HOLY LIVING

 

HOLY LIVING

II Peter 3:11 Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living!  NLT

      First, it is a fact that God is going to bring this world we live in to a close with fire.  He doesn’t tell us just how that fire will come.  It is interesting to me that there is enough fire power in the nuclear weapons now being stored around the world to literally destroy the earth as we know it.  All it would take would be for the wrong person to hit a button and the destruction would begin.

       In light of the certain and unpredictable coming fire from God to destroy the earth, we ought to take life seriously and live in readiness for it.  God commands us to live godly, holy lives.  If we are saved by the blood of Christ we are expected to move forward by God’s grace into holiness of heart and living.  There is no way that we can justify not becoming a holy people. 

      Holy people react strongly against sin that wants to invade their lives.  They do all they can to protect their souls from sin’s temptations.  They keep their souls strong by faithfully and consistently exercising spiritual disciplines.  Holy people respond to others out of godly love and strive to always live at peace with others.   Holy people value the things that make them stronger in faith. 

       If we are not living as a holy people before God and He comes for us, we will answer to God for it.  God is holy and will not tolerate unholy living by those who claim to be His own.  Holiness is His measuring stick.  Are you ready for the Lord’s coming?  No one knows when the Lord is coming back, all we know is the certainty of it and the importance of our being ready for it.  If you are holy, as He is holy, you will be ready.