Be Holy

Jesus said, “If you’ve had a bath in the morning, you only need your feet washed now and you’re clean from head to toe. My concern, you understand, is holiness, not hygiene. So now you’re clean. But not every one of you.” (He knew who was betraying him. That’s why he said, “Not every one of you.”) After he had finished washing their feet, he took his robe, put it back on, and went back to his place at the table. Then he said, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You address me as ‘Teacher’ and ‘Master,’ and rightly so. That is what I am. So if I, the Master and Teacher, washed your feet, you must now wash each other’s feet. I’ve laid down a pattern for you. What I’ve done, you do. I’m only pointing out the obvious. A servant is not ranked above his master; an employee doesn’t give orders to the employer. If you understand what I’m telling you, act like it—and live a blessed life.
John 13:12‭-‬17 MSG

Holiness. Do we understand it? Mmm! It is not what enters a person that makes them unclean but what comes out of the heart. However if unclean watching, listening makes a heart unclean then it too should be avoided. In the Old Testament the Israelis were not to associate with other nations because their ways would corrupt them. Now we realise this does not mean do business with them but rather not have fellowship with them. Bad company corrupts good morals.

Jesus tells us to do as we see Him do. He did associate with the sinners, His motive was to see them change not become like them. This has to be our motive.

Do as He did. He was holy, be holy! Amen!