19 BY GOD’S GRACE, I WILL BE HOLY JUST AS GOD IS HOLY

1. It is written in God’s word: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Therefore, I will be holy in all that I do.

By God’s grace, I will live a holy life---a life that is set apart to do the will of God, that submits to His word and obeys His Holy Spirit.

(1 Peter 1:15-16; John 14:15, 23-24; Romans 8:13-14)

2. The blood of Jesus has made me holy---setting me apart to do Father God’s will.

I am now a saint---a holy one---called to be holy just as my Father is holy.

Therefore, by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, I will have God’s strength to live a holy life.

(Hebrews 13:12; 1 Peter 1:15-16; 1 Corinthians 1:2 NKJ ; Titus 2:11-12; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:1-4)

3. Therefore, I will offer my body daily to Abba Father as a living sacrifice---holy and pleasing to Him---as my true and proper worship.

I will also offer all the parts of my body to God as instruments of righteousness.

(Romans 12:1; 6:13)

4. I will renew my mind with God’s word, so that I may know His will, and do what is holy and pleasing to Him.

By God’s grace and strength, I will always do God’s will on this earth, as it is done in heaven.

(Romans 12:1-3; Matthew 6:10)

5. Today, I am no longer under the Law of Moses.

Today, I live under the Law of Christ.

Therefore, I will obey all the commandments of Jesus and of the apostles and fulfil the Law of Christ, because I love Him.

(Romans 6:14-15; 1 Corinthians 9:19-21; John 14:15, 23-24; Gal 6:2; Matthew 28:20)

6. I want to obey all the commandments of Jesus because I want to be a true disciple of Jesus.

As I become a true disciple of Jesus, I will be able to fulfil the Great Commission of Jesus to make disciples of all nations.

(John 8:31; Matthew 28:19-20)

7. As we obey the commandment of Jesus to love one another in the body of Christ, everyone will know that we are disciples of Jesus.

In this way we become good and true witnesses of Jesus everywhere we go.

(John 13:34-35; Acts 1:8)

8. I want to live a holy life because wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

I will not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers, nor those who are involved with witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, orgies, and the like, will inherit the kingdom of God.

If I do not live a holy life---doing the will of the Father who is in heaven---Jesus will reject me on the Last Day.

(1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21; Matthew 7:21-23)

In Jesus’ name. Amen.

"Yehovah is good, His love endures forever!"

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