What does Holy Look Like?
“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
Leviticus 19:2 HCSB
Being holy is being set apart, not behaving like the world but rather like our heavenly family.
This is a challenge as we live in the world but not partakers of the world. In the Old Testament the children of Israel were not allowed to associate with those outside of their faith in personal matters. They were not to marry into the heathen nations, not to go into business with them, not to party with them etc. They were a type of what being set apart meant.
As Christians we are foolish if we think we can do the same things and not be tainted. The admonition to be holy remains. We are to be like our Father. He loves all mankind but would not partake in all they do. Jesus was a living testimony of the Father. Jesus was not a.recluse. He ate and drank with His disciples, with sinners and tax collectors but He did not adopt the attitudes and values of those He associated with, He retained heavenly values.
Today on the news we see Mother Theresa is being made a saint. Yes she did many marvelous things, but she tried to emulate her Lord. Not all of us will do the things she did. However, we could start with obediently following our Lord. Amen!
Leviticus 19:2 HCSB
Being holy is being set apart, not behaving like the world but rather like our heavenly family.
This is a challenge as we live in the world but not partakers of the world. In the Old Testament the children of Israel were not allowed to associate with those outside of their faith in personal matters. They were not to marry into the heathen nations, not to go into business with them, not to party with them etc. They were a type of what being set apart meant.
As Christians we are foolish if we think we can do the same things and not be tainted. The admonition to be holy remains. We are to be like our Father. He loves all mankind but would not partake in all they do. Jesus was a living testimony of the Father. Jesus was not a.recluse. He ate and drank with His disciples, with sinners and tax collectors but He did not adopt the attitudes and values of those He associated with, He retained heavenly values.
Today on the news we see Mother Theresa is being made a saint. Yes she did many marvelous things, but she tried to emulate her Lord. Not all of us will do the things she did. However, we could start with obediently following our Lord. Amen!
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