November 8th

NOVEMBER 8th

The next reason that I think we should have the mindset that we are holy is because God says that we should be Holy. He says we should be holy as He is holy. He would not have said this if it was not to be possible. He would not give us a command that was impossible to obey (with His help of course.) He already did the heavy lifting on the cross.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Peter 1:13-16 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

He already did it so we now need to realize that in our life once we become a Christian we are starting from a place of holiness. We are already there, so it isn’t something to be worked toward. Instead, it is something to be lived out. This is a different perspective than people usually have, and I would venture to say it is different than what is being taught in many churches.

Work out your holy identity by holy living.

Colossians 1:21-23 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

So holiness isn’t a mountain you have to climb, you are already at the top. Now you just have to stay there, continue in your faith as the passage says. One choice at a time stay there on the Holy mountain, one day at a time, one act at a time, stay put, continue to live holy.

Remember we don’t live to try to become holy, we are holy so we live like it. The verse prior to the one listed above about being a new creation says that we shouldn’t view others from a worldly point of view. That goes for ourselves too. We need to quit seeing ourselves from our own perspective and choose God’s perspective.

2 Corinthians 5:16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Let’s take on the right perspective so that we can see ourselves, our position, and our journey from the right angle and live holy.

Holy Lord, thank you for your victory that made me holy. Help me to see myself through your eyes. Holy Spirit please make me aware of the lies of the enemy so that I see through his schemes that try to keep me defeated and ineffective. Help me to live holy.