02/02/26 THE WHOLE WORK OF GOD

02/02/26 THE WHOLE WORK OF GOD

Biblical Holiness applies to both our behavior and our heart condition. Holiness describes the actions and nature of the Spirit-filled believer. Holiness of heart and life is the work of God in us and through us.

The word "holiness" is primarily used when referring to righteous behavior. This is a valid use of the word, but there is another correct use of the word, which is seldom mentioned.

In the Bible, "holiness" is sometimes used in reference to the spiritual condition of a person filled with the Holy Spirit.

Holiness can be used in reference to the behavior of a Christian (what we do), and it can also be used in reference to the purified nature of the Spirit-Baptized believer (what we are).

In other words, holiness of heart and life.

Interestingly enough, there are people who claim to be Christian, yet they deny that God enables Christians the grace to do His will, and they deny that God will actually deliver them from their sinful nature.

I feel sorry for the unsaved, who continue in a life of sin, and I feel sorry for the saved who continue in a life of Double-Mindedness because they refuse to trust God to deliver them from the evil heart of unbelief.

DO NOT BE DECEIVED INTO A LIFE OF SINNING BEHAVIOR, AND DO NOT BE DECEIVED INTO A LIFE OF CARNAL MINDEDNESS.

GOD DELIVERS FROM BOTH.

To my friends who are Christians and wonder why I keep saying that God will deliver you from the Old Man, remember, you keep saying to your unsaved friends that God will deliver them from living a life of sinful behavior.

We must be born again and quit our sinful behavior in order to inherit eternal life.
Likewise, we must have a pure, holy, righteous heart to inherit eternal life, which comes to the Christian by faith in God's cleansing power.

Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.