Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy” (Lev 19:2). “… you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites”(Ex 19:6). “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life” (1 Thes 4:7). “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord” (Heb 12:14). John was raised in th

“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” Romans 15:1-3 Paul continually moves Christ into the center of Christian fellowship. For Paul, decisions concerning life and ministry are to be made based on the reality of the living Savior wh

Grace gives birth to glory. In the atmosphere of eternal grace the glory of heaven comes down and becomes our prized possession. By finding our share in the realm of grace through the gospel we taste of the powers of the world to come (Heb 6:5) as we obtain heavenly glory. The glorious risen Lord imparts his own glory to his children (Amazing!). It is in the atmosphere of the gospel of grace we ‘share in,’ ‘possess’ (GK: G4348 peripoiēsis: a laying up, keeping, an acquiring

“We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.” Michel De Montaigne, The Essays: A Selection “Live fast, die young, leave a good–looking corpse.” James Dean “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.” C. S. Lewis “For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.” Paul th