Help with Being Holy: What is Holiness? Do I Need It?
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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Leviticus 19:1-2
June 26, 2022
Leviticus 19:1-2: Now the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy."
Sermon Outline
1. God says, "I am holy."
The meaning of "holyā
First: God's holiness means he is separate from us
Second: God's holiness means separate because he is superior to us
Third: God's holiness means he is different from us
Fourth: God's holiness means he has no evil in himself
2. God sometimes declares certain places and objects "holy"
Moses and the burning bush
Other objects, places, and times
These things are not ethically holy
3. God sometimes sets certain people aside to be "holy"
Levites
Israelites
4. God not only declares Christian believers "holy" -- he commands us to be holy
God's demand for holiness seems unattractive
God's demand for holiness seems scary
God's demand for holiness seems impossible
5. Three thoughts in response
Regarding holiness as unattractive
Regarding holiness as scary
Regarding holiness as impossible
Benediction
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24: May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
