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Practical Holiness
“Follow…holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).
I am convinced that the Lord has called each of His own to a walk of practical holiness in every aspect of our lives. This applies first of all to holiness in our personal lives. We are then to be holy in our family lives. And holiness is to be what characterizes us in each facet of our public lives as well. “As He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation (way of life)” (1 Peter 1:15). We are then told why we are to live a life of practical, consecrated, holiness: “Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16).
While this may, to the unbeliever — or even the careless believer — seem as a life of dull, mundane routine, yet the truth is it is a life of supreme happiness and fulfillment, full of rich rewards and the immense joy of walking in communion with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a life of fruit and testimony and the sense, at the end of the day, of His approval. As the Apostle Paul could say,
“We labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him” (2 Corinthians 5:9).
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