Next Level: The Hole In My Holiness: Leviticus 11:41-46; 1 Peter 1:15-16

 

Holiness…What Is It?

Belonging to God, set apart, different
Progress, not perfection

Why Would I Want To Be Holy?

Brings Me Freedom

For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1 (CSB)

Helps Me See God

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14 (NIV)

Allows God To Use Me

Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also those of wood and clay; some for honorable use and some for dishonorable.
2 Timothy 2:20-21 (CSB)

Makes Me Joyful

…for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.  
Romans 14:17 (CSB)

How Can I Be Holy?

1.  Spiritual Birth

…because you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 1:23 (CSB)

2. Showing Gratitude

For I am the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.
Leviticus 11:45 (CSB)

3. Personal Discipline

For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.
Leviticus 11:44 (CSB)

4.  Supernatural Empowerment

I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16 (CSB)

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Next Level: Relationship Goals: Leviticus 19:16-18; Mark 12:30-31

 

 

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am the Lord.  “Do not harbor hatred against your brother. Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him. 18 Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:16-18 (CSB)

1. LOVE

Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. 
Leviticus 19:18 (CSB)

The commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet, and if there is any other commandment-all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Romans 13:9 (CSB)

2. EDIFY

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:16 (CSB)

3. FORGIVE

Do not harbor hatred against your brother. Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.
Leviticus 19:17 (CSB)

4. EXTEND GRACE

Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. 
Leviticus 19:18 (CSB)

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Overcomer: Worth It: Romans 8:18-25

 

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.  For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed.  For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.  Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. Now in this hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? Now if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
Romans 8:18-25 (CSB)

1. Pray Through The Present

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.  For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed.  For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hope  that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.  For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.
Romans 8:18-22 (CSB)

2. Look Forward To The Future

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:17 (CSB)

And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.
Romans 8:23 (NLT)

How Can I Get Ready For Heaven?

1) Our Spirit Foreshadows Eternity

2) Our Salvation Will Be Complete

3) Our Sufferings Will End

Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
Romans 8:23 (CSB)

4) Our Swag

Now in this hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?  Now if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
Romans 8:24-25 (CSB)

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Hallelujah: 10 Year Anniversary: Psalm 150:1-6

 

Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His powerful acts; praise Him for His abundant greatness. Praise Him with trumpet blast; praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with flute and strings. Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with clashing cymbals. Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Hallelujah!
Psalm 150:1-6 (CSB)

1. Where do I praise the Lord?

Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
Psalm 150:1 (CSB)

2. Why do I praise the Lord?

Praise Him for His powerful acts; praise Him for His abundant greatness.
Psalm 150:2 (CSB)

3. How do I praise the Lord?

Praise Him with trumpet blast; praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with flute and strings. Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with clashing cymbals.
Psalm 150:3-5 (CSB)

4. Who should praise the Lord?

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Hallelujah!
Psalm 150:6 (CSB)

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/hallelujah-10-year-anniversary-psalm-1501-6/