1 Peter 1:15-16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.
Oh Friends, it’s the first day in almost a week that I haven’t had to search for a Bit and all it entails. It was all laid out for me in Bruh Paul’s journey from Jerusalem to Rome, so I’ve become lazy and spoiled, forgetting how hard it is sometimes to find a suitable Bit. But the Lord in His abundant mercy and compassion showed me favour and quickly led me to this one. He apparently wants us to concentrate on one of His most important attributes today; that of being Holy. Now what does Holy mean? The dictionary defines it thus: consecrated, sacred, morally and spiritually perfect, belonging to, commissioned by, devoted to God, and of high moral excellence. Wow! It’s surely a lot. And we can add a few more synonyms like, blessed, hallowed and unprofaned. But that’s enough to give us a good idea of what Holy means. And my stubborn, rebellious people, please note that is not merely a request of Peter’s, but a command of our God. As the second part of the Bit says; ‘Be ye holy, for I am holy.’ The Lord commanded this of the Israelites from the time He brought them out of bondage in Egypt. ‘For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy’ (Lev.11:44) That’s when He spoke to them about clean and unclean animals. Then again, concerning laws of holiness and justice, He told Moses; ‘Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.’ (Lev.19: 2) And yet again, re the holiness of priests: ‘Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, (set him apart) for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.’ (Lev.21:8) So we can see people that from the very beginning this holy attribute was very important to our God, and he expects His followers to adhere to it. ‘But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.’ That simply means being obedient to God in all your conduct. Let your daily conduct be shaped and shined by the word of God, by His laws and decrees. The Israelites lived up to it for a while, but abandoned the idea when life became prosperous. Unfortunately so did we. In the last half-century we’ve moved from a somewhat puritanical society to an almost godless one. As our material wealth, technical and scientific knowledge increased, our holiness and obedience to the things of God decreased. Until sadly, today the word Holy or anything that relates to it is ridiculed and considered of no importance. Lucifer has succeeded in getting us to disband, discourage and reject anything that even faintly smacks of being holy. Holiness is no longer sought after. Anything sacred, sorry, nothing is now considered sacred. And if you try to talk about being morally and spiritually inclined, you’re made a laughingstock. Oh mih people, so far have we turned away from God, that our young people have little or no notion of things holy, sacred, godly or spiritual. The term morals doesn’t exist in their thinking. To them it’s all about the here and now, the enjoyment, the experience of this particular moment; ‘show me the beef.’ If they can’t see it, they won’t or can’t believe it. Now it’s our job to raise and keep our children focused on their Creator, and it’s obvious we’ve failed in that respect. Yes we made life easy for them, a noble ideal, but we made it too easy, now they expect everything easily. And look how everything crash now, cause too many of us chose to follow the unholy Beelzebub, rather than the holy God, Jehovah. Ah mih Friends, it’s not an easy row we hoe, but where there’s a will, there’s always a way. First though, we must sincerely and desperately want to turn it around, and we all know there’s only one sure foundation on which we can successfully build our lives and our society; on the solid, permanent, immovable cornerstone that’s our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. But to do that we parents, we adults have to relinquish the material, lustful ways of the flesh that we too have sadly adopted, and turn back to the holy, moral and spiritual ways of Jesus. Live by example, while still talking to our children about changing their materialistic outlook on life, plus praying with and for them. It’s not too late to redeem our children and ourselves, but that’s the only way we’ll dig ourselves out of the big pit in which we’re currently wallowing. As Bruh Paul exhorts: ‘Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.’ (2 Cor.7:1) Yes my people, if our world just expended half the energy on God that we do on materialism and the cult of the celebrity nonsense, we wouldn’t be in this mess. On that note, let’s hope that Michael Jackson’s Memorial tribute today doesn’t turn into a fiasco as we’ve gone so crazy with our narcissistic affair. Until we drastically reduce this selfish LOVE for ourselves and place it where it should be, on God, our lives will continue to be unfulfilled. Oh Friends, let’s wake up and smell the roses nuh. Let’s inform others, spread the word, that Jesus Christ is the only way; whether it’s to be successful and happy here on earth, or to receive salvation and eternal life later on. Much LOVE!…and please remember…holiness is not a curse…but a cure…
