Title: Saints and Holiness (1 Peter 1:13-16)
Contents
① Holiness is a word that expresses the internal and external attributes and colors of the holiness of the perfect God. ② The spirit of those who have received the holiness of God, who is life, is rebirth, and what their mind and body receive is the sanctification of the body and the temple of the body. This is the sanctification of the saints.
"Saints and Holiness"
① The word “saint” means a group of people who are separated, holy, and sanctified. ② After the holy and sanctified God has clothed us with the blood of the Lord and made us innocent, righteous, and reconciled, He came into us as the God of the Holy Spirit, the holy and sanctified truth, and gave birth to new people as children of the Holy God. ordained a saint. ③ Father (Isaiah 6:3) Son (Luke 1:35, Mark 1:24, John 6:69) Holy Spirit (Psalm 51:11, Isaiah 63:10, Matthew 12:32, Romans 15:16, 1 Corinthians 6: 19, Ephesians 2:1) The Triune God is a completely holy and holy God. ④ Holiness Holiness is the same as God's name and last name. ⑤ Therefore, everything that belongs to God is marked with ‘Holy’. They are called Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Bible, saints, priesthood, temple, holy things... ⑥ Among the creatures created by God, those belonging to God are the most precious, and among them, the saints are the most honorable and glorious status after God.
"Importance of Saint Holiness"
① Holiness Holiness is the qualification to receive the holy God as my God, the qualifications for the people of the kingdom to live in the kingdom of heaven (1 Corinthians 3:16-17, Revelation 7:14,4-5), and the qualification to receive God's blessings. (Ex 19:10~15) ② "...it is being built together in Jesus to become the dwelling place of God" (Ephesians 2:21~22) ③ Holiness is the qualification to meet, unite, experience, and enjoy God. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God" (Matthew 5:8) "...Pursue peace and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14). said ④ Holiness is the qualification and preparation for receiving the bridegroom Jesus."...But the day of the Lord is coming like a thief...what kind of people ought you to be? stink." ⑤ It is the qualification to be appointed by God. (2 Timothy 2:20~21)
"The world's suffering and holiness of saints"
① Sanctification and sanctification are the duty and responsibility of those who have received rebirth and salvation. ② "But be holy in all your conduct, just as the Holy One who called you... Be holy, because I am holy." (1 Peter 1:15~16,3-7) "Be holy in the fear of God." Let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit by being perfected” (2 Corinthians 7:1) ③ The sanctification of saints is achieved through suffering. “The trial of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested with fire, and Jesus Christ appears that they may find praise, honor, and glory in their time.” (1 Peter 1:6-7; James 1:2-4) “Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word” (Psalm 119:67). ) ④ God allows the believers of physical Israel and spiritual Israel to pass through the wilderness of suffering and the world of confession, decolorizing their sinful nature and creating sanctified people worthy of living in a holy nature. ⑤ Suffering is a messenger of grace that sanctifies us.
"The Secularization and Judgment of the Saints"
① If the saints do not strive for holiness and holiness and become secularized, defiled, and unclean by fire, he will be judged. ② “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy that person” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) ③ God judged the people of Noah’s day, the city of Sodom, which were polluted with sin, and Jesus purged the temple. ④ If the saints become secularized, God punishes them with rods and judges them if they do not repent. ⑤ Therefore, the holiness of the saints is life. If you lose your holiness, you lose everything.
"Means of Holiness of Saints"
① When we live in the redemption of the Lord's blood, when we live in the Spirit of truth, and when we pray, we become sanctified. ② “If we walk in the light, we have fellowship, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7) “For we are sanctified by the word and prayer” (2 Timothy 4:5) ③ This is It is to live separately. It is to distinguish the good, the truth, the person, the faith, the church, the day, the time, the work, the income, the place... and always pray and live in the blood, the truth, and the Holy Spirit. ④ “Everyone who has this hope in the Lord purifies himself as he is pure” (1 John 3:3).