2 Corinthians 3:18 // And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Exodus 34:29 // When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD.
- The longer we walk with Jesus, the more we should look like Jesus.
- Over 23 million people moved from “practicing Christians” to “non-Christians.” - 2022 Barna Study
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. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Leviticus 11:44 // I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.
- We are called to live differently, not just believe differently.
John 17:15–17 // My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
- Positional holiness & Practical Holiness
- If there's no difference between the church and the world, what does the church have to offer the world?
- Holiness isn’t about being better than someone else. It’s about becoming like Jesus.
1 Peter 1:15–16 // 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.'
- Hagios - Holy, sacred, or set apart.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20 // You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
- Pay attention to what you’re consuming
1 John 2:15–17 // Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
Galatians 5:16-21 // So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Matthew 5:13–16 // "You are the salt of the earth..." "You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden."
Galatians 5:22-25 // But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
- The goal of holiness isn’t isolation, it’s influence.
- Holiness without love becomes legalism.
Love without truth becomes compromise.
Jesus calls us to both.
- Is this allowed? Is this making me more like Jesus?
- Surrender
