1 Peter 1:13-21
What do we know about holiness? Addison Road sings a song that convicts me. “What do I know of holy?” Is it possible for us to become holy? Why would we want to? Peter answers these questions in his letter to the scattered suffering strangers in the first century. Good news: the same Spirit who gives us hope is working to make us holy.
Quotes:
Oswald Chambers:God has one destined end for mankind – holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy.
Eugene Peterson:There is a great market for religious experience in our world; there is little enthusiasm for the patient acquisition of virtue, little inclination to sign up for a long apprenticeship in what earlier generations of Christians called holiness.
Henry Blackaby: When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.
C. T. Studd: If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.
Jerry Bridges: Many Christians have what we might call a ‘cultural holiness.’ They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them…But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.
C. S. Lewis: How little people know who think holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing, it is irresistible.
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