Jehovah-M'Kaddish (Leviticus 20:6-9)
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When you get up in the morning, what do you usually think of?
If you usually think of money, you probably are a money-lover.
If you usually think of a certain boy or a girl, you probably love him or her very much as a friend or as a lover.
If you usually think of how to cheat other people, you may become a cheater.
If you usually think of God or Jesus, you are probably a very devout Christian.
If you usually think of money, you probably are a money-lover.
If you usually think of a certain boy or a girl, you probably love him or her very much as a friend or as a lover.
If you usually think of how to cheat other people, you may become a cheater.
If you usually think of God or Jesus, you are probably a very devout Christian.
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What is "holiness"?1. "Holiness" is separation from the worldly things and from your old habits.
Paul in Colossians 3:5 tells us: "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."
Paul in Colossians 3:5 tells us: "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."
2. “Holiness" is getting out of darkness and coming closer to God who is light.
While "righteousness" (or "justification") of a Christian is a right to come to God by believing and confessing Jesus as his personal Savior, "holiness" (or "sanctification") is a process of coming closer to God every day by continuing to look to Jesus.
While "righteousness" (or "justification") of a Christian is a right to come to God by believing and confessing Jesus as his personal Savior, "holiness" (or "sanctification") is a process of coming closer to God every day by continuing to look to Jesus.
3. "Holiness" is restoration of the image of God by listening to His Word and by living according to His Word.
To be holy, you don't have to go to a monastery and sing chants all day long.
To be holy, you don't have to become a priest.
You live your ordinary daily life believing in Jesus and desiring to live by the Word of God who makes you holy.
To be holy, you don't have to become a priest.
You live your ordinary daily life believing in Jesus and desiring to live by the Word of God who makes you holy.
Why should you be holy?1. You should be holy because your God is holy.
God told the Israelites in Leviticus 20:26, "You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own."
God repeatedly tells his people in Leviticus 11:44, 45, and 19:2: "Be holy, because I am holy."
Peter in 1 Peter 1:14-16 advised the church people citing the Word of God:
"As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy.'"
God told the Israelites in Leviticus 20:26, "You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own."
God repeatedly tells his people in Leviticus 11:44, 45, and 19:2: "Be holy, because I am holy."
Peter in 1 Peter 1:14-16 advised the church people citing the Word of God:
"As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy.'"
2. You should be holy because it is God's will.
Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians 4:3, "It is God's will that you should be sanctified," and in 4:7, "For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." God wants us to be holy.
Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians 4:3, "It is God's will that you should be sanctified," and in 4:7, "For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." God wants us to be holy.
3. Without holiness, you cannot see the Lord and cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
The author of the book of Hebrews in 12:14 tells us, "Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy, without holiness no one will see the Lord."
The author of the book of Hebrews in 12:14 tells us, "Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy, without holiness no one will see the Lord."
How can you be holy?You cannot become holy by yourself.
You can become holy by coming to the LORD, Jehovah-M'Kaddesh who makes you holy. You become holy when you listen to and keep his commandments.
In verse 7 of today's passage God tells the Israelites: "Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God."
How can you consecrate yourself?
You can consecrate yourself, that is, you can make yourself clean by not doing those things that do not please God and by doing those things that please God.
You should not turn to mediums and spiritists.
You should not curse(v. 9) your father or mother. Instead, you should honor them to consecrate yourself and to be holy.
How can you consecrate yourself?
You can consecrate yourself, that is, you can make yourself clean by not doing those things that do not please God and by doing those things that please God.
You should not turn to mediums and spiritists.
You should not curse(v. 9) your father or mother. Instead, you should honor them to consecrate yourself and to be holy.
Then, in verse 8 He continues: "Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD who makes you holy (I am Jehovah-M'Kaddishkem.).
God keeps telling his people in several other places that he is the LORD who makes them holy. In Leviticus 21:8, 15, and 23 God told his people that he is the LORD who makes them holy.
God told Moses in Exodus 31:13, "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.'" (Exodus 31:12-13).
Keeping the Lord's day holy is a way that you show your desire to be holy to the LORD who makes you holy.
God keeps telling his people in several other places that he is the LORD who makes them holy. In Leviticus 21:8, 15, and 23 God told his people that he is the LORD who makes them holy.
God told Moses in Exodus 31:13, "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.'" (Exodus 31:12-13).
Keeping the Lord's day holy is a way that you show your desire to be holy to the LORD who makes you holy.
Jesus is also the One who makes us holy.The
author of the book of Hebrews calls Jesus the one who makes men holy in
2:11, saying "Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made
holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them
brothers."
How did Jesus make his people holy?
The book of Hebrews 13:12 tells us, "And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood."
Jesus made his people holy by shedding his blood for them.
People became holy not because of their good conducts but because of the blood of Jesus that covered their sins and trespasses.
How did Jesus make his people holy?
The book of Hebrews 13:12 tells us, "And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood."
Jesus made his people holy by shedding his blood for them.
People became holy not because of their good conducts but because of the blood of Jesus that covered their sins and trespasses.
Jesus tells Paul whom he appoints as an apostle to the Gentiles in
Acts 26:17-18: "I will rescue you from your own people and from the
Gentiles I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from
darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may
receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified
by faith in me."
We can be holy by believing in Jesus Christ and looking to him continually.
We can be holy by believing in Jesus Christ and looking to him continually.
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Do you want to be holy because God is holy?
You don't have to go up to a mountain top to be holy.
You don't have to go to a desert and discipline yourself there to be holy.
You don't have to pray or sing chants all day long like a Catholic monk to be holy.
You don't have to be a vegetarian or an ascetic to be holy.
You don't have to go up to a mountain top to be holy.
You don't have to go to a desert and discipline yourself there to be holy.
You don't have to pray or sing chants all day long like a Catholic monk to be holy.
You don't have to be a vegetarian or an ascetic to be holy.
To be holy, you just keep the Lord's day holy by coming to God and worshiping him regularly.
To be holy, you live your ordinary daily life trying to live by the Word of God.
To be holy, you trust in God and lean on him, Jehovah-M'Kaddish, in your everyday life.
To be holy, you look to Jesus in your daily life, confess him your Lord and Savior, and witness him who makes you holy.
Isn't it much easier than what you thought?
Let us be holy as our God is holy.
To be holy, you live your ordinary daily life trying to live by the Word of God.
To be holy, you trust in God and lean on him, Jehovah-M'Kaddish, in your everyday life.
To be holy, you look to Jesus in your daily life, confess him your Lord and Savior, and witness him who makes you holy.
Isn't it much easier than what you thought?
Let us be holy as our God is holy.
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