Oh Friends, it’s the first day in almost a week that I haven’t had to search for a Bit and all it entails. It was all laid out for me in Bruh Paul’s journey from Jerusalem to Rome, so I’ve become lazy and spoiled, forgetting how hard it is sometimes to find a suitable Bit. But the Lord in His abundant mercy and compassion showed me favour and quickly led me to this one. He apparently wants us to concentrate on one of His most important attributes today; that of being Holy. Now what does Holy mean? The dictionary defines it thus: consecrated, sacred, morally and spiritually perfect, belonging to, commissioned by, devoted to God, and of high moral excellence. Wow! It’s surely a lot. And we can add a few more synonyms like, blessed, hallowed and unprofaned. But that’s enough to give us a good idea of what Holy means. And my stubborn, rebellious people, please note that is not merely a request of Peter’s, but a command of our God. As the second part of the Bit says; ‘Be ye holy, for I am holy.’ The Lord commanded this of the Israelites from the time He brought them out of bondage in Egypt. ‘For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy’ (Lev.11:44) That’s when He spoke to them about clean and unclean animals. Then again, concerning laws of holiness and justice, He told Moses; ‘Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.’ (Lev.19: 2) And yet again, re the holiness of priests: ‘Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, (set him apart) for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.’ (Lev.21:8) So we can see people that from the very beginning this holy attribute was very important to our God, and he expects His followers to adhere to it. ‘But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.’ That simply means being obedient to God in all your conduct. Let your daily conduct be shaped and shined by the word of God, by His laws and decrees. The Israelites lived up to it for a while, but abandoned the idea when life became prosperous. Unfortunately so did we. In the last half-century we’ve moved from a somewhat puritanical society to an almost godless one. As our material wealth, technical and scientific knowledge increased, our holiness and obedience to the things of God decreased. Until sadly, today the word Holy or anything that relates to it is ridiculed and considered of no importance. Lucifer has succeeded in getting us to disband, discourage and reject anything that even faintly smacks of being holy. Holiness is no longer sought after. Anything sacred, sorry, nothing is now considered sacred. And if you try to talk about being morally and spiritually inclined, you’re made a laughingstock. Oh mih people, so far have we turned away from God, that our young people have little or no notion of things holy, sacred, godly or spiritual. The term morals doesn’t exist in their thinking. To them it’s all about the here and now, the enjoyment, the experience of this particular moment; ‘show me the beef.’ If they can’t see it, they won’t or can’t believe it. Now it’s our job to raise and keep our children focused on their Creator, and it’s obvious we’ve failed in that respect. Yes we made life easy for them, a noble ideal, but we made it too easy, now they expect everything easily. And look how everything crash now, cause too many of us chose to follow the unholy Beelzebub, rather than the holy God, Jehovah. Ah mih Friends, it’s not an easy row we hoe, but where there’s a will, there’s always a way. First though, we must sincerely and desperately want to turn it around, and we all know there’s only one sure foundation on which we can successfully build our lives and our society; on the solid, permanent, immovable cornerstone that’s our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. But to do that we parents, we adults have to relinquish the material, lustful ways of the flesh that we too have sadly adopted, and turn back to the holy, moral and spiritual ways of Jesus. Live by example, while still talking to our children about changing their materialistic outlook on life, plus praying with and for them. It’s not too late to redeem our children and ourselves, but that’s the only way we’ll dig ourselves out of the big pit in which we’re currently wallowing. As Bruh Paul exhorts: ‘Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.’ (2 Cor.7:1) Yes my people, if our world just expended half the energy on God that we do on materialism and the cult of the celebrity nonsense, we wouldn’t be in this mess. On that note, let’s hope that Michael Jackson’s Memorial tribute today doesn’t turn into a fiasco as we’ve gone so crazy with our narcissistic affair. Until we drastically reduce this selfish LOVE for ourselves and place it where it should be, on God, our lives will continue to be unfulfilled. Oh Friends, let’s wake up and smell the roses nuh. Let’s inform others, spread the word, that Jesus Christ is the only way; whether it’s to be successful and happy here on earth, or to receive salvation and eternal life later on. Much LOVE!…and please remember…holiness is not a curse…but a cure…
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