Holiness is God’s Urgent call for all Humanity
Holiness is demanded from all men. Children must have it. Leaders must have it. Farmers must have it. And above all the church must have it (Ephesians 5:27). It is the most crucial thing in the entire universe. What is it? It is holiness. Be ye Holy...is the voice of God from heaven to all men. It is surprisingly the rarest commodity on earth but the most valued thing in all ages to eternity. It is the secret of godliness.
Both in the visible and invisible world, Holiness is the thing that can cause even the brilliant minds to be nervous. For it is not just found in the book shelves of the libraries. I said only the spiritually and the God fearing men and women are enlightened to know the great value of holiness. Holiness is the great trademark of heaven. All goods and places and persons in heaven are labeled with it. Even pots and horses (Zech. 14:20). God does not spare any human being in the demand to be Holy. It is either holiness or hell.
Follow Holiness, without which no man shall see God. (Hebrews 12:4)
Holiness, Holiness, Holiness. This is the demand, which God requires from each of us. It is the only chorus we shall hear in all eternity. It is the same song, which is being sang now in heaven. The word of God says, “And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty which was, and is and is to come.” (Rev. 4:8). This powerful Angels know the most crucial thing in all universe, they sing it without resting. It should be the song of your heart forever and ever. If you do not see it today, you will definitely cry and wail in the shores of eternity.
I am serious. Isaiah the prophet dared to enter there without such knowledge. He cried desperately, “I am finished, I am undone for eyes have seen the holy one, while my lips are unclean.” What Isaiah saw in that place was, Holiness what he heard in that place was Holiness (Isaiah 6:1-6). Oh, my heart burns and is moved for our people have not yet esteemed Holiness, as they should. One thing am sure is they will wail and gnash teeth in that place.
My dear friend, the only person who can at least make us to reach to the door of holiness is Christ Jesus. Sin must be purged, cleansed, removed by only one substance. That substance is the Blood of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 10:4, 9). We can enter into the holiest place by the Blood of Christ. Jesus is the door to holiness, He is the way to holiness, and He is the truth of holiness. How is it possible for a wretched sinner to be holy?
By faith! Oh what faith? Study the Word of God or listen to the preaching of the Word of God, and be meek. Then the Holy Spirit will plant the seed of God’s word in your spirit and open it up into eternal life.
This is the experience of being born again (John 3:3,6). Two major ingredients of eternal life experience are the word of God and the Holy Spirit. After that the Holy Spirit will start to build character of the Lord Jesus inside you. This is externally ordained so that at last you should be conformed to the image of Jesus (Rom. 8:29).
Holiness is the character of Jesus Christ expressed in a believer by the Holy Spirit.
Hence forth the believer is eternally urged to follow after holiness. This includes putting off the old man and putting on the new man who is created in righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 4:24).
My dear friend, God will never accept anything, which is not holy. Even your every body should be presented to Him, Holy as living sacrifices (Rom. 12:1). This is the most crucial in the book of Isaiah. And He says to all “Be ye holy for I am holy (1Peter 1:16) for without holiness you will not see Me”. Yes sir, You will never see God in your marriage, work or prayers if you are not holy. You must be like God. God should be able to say, “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”. He said this about Jesus Christ our Lord. But even demons cried out and called Jesus and referred to Him on the identity of “the Holy one of God (Mark 1:24)”. That is the International eternal label for citizens of heaven. You can call yourself anything but unless you show the character of God which is Holiness, you are only preparing yourself for an eternal shock!….you are not born of the Holy God. For every seed shall produce its own kind. The seed, which God plants in us after we are born again, is a holy seed and that seed grows into a life of holiness (Isaiah 8:18, Isaiah 6:13, 1 John 2:9). Seek eagerly to be holy, make it your ambition to live a holy life, continue to be holy, try to stay holy (All these are different translations for Hebrew 12:14).
So many men and women do not know God. Seriously, they are not holy. Come out of them, and be separated, saith the Lord touch no unclean thing and I will receive you and you shall be my sons and daughters saith the Almighty God (II Cor. 6:17:18). These great blessings for all those who are pure in heart, the men of God have seen the terror of the Lord urge us to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (Cor. 7:1). Holiness will give you power and cause demons to fear you (Mark 6:20). The spirit of God is called the Holy Spirit. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8). Let us wake up now for holy living or sleep forever!
The level of holiness in the world today is at dangerous low levels.
Awake and save yourself from this wicked generation! Even if it requires that you fast and cry day and night. Seek the holiness of God. All those who met God saw holiness as the first attribute of God. For example Moses in Exodus 3:5 was told to remove his shoes for the place where he stood was holy. Later in Joshua 5:15 Joshua met God and was told remove your shoes for the place where you stand is holy…,Peter also met Jesus and immediately realized that Jesus was too holy for him in Luke 5:8 …He even shouted and said “depart from me Lord for I am a sinful man”….These are men who met The Holy One of Israel.
My dear friend prepare to meet your God (Amos 4:12). He is a holy God.
