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How to Define Holiness

Ch. 1 – “Defining Holiness”
What is it to be “Holy”? What does “Holy” look like, sound like, act like? Another word used interchangeably for “holy” is “sanctimonious.”

In this new series, we address the issue of “What is Holiness?” In doing so, we make some new discoveries about it that are intended to guide us in our life-long relationship with God. Click HERE for audio download (52min).

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Ch. 2 – “NEW MODEL OF THE NEW MAN: The Marriage-Mindedness of Holiness”
2 Cor. 5:17 tells us that, in Christ, a person becomes a “new creation,” meaning we never existed prior to our new birth. No history! No past! How is that even possible? How can “ALL” things become new when we bring with us into this new relationship excess baggage of memories?

Here we look at the dynamics of romance. Something remarkable happens to an individual when they “happen upon” that special someone in their life. What happens in the life of one who, unexpectedly and suddenly, finds themselves caught in the “path of love” eventually becomes the “pattern of love” that changes them into a new person. We’re calling it the “Marriage-Mindedness of Holiness.” Click HERE for audio download (40min).

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Ch. 3 – “Appointed, Then Anointed for Holiness”
Being new creatures in this new creation, we are truly free to be people totally different from what we were. In this new reality, we discover that as we are accepted and received by Him, He makes us “holy.” 1 Cor. 6:11 (NAS) — “you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified …” Upon our being accepted by Him, we are assigned (appointed) by Him unto Holiness. We are declared “a holy nation” by the One Who is Holy Himself (1Peter 2:9-10). As appointed, we are then anointed to do the Works of Holiness. We are endorsed and equipped to do what before was deemed by us as impossible. Click HERE for audio download (36min).

Ch. 4 – “From Humility to Meekness”
Entrance into the Kingdom of God in our earthly lives and into the welcoming arms of our Lord is no place for ego, pride, and ambition. In that embrace, He calls us “holy” (Prov. 10:12; James 5:20; 1 Peter 4:8). In His presence … in His arms … in His Kingdom … He takes total control. Because of the power of this kind of surrendered love on His part, we don’t ever want to leave. It is this embrace, this union, that remains constant throughout our walk on this earth. As we remain in submission before Him, yielding to His Love, His Wisdom, His Guidance, His Counsel, we mature in knowledge of His Ways in all things. We grow in Him. And it’s “the meek (who will) inherit the earth” (Mat. 5:5). Click HERE for audio download (42min).

Ch. 5 – “RANSOMED LIVES: Kept and Covered”
In 2 Peter 1:4, we read that the Lord has granted unto us His “precious and magnificent promises.” Some might even qualify as “shocking”! For further emphasis, David declares in Ps. 56:12, “Thy vows, O God, are binding upon me!” Perhaps the most remarkable of His promises is found in His protection of us. To the righteous, the Lord promises unfettered protection and covering against those attacks that would threaten our lives. Isa. 43:3-4 — “Since you are precious in My sight, since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.“

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Ch. 6 – “REMITTANCE OF SINS: Cornerstone Doctrine of the Church”
As “Sons of Royalty” (1 John 3:1), we enter a process of training through which we are made “fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ … in everything.” (Eph. 4:13-15 MSG). Part of that training takes us back to the “cornerstone moment” when the Cornerstone Himself (Eph. 2:20) made a cornerstone declaration at the birthing of the Church in that Upper Room. In these last days, the Church needs to what we’re calling the Lord’s “Cornerstone Doctrine” that, once applied, would guarantee the gates of hell will never prevail (Mat. 16:18)!

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Ch. 7 – “SONS OF ROYALTY: The Child of Royalty is Royalty Himself!”

Redemption declares a legal return to original ownership. It’s the act of being redeemed to a former state of existence and purpose. Renewed once again after having been lost, and then found again. If we were made by God, do we not belong to God? To be made by a maker is to be owned by that same maker! If that is true, then there was an original Purpose for which we were made, and that Purpose resides within Him — the Maker, the Creator. He had a Reason for our creation. What was that Purpose? Why were we made? Why does a king give birth? To bear … heirs!

The child of royalty is raised to know who he is and what he has been born into. He is never allowed to forget that so that he may grow knowing exactly who he is as he learns to exercise rule in his father’s kingdom. Click HERE for audio download (63min.).

Ch. 8 – “The Power of Holiness”
To the righteous (holy), it is written: 2 Chron. 16:9 — “For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.”

This power is both encompassing (surrounding, covering) and empowering (imparted).

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Ch. 9 – “The Significance of This Power”
The Power of God – granted unto the righteous for the use of His Glory – is not reserved for the immature in Christ (Lu. 9:54-56)! It is to those who have shown themselves to be firmly anchored in their faith, trust and dependency upon Him!

The significance of this power made available to us is no small thing to God. He honors it, exalts it and commands it! It leaves its mark on the earth and it resonates through Heaven itself!