holiness

Holiness is not just a job description for ministers or a suggested alternative lifestyle, but it is a command for all who assemble before the holy God. We are to be holy, for He is holy. We are not asked merely to act holy or to appear holy; we are invited to be holy. To be something means it becomes part of our essence or life force. Our spirits direct how we live, so we are to be filled and led by the Spirit, which is holy, or the Holy Spirit.

Holiness is not God asking us to be "good"; it is an invitation to be "His".

To be holy is to be set apart, in our spirits, souls, and physical bodies, for Him. We set ourselves apart by first responding to His call, then by submitting our wills to his Word by asking the Holy Spirit to guide us.

Holiness is about ownership; we no longer own our lives, He does. You may say, "I don't like the idea of someone owning me!" Whether you were aware of this or not, you were never truely free. You were born under the dominion of the kingdom of darkness and lived there as an enemy of God and a child destined for wrath. But a loving Prince has redeemed you. You were purchased at a great expense, and your praises are to declare His glory, along with the saints of heaven who sing the song of the Lamb.

- Kissed The Girls And Made Them Cry, Lisa Bevere