Now let’s read the first part of note 3 on the word holy: “Holy means not only sanctified, separated unto God, but also different, distinct, from everything that is common. As a result of this shining, you might pray, “Lord, I agree with Your Word. It tells us God chose us, before we were even born, for a particular purpose: “Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love.”, We usually think God chose us to save us from judgment. First John 1:8-9 gives us help in knowing how to be holy as he writes “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. All rights reserved. In fact, God is so holy that no one can look at Him and live (Ex 33:20). That He was (has always existed) and is (does exist now) and is to come (will always exist). Isaiah actually saw a vision of the glory of God and this smoke was the Shekinah glory of God. I am a father, a husband, a son, an uncle and so on but God is merciful, patient, longsuffering, and abounding in love but the only attribute of God that is mentioned three times is apparently His predominant attribute.

The Word as truth is a shining light that sanctifies us. The Hebrew word for holy is “qodesh” and means “apartness, set-apartness, separateness, sacredness” and I would add that it should also be “otherness, transcendent and totally other” because God is totally above His creation and His creatures, including us. Get posts on the Christian life and the Bible. By going along with Christ who lives in us. Let’s read the rest of note 3 to find out how God does this: “He makes us holy by imparting Himself, the Holy One, into our being, that our whole being may be permeated and saturated with His holy nature. Tagged as: Christ brought the holy nature of God into us to sanctify us—that is, to make us holy—so that we can live a holy life.

Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. Paul strongly exhorted us to “perfect holiness in the fear of God.” We should all have a healthy fear of God. Related reading: Who or What is the Holy Spirit?eval(ez_write_tag([[336,280],'whatchristianswanttoknow_com-banner-1','ezslot_6',118,'0','0'])); Resource – Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

When we believed in Christ, He came into us to be our life.

The Hebrew word for holy is “qodesh” which means “apartness, sacredness,” or “separateness” showing that God is altogether holy, sacred, set apart or separate from His creation. This permeation isn’t instantaneous; it takes time. Let’s go on to see the second way we can cooperate with the Lord to be made holy. We have to admit that in many different matters, we’re still not separated unto God. eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'whatchristianswanttoknow_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_7',119,'0','0'])); Jack Wellman is a father and grandfather and a Christian author, freelance writer, and pastor of Central Christian Church in Lincoln, KS & also a Prison Minister.

When Zechariah had a vision of Joshua the High Priest, which seems to indicate Jesus Christ for Jesus’ Hebrew name is Joshua, he writes “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.”  And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments.”  So we can only be made clean by the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. Bible Definition of Holy. Does performing a religious ritual make us holy? eval(ez_write_tag([[468,60],'whatchristianswanttoknow_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_9',115,'0','0']));The Greek word used for holy or holiness is “hagios” and means much the same thing that the Old Testament word “godesh” means, which is “pure, morally blameless” or “set apart” as in set apart for holy use, which is what the saints of God have been called to. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. What Is The Last Day Or Last Great Day Of The Feast? Next, the other two wings covered their feet because they were standing on holy ground and you might remember when Joshua encountered the pre-incarnate Christ and when Moses approached the burning bush, they were told to remove their shoes from off their feet (Ex 3:5; Joshua 5:15). We can’t get holy by our best efforts. Because God is too holy for even the holy angels to look directly at.

This explains why after we’re saved, we spontaneously feel different about things we used to do before we were saved. 1:4) and to have our whole being permeated with God Himself. In ancient days, the length of the train a king’s robe was the measure of his greatness and in this case, God’s train fills the whole temple. But this verse doesn’t say anything along those lines. Why cover their feet and their face? Ephesians 1:4 says something we may find quite unexpected. It may seem daunting to cooperate with the Lord in the ways we’ve discussed. Have you ever wondered what it means to be holy?

In fact, Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:21 that is was “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”  When the Father sees us, He actually sees Christ’s own righteousness. If you have repented and trusted in Christ then it is you of whom they speak in Revelation 7:14 where John writes, “They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” and “with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot” (1 Pet 1:19) you can be made holy and acceptable to God. You can order a free copy of the New Testament Recovery Version here. If we look at ourselves, we may wonder how we can ever be holy as God is holy. 3. Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! “And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”.

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