Episode 376 - Show Notes:
- The Bible teaches us that God is exalted. He is high and lifted up. He is above us all in power and stature. He answers to no one. He doesn’t have to defend his actions. He is holy.
- Because God is holy, he cannot allow sin to enter his presence. Sin is what separates us from God. This is why God sent Jesus to provide a way to be cleansed and purified from our sins.
- Sin is a big deal to God and it should be a big deal to us. We might say, “Well, you know we all struggle. Nobody is perfect, right? I wouldn’t call it a sin. It’s more like a struggle, a weakness, or a problem. But, to call it a sin, I wouldn’t go that far.”
- To God sin is missing the mark of his standard of holiness and righteousness, and all of us fall short. Romans 3:10 says, “there is no one righteous, not even one.”
- So, compelled by a love we will never fully understand, God sends Jesus to pay the awful penalty for our sins. By his grace he offers us forgiveness as we put our faith in Jesus. We are cleansed and purified from our sins. We receive the righteousness of Jesus.
- God must remain holy; he cannot put up with sin, no matter how trivial it may seem to us. God knows that even a single sin has the same net effect as many sins – both result in contamination.
- So, we come to Jesus, undone, unclean, and impure, but through Jesus we are made clean, righteous, and holy. We are then called to live and walking holiness, recognizing our lives represent Jesus. 1 Peter 1:16 says, “for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Isaiah 6:1-4 says, “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.”
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