Jeff Adams

Holiness is where God is. It can be ground if God is there or spirit like the Holy Spirit. So spiritually saved people are Holy, spiritually.
Unholiness must be being where God is not. So inviting and accepting the presence of God is holiness.

I will take a stab at this; holiness is an attribute that is added to the human condition once we accept the free gift of God’s Holy Spirit. I don’t believe that any one person alone can be holy in the sense of being forever perfect, righteous or set apart. I think that we can behave holy, that is we can do righteous acts from time to time, but it is not until a person surrenders his/her life over to Christ can we ever be consider Holy which is to be set apart for Gods use. I guess if God is not inside me then he does not posses me and if he does not poses me then what ever action I do is for me and my glory and not for him and if it’s not for him are his glory and honor then, my action even if its good and right is for me and that just doesn’t seem righteous or holy at all. So, then holiness only can be attributed to a person when what we do or say or feel is all about him and not about us. I guess this is a hard question to answer after all, but fun to write about.

“fashioning” suschematizo in Peter is an interesting contrast . . . translated conformed (Romans 12:1-2) . . . won’t presume to give a definition, but a path considering the image of God, that being diminished in man, and made manifest in Christ . . . might result in some insightful perspective . . .

Well, my definition of holiness is having more of God in you than you in you. If that makes any sense at all. I can’t say with anything remotely resembling confidence that I am there, but that is what I think holiness is. Because holiness is God, and if there is more of Him in you than the “old man”, then that is what being holy is. To me anyway.

Holiness is living a life of grace, good works, and daily repentance. Christ’s atonement makes us holy. If we are living in accordance to his word to the best of our abilities and are repenting and improving daily, we can be made holy through the blood of Jesus Christ. That’s my definition.

David
BigTomMovie.com

I believe a person can be holy. I think that imbracing the thought of being called holy makes some people nerous, as if they are not worthy. But isn’t okay if someone see that quality in you? I wouldn’t go around telling people ‘i’m holy’, but they may see it in me, and that is what it’s all about…following Christ and becoming Christlike, right? I remember when my like changed to God’s will, others started to call me Saint Wendy and @ first I would get defensive. But then I realized Paul addressed the believers as saint (those who followed Jesus’ teaching), and that is what I am doing..following Jesus Christ. So if that makes me a saint to others….wonderful…it means they see they change and know it’s from God alone. So if someone looks to me as see my life or works as holy..well thank you Lord for transforming me to You.

Soy santa posicionalmente, Ser santo cada dia, vivir para Dios en cada una de mis acciones, palabras y pensamientos (apartada para Dios) La lucha de cada dia, suena facil, no? pero que dificil es vivir en ese “ser apartado” como lo viviera y dijera Pablo, esas dos naturalezas luchando detro de mi y la obra diaria del Esp Santo para crecer en santidad cada dia, creciendo a la imagen de Jesus! Completamente santo? al ser glorificados en el cielo!! El reto? reflejar esa santidad de cada dia en medio del mundo, apartado para Dios, no apartado del mundo, pero apartado para Dios en el mundo! wow!! Gloria a Dios por el Esp Santo!!!

You sure know how to put salt in a wound. Great comments from all…James 4:4-10 puts light on the subject at hand.

Wendy T’s comment is enlightening…not what I see in me, but what others see as genuine.

I enjoyed the sermon on Feb. 7th, and this is actually a subject I had prayed that God would have you preach about Jeff.
Yes. God answers prayers.
All in all, I pretty much agree with all that was said. If there is a comment I feel I should make from this side of that prayer, it would be that in the end being holy (seperate) is not without the simple mandate that we do as Christ so often instructed us to “sin not”.
Now understand that I am not trying to pressure myself or anyone else into an unrealistic endeavor of drumed-up piety, but it is sound to to encourage myself and others to walk worthy of the vocation. We will fall – I will fall – and if we believe we will certainly get right back up and try again.
We will work out our salvation with Christ guiding our steps, and with trials we will come through unashamed.

I wholely agree Jeff. This is why I said “unrealistic endeavor of drumed-up piety”.
We cannot be justified by the law, but by Christ. Over the years God has spoken to me (and to many many others I am sure) through your sermons, and continues to do so.
I am concerned at times that there are some who excuse sin in their lives under a warped understanding of grace. The Lord wants to transform us away from sin, and Paul tells us as much in 2nd Cor 7:1-3, as well as many other scriptures.
After many years at the Temple I don’t think I am surprising anyone when I point out that there have been situations where “sin problems” have hurt this congregation.
So , in this light , I think it is good to state in a conversation about holiness that which I have already said.
Let’s run this race church.

La primera mension de la palabra Santida esta:
Éxodo 15:11: ¿Quién como tú, oh Jehová, entre los dioses? ¿Quién como tú, magnífico en SANTIDAD, Terrible en maravillosas hazañas, hacedor de prodigios?

Dice que Dios es MAGNIFICO (una persona singular) dicc.
(“Magnífico, hace el esfuerzo parecer sin esfuerzo alguno”..)dicc,
en SANTIDAD.
La pregunta que hace nos hace refleccionar aun mas sobre esta cualidad de nuestro Dios. En el contexto dela liberacion de la esclavitud de Israel,y la destruccion del enemigo.
La santidad es la cualidad divina que me aparto para EL y me libro del poder del enemigo. EN LA SALVACION
y es el poder divino que me aparta cada dia del mundo y me da victoria sobre el enemigo , en el DIA A DIA.
Favor corregirme si no es correcta mi opinion, con mucho aprecio lo recordamos en CR.