- "Secret sin and incomplete obedience lead to faith, holiness, and life being sucked right out of us!"
- We are set aside for sacred living... holiness... to be a saint... to be a sanctuary... .
- HOLY: And now all I have is gratitude to offer You! ...and somehow all that matters now is: You are Holy,,, Holy! Only me! On my knees! ...singing “Holy! Holy!”
- SANCTUARY: "Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary Pure and Holy, tried and true... with thanksgiving, I'll be a living Sanctuary for You..."
- TESTIFY TO LOVE: "I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough... with every breath I take I will give thanks to God above.For as long as I shall live I will testify to love..."
- THERE IS A FOUNTAIN: "There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel's veins And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains Lose all their guilty stains Lose all their guilty stains And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day And there may I, though vile as he Wash all my sins away..."
- IN CHRIST ALONE: In Christ alone, who took on flesh Fullness of God in helpless babe This gift of love and righteousness Scorned by the ones He came to save ‘Til on that cross as Jesus died The wrath of God was satisfied For every sin on Him was laid Here in the death of Christ I live There in the ground His body lay Light of the world by darkness slain Then bursting forth in glorious Day Up from the grave He rose again And as He stands in victory Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ
- "Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS, the author and perfecter of our faith..."
- "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you SHINE LIKE STARS in the universe..."
3. STEVE SHARED LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT HOLINESS FROM PEOPLE IN THE OLD and NEW TESTAMENT:
- Joshua 7: Achan's secret sin and it's consequences led to the death of 36 men; He saw... He coveted... He took... He hid...
- 1 Corinthians: The people of Corinth struggled with sin, especially sexual sins. In chapter 6, Paul tells the Corinthians that:
- .....The body is for the Lord and NOT for fornication.
- .....Bodies of Christians are members of Christ.
- .....Fornication is a sin against our own bodies.
- .....Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit
- .....We are under obligation to glorify God with our body and spirit.
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4. FINALLY, STEVE SHARED LESSONS ABOUT HOLINESS AND HOW TO OVERCOME SIN: I will use his thoughts several times this week. For today, I'll share a short 5 chapter version by Portia Nelson about how this might work.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
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by Portia Nelson
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I
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.
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II
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place but,
it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
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III
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
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IV
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
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V
I walk down another street.
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