All who truly have faith in God
follow the way of Holiness. Hebrews 12:14
HOLINESS - The state or quality of being holy.
The God of the Bible is the very essence and source of that
which is holy. Three attributes which demonstrate that God is holy
are:
[1] The fact that He is morally pure.
Example: God always speaks the truth.
[2] God is righteous.
[3] As God is righteous, he always acts in a
manner that is just. Example: Because God is righteous and just,
He cannot overlook sin and must punish wrong. However, God is
merciful; And in his great love for humanity, wanted to give
people a chance to avoid eternal punishment. By allowing his son
Jesus Christ to suffer punishment for our sins,
God can justly forgive sinners who repent of their sins and accept
Jesus Christ as the Lord of their life.
When a person lives in a manner consistent with
the divine will of God, that person is in a state of being holy:
that person is living a life of holiness. God requires his people
to live a life of holiness (see Hebrews 12:14).
3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world
knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall
be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even
as he is pure.