If being holy means to be pure and perfect How can the Bible call holy the man who is flawed and sinful? Greetings everyone, one more video from the "Vai na Bíblia" channel, and today we are going to talk about holiness To be holy is to be perfect, with no defect To be completely righteous, pure and totally separated from sin That is An exclusive attribute of God Only God is morally pure and perfect In fact The main way, used even by angels to worship God is to call him HOLY So why does the Bible consider some men and women to be holy? In fact, contrary to what many people think This condition of being holy Does not apply only to the big apostles Or to the Bible's famous names, But it refers to ordinary people, like me and you However, even if someone is as merciful as possible Or do as much charity work as possible It is still impossible to reach the standard of holiness demanded by God How can the Bible, that is, God Himself Call someone holy?
The answer is very simple: Jesus Christ The Bible teaches that to receive Jesus Christ Means to be considered new creation To be purified from sin, To be rescued from the dominion of darkness and be transported to the kingdom of God Holy is everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ The Son of God That believes in His sinless life In His death with no guilt And in His resurrection from the dead. When this happens, when we believe Christ starts to live in us And if Christ lives in us, we are holy Not for merit or self-effort But because of Jesus Christ To be holy does not mean that our sinful nature ceased to exist On the contrary Just then we can truly realize that this nature exists What happens now is a fight against the sin that lives in us So we can live accordingly to God's will Revealed in the Bible That is, to walk in holiness To be holy is what makes us capable of walking in holiness However, we need to separate what holiness really is From that which only looks like holiness Just like the Pharisees in Jesus' time Today, lots of people try to demonstrate their holiness Through the clothes they wear The songs they listen to The TV shows they watch And the places they go or stop going to However, those who usually try to demonstrate holiness through uses and customs End up forgetting that the holiness taught in the Bible Is not something to show off Nor to receive praise for It is something to be lived in our secret time with God Something internal, that will not be always evident to others It is necessary to do a parenthesis here and to explain the relationship between the fruit of the Spirit Which we talked about in another video, and holiness To develop the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy, Peace, forbearance, kindness, Goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control Is an important part on the development of holiness And most of the time, it will be evident to others However, the fundamental part in the sanctification process Is related to what we do when no one is watching The only one capable of knowing if we are in fact walking in holiness, is God Himself After all, He is the only one who knows our thoughts Our intentions and motivations So what walking in holiness is? To walk in holiness is not to be overpowered by envy Pride, avidity, greed, Anger, disbelief, fear, Laziness, idolatry or any other kind of immorality and depravity Especially in the sexual area As debauchery, promiscuity, Lust, fornication and pornography No one who practices these things, and likes to do it Can say he is holy or saved It does not matter how prosperous he is How many miracles he has performed Or how many supernatural experiences he has gone through Holiness is the separation from evil in all aspects From the desires of our flesh or from the world's passions But how is that possible?
How is it possible to fight against our own desires To control our mind and not to think about these things? Well, first of all, it is necessary to understand that the problem is not what goes through our minds We cannot prevent some thoughts from being in our heads, Because of our own bad desire, The influence of the devil, or the combination of both things The big problem is not to pray about it And to permit these thoughts to grow To the point of determining our behavior and our acts But, even after that, if we sin There must be repentance It is necessary to confess the sin before God and also to the people involved When there is just remorse, there is no forgiveness And while the sin remains hidden, there is no cure The consequence is that, little by little The sensitivity to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit is lost Making it harder to resist the desires of the flesh And easier to surrender to the pleasures of the world Because of that, it is necessary to obey and to give freedom to the Holy Spirit So He can teach, reprehend and correct us when necessary This will develop our intimacy with God And keep us away from sin Holiness is operated in a gradual and progressive manner, by God Himself It is an action of the Holy Spirit, and not of men. It consists of a daily improvement That goes from the beginning of our christian life To our physical death And until then, we will never be perfect The truth is that the Bible says that those who have pleasure in sin Should continue to sin.
But those who have pleasure in what is holy Even though they make mistakes along the way Should keep fighting against sin and keep walking in holiness After all, without holiness no one will see the Lord From there comes the importance of renewing our minds with God's Word To read the Bible and to meditate in what is written It is the only way to make our thoughts Captive to the higher things To what is true, pure and admirable. Jesus Christ should reign in our minds So every thought is obedient to Him And both our will and our act Are done accordingly to his good, pleasing and perfect will "Vai na Bíblia" ends here If you enjoyed the video, like it subscribe, don't forget to subscribe, it is very important Share the video in social media, access our website www. vainabiblia.
com and follow our Instagram profile God bless you all See you!
