Holiness is what the people of God are missing today. Many talk about Holiness as though it is a thing of the past BUT that is not so in God’s mind. To God Holiness is the missing link between authority and a life of Miracles, signs and wonders. The day believers start practicing Holiness is the day believers will explode with miracles for Holiness is the electrical code that transports the power of the Holy Ghost. Holiness is the missing link!!!
Notice, it is a serious thing when God sayings:
"Without holiness no man shall see the Lord" (Heb. 12:14).
It suggests a question which demands the attention of all professing Christians: are we holy? Shall we see the Lord? AND the answer is simple…If we are not Holy, we will not see Him and it stands to reason, we will not see the manifestation of His Mighty Power. It is that simple.
Now what sort of persons are those whom God calls holy? What is God saying when He says I want Holiness?
Is He talking about having knowledge? Great profession? Zeal for certain matters in religion? morality and outward respectability of conduct? Is it in a dress code?
A man may go great lengths and yet never reach true holiness. It is not in wearing long dresses and certain types of clothes – Jezebel herself had that and the Pharisees had a dress code. It is not knowledge—Balaam had that; Is it about great profession—Judas Iscariot had that; nor doing many things—Herod had that; nor zeal for certain matters in religion—Jehu had that; nor morality and outward respectability of conduct—the young ruler had that; nor—the Jews in Ezekiel’s time had that; nor keeping company with godly people—Joab and Gehazi and Demas had that. Yet none of these were holy! These things alone are not holiness. A man may have any one of them and yet never see the Lord.
Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God’s judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word. He who most entirely agrees with God, he is the most holy man. In a nutshell, a holy person is a believer who is right at the centre of God’s will. Who loves what God loves and hates what God hates, this is the believer God will use. Imagine, you have a two plate stove, one is HOT and the other is COLD. Which one would you use to make tea? The obvious answer will be a HOT plate. In the same light, People who practice holiness are HOT plates God uses so be holy and see great exploits!!!
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