Being Holy Like God

  I. God is holy.

       A. 1 Peter 1:15a (“The root idea in the word holy is that of

            separation. God is separate from all uncleanness and

            evil and so free from all defilement” - Raymond C.

            Kelcy, The Letters of Peter and Jude 32)

       B. Leviticus 11:44a “For I am the Lord your God. You

            shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be

            holy; for I am holy.”

       C. Psalm 99:5 “Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at

            His footstool—He is holy.”

       D. Revelation 4:8 “The four living creatures, each having

            six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And 

            they do not rest day or night, saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy,

            Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!’”

 II. Christians must separate from habitual sin.

       A. 1 Peter 1:13-14

       B. 1 Peter 4:2-3

       C. Ephesians 4:17-19, 22

       D. Colossians 3:8-9 “But now you yourselves are to put

            off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy

            language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another,

            since you have put off the old man with his deeds”

III. Christians are God’s holy people.

       A. 1 Peter 1:15-17

       B. 1 Peter 1:18-19 Set apart by Christ’s blood

       C. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

IV. Christians are God’s holy nation and house.

       A. 1 Peter 2:9

       B. 1 Corinthians 3:17

       C. Ephesians 2:19-22

By Gary Hampton