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What Is Holiness?and How Can I Be Holy? by loadedgospel: 8:36pm On Dec 23, 2019
Holiness according to Oxford dictionary means "The state or condition of being holy".
What does it mean to be holy?
To be holy means
(a)"To be perfect or flawless"
(b) to be Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose.
Holiness is also from the Hebrew word
"קדשׁ"
Translated "ko'-desh" and it means
apartness, sacredness, separateness.
To be holy is to be "whole",is to be set apart,is to be separated For God's use.
Meaning for you to practice genuine holiness, you have to be separated, there are somethings you need to separate yourself from
Holiness is the nature of God.
God is clothed in Holiness.
Jesus said be ye holy as I am Holy.
Like you may say, there is no one that is perfect,we all are working towards perfection, I agree but shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
In the book of Hebrews chapter 1 and verse 9 the bible says "Thou hast loved  righteousness , and  hated iniquity ; therefore God , even thy God , hath anointed  thee with the oil of gladness above  thy  fellows.
I have discovered through studies and research the secret of anointing and access to the power of God which I will be sharing with you today.
We live in a world and generation where people are doing all kinds of dubious and fetish thing just to get the anointing, some even visits witch doctors,some can even travel to Indian and all kinds of funny places just to do some fetish thing in other to get the anointing. All this anointing gotten from the wrong sources wouldn't last and stand the test of time. It will definitely end in pain and penury. Anything Satan gives doesn't last,when Satan give you a cap, he is aiming at your head, when he gives you a shoe, he is aiming at your legs.so what Satan gives always end in shame and disaster.
I have discovered the genuine source of anointing and power,and it is in holiness and righteousness.
God said because you have loved Holiness and righteousness, I my self I have anointed you with the oil of gladness above thy fellow.
The anointing you get through holiness will stand the test of time. I will not come and go.
How do I now practice holiness and live a Holy life?
Holiness child of God is not refusal to put on ear rings,make your hair, brush your teeth, put on marriage ring or another ring,not refusal to make up or dress well.but holiness is connected to the heart. It's something of the heart.
Jesus said, these people draweth nigh unto me,but their heart is very far from me.
So holiness is not religiosity,but it's a lifestyle and a nature of God.that is why God doesn't commit sin,because his nature of holiness wouldn't allow him to do so.
The Bible said in the book of 1 John he that is born of God, doesn't commit sin,he can't sin because the seed of God remaineth in him.
Do you see that? Child of God the moment you become Born again, the life of God which is called "zoe'' and the nature of God which is holiness enters you immediately, so you can't commit sin any more, or live in sin many more because the seed of God has entered you and you can't behave the same way you used to behave why you where still in the world.
You aren't a sinner any more the moment you become born again, you might fall into sin as you begin to walk with God and grow up in your Christian faith, but that doesn't make you a sinner. Who is a sinner?
A sinner is one who commit and live in sin habitually, that is to say sin has become the nature and the life style of that Person. he/She can commit sin without showing any form of remorse,his or her conscience is dead and doesn't speak to him/her any more.
Steps to practice holiness
1.Get born again genuinely.
2.Be filled with the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
3.Rely on the power of the holy spirit
Depend on the holy spirit for the power to live and walk in Holiness daily. The Bible said in the book of
1Sa 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Don't depend on the alm of the flesh,because it will surely fail you.
Believe God for the strength and Grace to live the life of holiness daily.
Your physical strength and Muscle can't help you.
READ MORE @>>> https://www.loadedgospel.com/2019/12/11/what-is-holinessand-how-can-i-be-holy
Re: What Is Holiness?and How Can I Be Holy? by ochibuogwu5: 12:08am On Dec 24, 2019
How can a human die to the flesh with Jesus Christ Crucified ?
How to do it is by *sincerely asking Jesus Christ Crucified* to take your whole being (spirit, soul and body) by *His grace* to the tree of Calvary were His own flesh was crucified about 2019 years ago and insert your whole being inside that his flesh then *crucify you together with His own flesh and replace your crucified/dead flesh with His new flesh which came out from his grave on the resurrection morning*

This is done *once and forever* at a second when *you sincerely say what you mean and mean what you say*

It is a faith reality collaborating with the *Grace* of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

If you have done it, the new life of Christ Jesus Crucified will bear witness to you first in your spirit/heart/mind that Christ Jesus is the whole being(spirit, soul and body) now living inside you according Romans 8:16 thus "the Spirit of God inside the God-head bears witness with our own human spirit that we are now children of God (having the full nature of the Sonship of Jesus Christ now alive, active and in-control of our spirit, soul and body)"

From the internal confirmation you received then to the external fruits of the Holy Spirit consistently whether you are conscious or unconscious hence it is no longer about *what I should do or not do(legalism)* but a *lifestyle* of what does the *new being/life/person* inside my mortal-body want to do/achieve inorder to glorify and please himself at every tick of second and how will I use his grace to participate in this His Divine Life and purpose for each second that ticks by submitting to his instructions for each moment. This new lifestyle does not make us appear abnormal or like a psychopath rather it flows in a normal daily living of a human being but with righteousness, joy and peace in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).

This is why 2 Peter 1:4 declares that we are partakers in the Divine Life of God.

1 Corinthian 3:9 says we are *co-labourers* with God in his household.

This death of the flesh with the crucified Jesus Christ we *renew it every second* by agreeing in our hearts/mind/thoughts that we have *died with Jesus Christ* on the Cross of Calvary about 2019 years ago when we first believed the gospel genuinely hence it is Jesus Christ Crucified that is now living His Life through our mortal-bodies hence we experience the death of flesh with Christ on the Cross at every tick of second by this agreement within us such that we die daily with Christ(this is what it means to carry out Cross daily and follow Christ; Luke 9:23).
Because the death of Jesus Christ released upon the whole creation(things in heaven, things on earth both what we can see and what we cannot see; Colossians 1:20) a *new life* through his resurrection so also our *daily death with Christ* releases *the new life of Christ Jesus Crucified* into all creation especially human beings with or without verbal communication which leads them to salvation (repentance and remission of sin in the name of Jesus Christ Crucified) thus 2 Corinthians 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

Any person who has died to the flesh can return to his/her old vomit (John 8:34-35, John 5:14, Hebrews 6:4-9, Hebrews 10:38, Hebrews 10:26-31, 2 Peter 2:20-22, 2 Timothy 4:10, Rev 3:11) and be cast into hell-fire if he/she dies without repentance. Salvation is a gift, Grace is also a gift; if you receive a gift, you can choose to use it or throw it away. however if any person who has fallen repents and confess to Jesus Christ Crucified; His blood washes away *all sin and unrighteousness* (1 John 1:9)

Any person who is humble/submissive to the Holy Spirit will be supplied and supported with grace of consistent holiness as well as increasing righteousness from one degree of glory to a higher degree of glory till biological death or the archangel's trumpet (John 14:16, 1 Corinthian 1:8-9, Jude 1:24-25, Matthew 24:13, Romans 11:4-6, Matthew 28:20, 2 Corinthian 3:17-18, John 17:17, 2 Timothy 1:12, James 4:6, Titus 2:11-14, Hebrews 12:28, Hebrews 13:5)

Great Grace Brethren!!!

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