development of holiness

- Personal- Personal- Faithful- Faithful- Unified- Unified- Good- Good

- Peace- Peace- Omnipotent- Omnipotent- Omniscient- Omniscient- Omnipresent- Omnipresent

- Mercy- Mercy- Truth- Truth- Infinite- Infinite- Spirit- Spirit

- Just- Just- Love- Love- Wisdom- Wisdom- Jealous- Jealous

- Independent- Independent- Unchanging- Unchanging- Knowledge- Knowledge- Beautiful- Beautiful

- Wrath- Wrath- Timeless- Timeless- Grace- Grace- Free- Free

THE HOLY GODTHE HOLY GOD Nature:Nature:HOLYHOLY

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Physical RelationalRational

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SINFUL NATURE

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Personal HolinessPersonal Holiness

You Must Be Holy For You Must Be Holy For I Am HolyI Am Holy

Set ApartSet Apartfor Godfor God

MoralMoralPurityPurity

Holinessas anEvent

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Quality

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Examples of Positional Practical Holiness Holiness Holiness==============================================

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You are HolyCycle

Depends uponAbiding

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The Development of Holiness The Development of Holiness To BeTo Be

JESUSJESUS

John 1:1John 1:1 - In the beginning the - In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word Word already existed. The Word was with God, and was with God, and the Word was the Word was GodGod.. NLT NLT

Hebrews 1:3 Hebrews 1:3 - And He is the - And He is the radiance of His glory and the radiance of His glory and the exact representationexact representation of His of His naturenature, and upholds all things by , and upholds all things by the word of His power. … the word of His power. … NASBNASB

Jesus Adam Non Believer Believer Pre-Fall Believer On Earth In Heaven

Yes

Yes

God - NoMan - Yes

God - YesMan - Yes

God - YesMan - No

ADAM & EVEADAM & EVE

Pre-FallPre-Fall

Genesis 2:15-17 Genesis 2:15-17 - The Lord God - The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. Eden to tend and watch over it. 1616But the Lord God warned him, But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—every tree in the garden—

1717exceptexcept the tree of the knowledge the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are you are sure to diesure to die.” .” NLT NLT

Jesus Adam Non Believer Believer Pre-Fall Believer On Earth In Heaven

Yes

Yes

God - NoMan - Yes

God - YesMan - Yes

God - YesMan - No

No - not a holy nature

Yes - no sin present

Yes

Yes

No

NON-BELIEVERNON-BELIEVER

Eph 2:1-3Eph 2:1-3 - Once you were - Once you were deaddead because of your because of your disobediencedisobedience and your many and your many sinssins. . 22You used to You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the live in sin, just like the rest of the world, world, obeying the devilobeying the devil—the —the commander of the powers in the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spiritunseen world. He is the spirit

at work in the hearts of those at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. who refuse to obey God. 33All of All of usus used to live that way, used to live that way, following the passionate desires following the passionate desires and inclinations of our and inclinations of our sinful sinful naturenature. By our very . By our very naturenature we we were subject to God’s anger, were subject to God’s anger, just like just like everyoneeveryone else. else. NLT NLT

Eph 2:4-6Eph 2:4-6 - But God is so rich in - But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, mercy, and he loved us so much, 55that even that even though we were dead though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us because of our sins, he gave us lifelife when he raised Christ from when he raised Christ from the dead. the dead.

(It is only by God’s grace that (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) you have been saved!) 66For he For he raised usraised us from the dead along from the dead along with Christ and with Christ and seated usseated us with with him in the heavenly realms him in the heavenly realms because we are because we are united with united with Christ JesusChrist Jesus. . NLTNLT

Jesus Adam Non Believer Believer Pre-Fall Believer On Earth In Heaven

Yes

Yes

God - NoMan - Yes

God - YesMan - Yes

God - YesMan - No

No - not a holy nature

Yes - no sin present

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No - unable to stop sinning

No

BELIEVERBELIEVER

ON ON

EARTHEARTH

Romans 8:9-11 Romans 8:9-11 – But you are – But you are not not controlledcontrolled by your sinful nature. by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living you have the Spirit of God living in you. in you.

(And remember that those who (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to living in them do not belong to him at all.) him at all.) 1010And And Christ lives Christ lives within youwithin you, so even though , so even though your body will die because of your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life sin, the Spirit gives you life because because you have been made you have been made right with Godright with God. .

1111The Spirit of God, who raised The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, Jesus from the dead, lives in lives in youyou. And just as God raised . And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit bodies by this same Spirit living living within youwithin you. . NLT NLT

1 Corinthians 15:50-53 1 Corinthians 15:50-53 – What I – What I am saying, dear brothers and am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever. what will last forever.

5151But let me reveal to you a But let me reveal to you a wonderful secretwonderful secret. We will not . We will not all die, but we will all be all die, but we will all be transformedtransformed! ! 5252It will happen in It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have diedsounds, those who have died

will be raised to live forever. will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also And we who are living will also be be transformedtransformed.. 5353For our dying For our dying bodies must be transformed bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal transformed into immortal bodies. bodies. NLT NLT

Jesus Adam Non Believer Believer Pre-Fall Believer On Earth In Heaven

Yes

Yes

God - NoMan - Yes

God - YesMan - Yes

God - YesMan - No

No - not a holy nature

Yes - no sin present

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No - unable to stop sinning

No

Yes - imputed at conversion

Yes - imparted only by abiding

in Christ

Yes

Yes

No

BELIEVERBELIEVER

IN IN

HEAVENHEAVEN

1 John 3:1-2 1 John 3:1-2 – See how very much – See how very much our Father loves us, for our Father loves us, for he calls us he calls us his childrenhis children, and that is what we , and that is what we are! But the people who belong to are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they are God’s children because they don’t know him. don’t know him.

22Dear friends, we are Dear friends, we are alreadyalready God’s children, but he has not God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But like when Christ appears. But we do know that we do know that we will be like we will be like himhim, for we will see him as he , for we will see him as he really is. really is. NLT NLT

Jesus Adam Non Believer Believer Pre-Fall Believer On Earth In Heaven

Yes

Yes

God - NoMan - Yes

God - YesMan - Yes

God - YesMan - No

No - not a holy nature

Yes - no sin present

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Yes

No

No

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No - unable to stop sinning

No

Yes - imputed at conversion

Yes - imparted only by abiding

in Christ

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Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

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What do you need to What do you need to meditate more on? meditate more on?

What is one thing the LORD What is one thing the LORD wants you to do? wants you to do?