HOLINESS AS DESCRIBED IN THE WORD

INTRO:

I. WHAT IS SEPARATED FOR GOD

A. People with Special Ministries

1)Ex. 28:41 “After you put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.”

B. Day of The Lord

1)Ex. 31:13 ““Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.”

C. Things

1)Ex. 40:10 “Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy.”

D. Ourselves

1)Lev. 20:7 “Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.”

E. House

1)Lev. 27:14 “If a man dedicates his house as something holy to the LORD, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.”

F. Business

1)‘If a man dedicates to the LORD part of his family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.”

G. His Levites & the House

1)2 Cron 29:5 “And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

H. For The Presence of God

1) 1 Cron. 15:12 “And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

I. For His Wonders

1)Jos. 3:5 “And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

J. To Be From Curses

1)Jos 7:13 “Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

K. People Have To Know – Ez. 37:28

II. WE ARE SANTIFICIED BY:

A. Fasting –

i) Joel 1:14, 15; “Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.”

B. Word –

i) Juan 17:17 “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”

C. C. Blood -

i) Heb 13:1 “And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.”

D. By the Holy Spirit –

i) 2 Thes 2:13 “But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.”

CONCLUSION: