Holy in All Your Manner of Life (1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1Pet 1:14 As children of obedience, do not be fashioned
according to the former lusts in your ignorance; 15 But
according to the Holy One who called you, you yourselves also
be holy in all your manner of life; 16 Because it is written,
``You shall be holy because I am holy.''
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 1 of 3)
We should not be conformed to the former lusts. This means that
we should not shape ourselves according to them. Formerly, we
were ignorant. But now, having become children of obedience, we
are knowledgeable.
The Holy One [v. 15] is the Triune God--the choosing Father,
the redeeming Son, and the sanctifying Spirit (vv. 1-2). The
Father has regenerated His elect, imparting His holy nature
into them (v. 3); the Son has redeemed them with His blood from
the vain manner of life (vv. 18-19); and the Spirit has
sanctified them according to the Father's holy nature,
separating them from anything other than God, that they, by the
holy nature of the Father, may become holy in all their manner
of life, even as holy as God Himself.
We become holy in all our manner of life through the
sanctification of the Spirit. This is based on regeneration,
which brings us the holy nature of God and issues in a holy
life. We ourselves need to become holy. This is not merely a
matter of wearing a certain kind of clothing or of not wearing
makeup. That concept of holiness is too outward. Our being, our
disposition, our entire person, should become holy. This is for
us to become holy in all our manner of life.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of First Peter, pp. 91. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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