AND WHAT IS HOLINESS ALL ABOUT? Part 1
Romans 1:4, “And declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.”

What declares you to become a son or daughter of God is not your word alone but the spirit of holiness through your way of life. Without holiness, your confession and conversion will amount to nothing, because holiness of life is the evidence of your genuine salvation in Christ Jesus. Word of salvation without way of holiness is a waste of time; word of faith without way of holiness is worthless.

WHAT MAKES US HOLY?
It’s unfortunate today that many claim to believe holiness without the understanding of what holiness is all about. Many Christians talk about, preach holiness but they do not have the deep understanding about holiness. Some churches preach holiness day and night, they claim to be churches of holiness, they see themselves as vendors and only remnant churches of holiness, but they lack the spirit of holiness.

Without genuine and clear understanding of holiness, your effort about holiness will be a waste. Without deep understanding of holiness, you will become a hypocrite instead of being holy.
You see, some churches which preach holiness day and night and still lack the spirit of holiness instead, majority of them are full of hypocrisy; it’s because they lack the Bible understanding of holiness. You do not become holy because you always like to hear the message of holiness. Your church is not a church of holiness simply because they always preach the sermons and Bible studies of holiness; that is the mistake of fact with many Christians, they say their church is a church of holiness, why? Because they always preach messages of holiness.

But the truth is that a church does not become a church of holiness as a result of messages of holiness always preached in that church, a pastor does not become a holy pastor simply because he always preach about holiness. You do not become a holy person simply because you believe in holiness. You do not become holy because you agree with messages and preaching of holiness; but you become when you live a holy life.

Holiness is not by word but by way of life. Holiness is not by preaching but by practicing. A church where holiness is often preached and the majority of the membership and leadership are not practicing holiness, such church is a hypocrite church.

MISTAKES ABOUT HOLINESS
To some people, holiness is when a woman covers her hair tight, when she does not use any form of jewelries. The truth is that holiness is far more than that. While modesty and decency is demanded of a child of God, holiness goes beyond that, because holiness starts from within not from without.

To some people, holiness is obeying the leadership of the church and paying tithes and offering. To another group of Christians, holiness is all about claiming - confession without practicing. And to some Christians, holiness is non-existence and not demanded from Christians, they see holiness as unattainable and unnecessary, so they ignore it and focuses on other earthly matters. All these different groups of people are the majority in the Christianity of today, missing it and misleading majority.

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