Category Archives: Holiness

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#S4-047: Why It’s Important to Live A Separated Life [Podcast]

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Why It's Important to Live A Separated Life

This is what the Spirit of God spoke up in my heart after a season of prayer and study. “You know son, you need to talk about people sinning in the church. I’m trying to get their attention but they’re not listening. I’m trying to help them avoid tragedy. It will come if they don’t hear me. The handwriting is on the wall.” By His instruction, these words come forth today. It’s time to live a separated life before God. It’s time to get the sin out.

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[Tweet “If there’s area’s of moral sin in your life, it’s time to right the ship.“]

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How To Live Holy In An Unholy World

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You Can Live Holy In An Unholy World

What do we mean when we say a thing is holy? Look at your Bible and it says, “Holy Bible.” What makes it holy? The land of Israel is called “The Holy Land,” and the city of Jerusalem is called “The Holy City.” Why? There is a quality about all three that they share in common. They all belong to God. The Bible is God’s book; Israel is God’s land; Jerusalem is God’s city. They are all God’s property! That is why they are holy; they belong to God.1 The same applies to believers in Jesus. We are holy because of who we belong to. That’s a positional holiness which comes via the new birth. But, there’s another part to holiness. It’s the day to day stuff of living on a sin-stained planet. In today’s post, let’s take a look at the topic of holy living in an unholy world.

[Tweet “We must search our hearts, lifestyles, and video storage cabinets. It’s time to get the sin out.”]

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Why Honesty Is Indeed The Best Policy

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You Can Understand God When You Realize He Cannot Lie

Many people quote the ninth commandment as ‘Thou shalt not lie’ but that that is not what how the commandment reads. Three important words are tacked to the end of this commandment, the words ‘against thy neighbor’.  And so the question invariably arises today as it did in Jesus day, ‘who is my neighbor’?  Honesty is indeed the best policy as we will see in today’s post.

[Tweet “The 9th commandment was designed to protect family members from being falsely accused legally.”]

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How To Build Strong Character by Refusing Compromise

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You Can Build Strong Character by Refusing Compromise

The following is a Russian parable. A hunter raised his rifle and took careful aim at a large bear. When about to pull the trigger, the bear spoke in a soft, soothing voice, “Isn’t it better to talk than to shoot? What do you want? Let us negotiate the matter.” Lowering his rifle, the hunter replied, “I want a fur coat.” “Good,” said the bear, “that is a negotiable question. I only want a full stomach, so let us negotiate a compromise.” They sat down to negotiate, and after a time the bear walked away alone. The negotiations had been successful. The bear had a full stomach, and the hunter had his fur coat. Compromise rarely satisfy both sides in equal measure.1 They are absolutely lethal to building strong God-like character.

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Why Character Needs to Be King in Jesus Followers

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Why Character Needs to Be King for Jesus Followers

Robert Murray McCheyne was a Scottish minister in the nineteenth century. He was a deeply prayerful and spiritual man. To a young ministerial student, McCheyne wrote the following words on the subject of character.

I know you will apply hard to German, but do not forget the culture of the inner man—I mean of the heart. How diligently the cavalry officer keeps his sabre clean and sharp; every stain he rubs off with the greatest care. Remember you are God’s sword, His instrument—I trust, a chosen vessel unto Him to bear His name. In great measure, according to the purity and perfection of the instrument, will be the success. It is not great talents God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.1

According to the purity and perfection of the instrument, will be the success. Those are good words to hear. So, let’s talk about character: what it is and how to develop it in our everyday lives.

[Tweet “Good character is formed by hundreds of decisions made over the course of time.”]

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#S3-010: Why Immorality Will Destroy Your Life [Podcast]

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In his book When Nations Die, Jim Nelson Black lists three aspects of decay: social decay, cultural decay, and moral decay. Three important trends demonstrate moral decay. They are the “rise in immorality,” the “decay of religious belief,” and the “devaluing of human life.” The classic study of Roman civilization, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, written by English historian Edward Gibbon was published in that famous year of 1776. He “observed that the leaders of the empire gave into the vices of strangers, morals collapsed, laws became oppressive, and the abuse of power made the nation vulnerable to the barbarian hordes.” 1 In today’s podcast, we are going to take a look at one of the main reasons why great nations fall.

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Immorality: The Main Reason Great Nations Fall

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In his book When Nations Die, Jim Nelson Black lists three aspects of decay: social decay, cultural decay, and moral decay. Three important trends demonstrate moral decay. They are the “rise in immorality,” the “decay of religious belief,” and the “devaluing of human life.” The classic study of Roman civilization, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, written by English historian Edward Gibbon was published in that famous year of 1776. He “observed that the leaders of the empire gave into the vices of strangers, morals collapsed, laws became oppressive, and the abuse of power made the nation vulnerable to the barbarian hordes.” 1 In today’s post, we are going to take a look at one of the main reasons why great nations fall.