in
which we go out as Christ’s agents in order to accomplish the aims of the
Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:10)