Please…
Don’t think I think I’m ‘holier than
thou’,
No, my Friend, just that I’m 'holier now',
(…It’s apparent!)
Than I was quite some time ago.
Just wanted to share, so you’d know.
Don’t think ‘holy’ means something
sanctimonious,
Or has anything to do, with
self-righteousness.
(…It doesn’t!)
Holy just simply means to be separated,
As in set-aside for use that’s
dedicated.
It is just as important this to
understand--
Both ‘from what’ and ‘to what’ holiness
demands.
(…There’re two sides!)
Otherwise you might stumble in your
impression,
Thinking holy may mean from you,
a regression.
Sin separates us from God’s awesome
power,
Great benefits on us He loves to
shower.
(…Thus Christ died!)
Separated, we become totally useless,
First to Him, and in life, sinfully
aimless.
Holiness rejoins us to Him in perfect
union,
Allowing Him our heart, mind, and life
to refashion,
(…No longer dead!)
So we can learn to obey His ‘sin injunction’,
Then help lead you to your own ‘decision
junction’.
Friend, we can’t be holy in our own,
prideful power.
We can simply yield to these
faith-filled words and prosper.
(…The Lord said~)
“Be
holy, as I AM holy”,
and in saying this, 1
He empowered us His ‘holy target’...not
to miss.
Preaching ‘Love’s just a second hand
emotion’,
Is just a really un-holy illusion,
(…Tina was deluded!)
Love is God, Himself, and holy is His
nature.
So
if you’re His ‘son’,
live
like He is your Father. 2
The ‘happy holidays’ season has come
and gone.
All the gifts are unwrapped, and a New
Year has dawned.
(…'satan clause' is eschewed!)
In answer to the title question raised,
‘Tis now time to ‘live happy holy days’.
There're many reasons why a holy life we should live.
Consider the rank of gifts God promises
to give,
(…to us deeded!)
Unlimited gifts now and in the bye-‘n-bye.
So allow His Sprit your life ...to fructify.
See, it’s only by His Spirit and GRACE
power,
Before His ‘holy’ command we will not
cower,
(…as defeated!)
So ‘what’s
holiness got to do with it??’ You should know. 3
We walk in holiness simply because...He
said so!
Practicing holiness ‘works out of us’
That which God has, by Grace, ‘worked into us’.
(…as in kneaded!)
Refusing to learn to walk in His
holiness
Means you’ll never experience…His ‘coziness’.
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1 Leviticus 11:44-45, 20:26; 1 Peter 1:16 (4 times!)
2 Romans
8:14. In calling all born again believers, ‘sons’, God elevates women and girls
to a higher status than they had in earlier societies.
AMEN!!!! AMEN!!!! AAAAAMEN!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd holiness does not mean walking around speaking in tongues to everyone we meet. It all begins in the inside and works on the outside in our personally, attitude, and lifestyle.
It's funny how our images of 'holy' have been so twisted and contorted! We know well who's behind this. Holiness is quiet, not boisterous, as you suggest. Thanks for sharing your view.
DeleteHoliness, when I was child, was a scary word. I thought people in the gospel were perfect and did no wrong. As I became an adult, it means so much the opposite. You have said it best, being separated from past and present things that do not line up with being in the will of God. My prayer is that I stay in the will of God, and separate myself from unhealthy things. Blessings to you always.
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Hi Bev.
DeleteI appreciate and closely relate to your experience as a child, and also as an adult. Though the subject poem mentions holiness does not necessarily mean regressing from people (we are to love people, yet hate unholy sin people commit, right?), please see my comment below on advice Paul gave to Timothy.
Thanks for reading, and for sharing your views.
Reading the lengthy "Unholy Hall of Fame" list in 2 Timothy 3:1-5, I am struck to realize just how close we are to the so-called unholy last days (the 7-year Tribulation period).
ReplyDeleteI read this list, first, to see how close or far away from it I, myself, may be, and then to ponder, "Who's left?", that is, who around me may NOT be on this incredible list?!
Alas, here is the prayer I gasp:
How long, oh Lord, will these last days last??
I pray they will much more quickly pass!!
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2 Timothy 3:1-5: But understand this, that in the last days dangerous times of great stress and trouble will come difficult days that will be hard to bear. For people will be lovers of self narcissistic, self-focused, lovers of money impelled by greed, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane, and they will be unloving devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control intemperate, immoral, brutal, haters of good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of sensual pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of outward godliness religion, although they have denied its power for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith. Avoid such people and keep far away from them.
(Amplified Bible)
AMEN!!!! AAAAMEN!!!! I sure separate myself from such people! Some can't even understand me, and I don't even expect them to.
DeleteIt is very sad that these actions are becoming more alive, even in the churches. I have witnessed the very act of some of these. Sad, sad, sad.
Indeed, the Church is not only where these acts are occurring, but also the FIRST place The Lord will initiate His judgments against such acts. (Ezekiel 9:6 and 1 Peter 4:17)
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