Personal Holiness

Psalm 112  The Marks of a Righteous Man

(Ps. 1, 19:18, 37:12,13; Isaiah 66:2b; Micah 7:8; Matthew 23-28)

Psalm 111 - Theocentric (Centering on God as the prime concern)

Psalm 112 - Antrotheocentric (antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side)

  Comfort -> “even in darkness, light dawns for the upright.” (The righteous are not exempt from infliction.)

  Never shall he be shaken, secure heart.

  He will have no fear nor dread of others.

  Generous and Giving.

  Obeys the Lord’s commandments

Job was a righteous man – obeys, mighty children, wealthy & righteous. (see Psalm 112)

Should not be a Casual Christian but a BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN!

Ephesians 5:1,2 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice of God.

Colossians 3  Rules for Holy Living

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Isaiah 6 (NIV)

1: In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2: Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3: And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4: And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
6: Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8: Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9: And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10: Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
11: Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
12: And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13: But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Holy – separate, set apart (spiritually, mentally, physically (actions)

Three stages of Personal Holiness

        Salvation – Set apart in God’s mind

            Giving life to God, to have personal relationship with the Lord

            MUST believe and submit

        Presentation

            God gives peace.

            Romans 12:1

            Do what God tells you to do! NO No’s!

            II Corinthians 6:17,18   Present body as a living sacrifice

            Moses – Passover altar, killed the lamb (not just wounded)

        Transformation – Walking the Talk – Convictions Match Actions

            I Peter 2: 11,12 Consistency in character

            Be a Witness –Affect non-believers!

            Daniel – Those who lead them to righteousness will shine like the stars in heaven.

            I Peter 2: 18-22 We are like tracing paper, image of Christ placed on us.

Be encouraged!