When it is said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," beauty becomes relative. However, when God is the Beholder, then beauty becomes an absolute. As a tuning fork sets the standard for all the instruments in the orchestra, God sets the standard concerning "Beauty." God says that HOLINESS is beautiful.
Since so few Christians ever hear about this deeper work of God's grace there are few who experience and demonstrate such righteousness and passion.
This life of holiness is accompanied by mercy, love, compassion, patience, kindness, courtesy, tenderness. These are some of the traits that God considers beautiful. What a wonderful world this would be if we lived in the beauty of holiness.
Verses
Offerings Of Praise
1 Chronicles 16:29
(29) Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Praise Through Song
2 Chronicles 20:21
(21) And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Glorifying God
Psalms 29:2
(2) Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
The Whole World Should Bow In Awe
Psalms 96:9
(9) O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
The Result Is Unity Among Believers
Psalms 133:1
(1) ...Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
What Is Holiness
Holiness is separation from sin and separation to God. Holiness is twofold, being the purified heart and the godly life. God purifies the heart of the Christians from the carnal mind, so that we are dead to sin and alive to God. God empowers the believer to live a life that is pleasing to God, by resisting temptation and obeying God.
Titus 2:14
(14) Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
DLG note...
Holiness is separation from sin and separation to God. Holiness is twofold, being the purified heart and the godly life. God purifies the heart of the Christians from the carnal mind, so that we are dead to sin and alive to God. God empowers the believer to live a life that is pleasing to God, by resisting temptation and obeying God.
Titus 2:14
(14) Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
DLG note...
Titus 2:14 has a main point with two sub-points:
1. Christ gave Himself for us that He might...
a. Redeem sinners (the lost) from all iniquity (this refers to the initial work of salvation, which includes Justification [including Forgiveness], Regeneration, Adoption, Cleansing).
b. Purify believers from the old man, carnal mind, law of sin and death (Entire Sanctification [through the infilling of the Holy Spirit]), so they will be a distinctive people, zealous of good works.
b. Purify believers from the old man, carnal mind, law of sin and death (Entire Sanctification [through the infilling of the Holy Spirit]), so they will be a distinctive people, zealous of good works.
Since so few Christians ever hear about this deeper work of God's grace there are few who experience and demonstrate such righteousness and passion.
This life of holiness is accompanied by mercy, love, compassion, patience, kindness, courtesy, tenderness. These are some of the traits that God considers beautiful. What a wonderful world this would be if we lived in the beauty of holiness.
Verses
Offerings Of Praise
1 Chronicles 16:29
(29) Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Praise Through Song
2 Chronicles 20:21
(21) And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Glorifying God
Psalms 29:2
(2) Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
The Whole World Should Bow In Awe
Psalms 96:9
(9) O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
The Result Is Unity Among Believers
Psalms 133:1
(1) ...Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Upward and Onward in Jesus,
Pastor David L. Gould
