BACKGROUND
DEFINITION OF TERMS HOLINESS SANCTIFICATION HOLINESS, HOLY, SAINTS.
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DETAILED DEFINITION OF TERMS
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Online links to scriptures (New International Version [NIV] unless otherwise stated) are shown in blue
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![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11218rp11.jpg) I don't pretend to have all the answers. Probably why the Lord is showing me these things. For I still have a lot to learn and even more to apply! In haircuts too! So this isn't an 'A-Z' explanation of the way of holiness. However, we can see patterns emerging that provide some practical guidelines towards holy living (Listed in alphabetical order).
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A PATTERN OF... CHOICE |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11219p19.jpg) Not all Christians will desire, nor attain, holiness.
Matthew 13:8
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A PATTERN OF… CHRIST |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11220rp38.jpg) Transformation into the likeness of Jesus is a common thread throughout.
2 Corinthians 3:17
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A PATTERN OF… THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11221rp52.jpg) Holiness comes not through the Gifts of the Spirit, but in the development of 'character' in our lives. The Fruit of the Spirit characterises our character!
Galatians 5:19-25
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A PATTERN OF… GOD'S GRACE |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11222p31.jpg) It is a gift of grace. Holiness cannot be attained simply through our own effort.
1 Corinthians 1:28-30
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A PATTERN OF… THE HEART |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11223p7.gif) It is a matter of heart attitude of submission and obedience, not legal observance. Holiness cannot be found through living by a series of rules.
Galatians 2:21
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A PATTERN OF… HUMILITY |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11224rp34.jpg) Of not seeing ourselves as being holier than we really are!
1 Peter 5:5-6
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A PATTERN OF… OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S WILL |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11225p34.jpg) Holiness is as much a matter of what we do - as well as what we don't!
Ephesians 4:11-13
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A PATTERN OF… ONGOING REPENTANCE |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11226rp3.jpg) Until perfection is reached, we must rely upon God's grace and forgiveness to overcome our humanness.
Romans 7:21-4
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A PATTERN OF… PROGRESSION |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11227rp50.jpg) Holiness is an ongoing process of getting our lives right (sanctification) with our Lord. It is not instantly attainable.
Hebrews 10:13-14
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A PATTERN OF… RIGHTEOUSNESS |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11228rp57.jpg) Being 'right' before our God at all times.
1 Peter 2:24
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A PATTERN OF… SERVANTHOOD |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11229p28.jpg) Of placing God's desires and man's needs before our own. As did Jesus.
Philippians 2:6-7
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A PATTERN OF… WORSHIP |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11230rp29.jpg) Worshipping God with the whole of our being at all times. (King David with the Ark pictured.)
Romans 12:1
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Finally, of key importance to all His disciples:
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A PATTERN OF… THE BRIDE OF CHRIST |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11232p59.jpg) For whom Jesus is returning.
Revelation 22:17, 20
Let's seek it together, shall we!
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NEXT WEEK: A REVELATION OF…….THE SEVEN REVELATIONS OF 'THE LAMB' Part 1 |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11233rp24.jpg) It would be normal to think of a victorious God as a lion. But Jesus came as a lamb, the Lamb of God The incredible story of how the Lamb of God is foreshadowed 4 times in the Old Testament, comes as the Lamb in the New, sets our example and will return to claim His kingdom. Both a faith builder and a call to inherit the kingdom now.
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A NOTE FROM DAVID |
![](http://www.wwj.org.nz/teachings/images/11234rp35.gif) Now we have the knowledge, we simply need the motivation, the submission to God's will as modelled by Jesus, to live the life of holiness! "Please Lord help us to live holy lives. We submit our ambitions and desires to you. Please make us like Jesus. Amen." MOUNT SEDOM This five-mile-long block of salt rises out of the ground at the southern tip of the Dead Sea. The barren conditions of the area are a stark reminder of the consequences of Lot’s choice and his wife’s disobedience. Some scholars believe that Sodom and Gomorrah lie under the Dead Sea. Whether this is true or not, the desolateness of the area should persuade us to chose God and to resist the sinful practices of any culture. Source: http://www.followtherabbi.com
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So until next week.......
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD!
His servant and yours
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