Be Holy

[civic]

Is personal holiness an option ?

Strong's Concordance

hagiasmos: consecration, sanctification
Transliteration: hagiasmos
Phonetic Spelling: (hag-ee-as-mos')
Definition: consecration, sanctification
Usage: the process of making or becoming holy, set apart, sanctification, holiness, consecration.

Cognate: 38 hagiasmós (a masculine noun derived from 40 /hágios, "holy") – sanctification (the process of advancing in holiness); use of the believer being progressively transformed by the Lord into His likeness (similarity of nature). See 40 /hagios ("holy").

Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 38: ἁγιασμός

1. consecration, purification, τό ἁγιάζειν.

2. the effect of consecration: sanctification of heart and life, 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Christ is he to whom we are indebted for sanctification); 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Romans 6:19, 22; 1 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 12:14; ἁγιασμός πνεύματος sanctification wrought by the Holy Spirit, 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2. It is opposed to lust in 1 Thessalonians 4:3f. (It is used in a ritual sense, Judges 17:3 (Alexandrian LXX); Ezekiel 45:4; (Amos 2:11); Sir. 7:31, etc.) (On its use in the N. T. cf. Ellicott on 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:13.)

Ephesians 4:22-24
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

1 Peter 1:14-15
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart,for they will see God.

Hebrews 12:14
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

@sethproton is this thread better in your opinion because its shorter ? thanks

hope this helps !!!

 

[Fred]

1 John 3:3
And every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.

 

[civic]

1 John 3:3
And every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.

Amen brother these are commands for us to obey.

 

[Fred]

Amen brother these are commands for us to obey.

I often associate these two passages.

2 Timothy 2:19
And, let everyone who nameth the Name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

Colossians 2:6
As ye have received therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him.

 

[civic]

I often associate these two passages.

2 Timothy 2:19
And, let everyone who nameth the Name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

Colossians 2:6
As ye have received therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him.

Yes brother those fit together like a hand in glove.

 

[Soyeong]

Is personal holiness an option ?

Strong's Concordance

hagiasmos: consecration, sanctification
Transliteration: hagiasmos
Phonetic Spelling: (hag-ee-as-mos')
Definition: consecration, sanctification
Usage: the process of making or becoming holy, set apart, sanctification, holiness, consecration.

Cognate: 38 hagiasmós (a masculine noun derived from 40 /hágios, "holy") – sanctification (the process of advancing in holiness); use of the believer being progressively transformed by the Lord into His likeness (similarity of nature). See 40 /hagios ("holy").

Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 38: ἁγιασμός

1. consecration, purification, τό ἁγιάζειν.

2. the effect of consecration: sanctification of heart and life, 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Christ is he to whom we are indebted for sanctification); 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Romans 6:19, 22; 1 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 12:14; ἁγιασμός πνεύματος sanctification wrought by the Holy Spirit, 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2. It is opposed to lust in 1 Thessalonians 4:3f. (It is used in a ritual sense, Judges 17:3 (Alexandrian LXX); Ezekiel 45:4; (Amos 2:11); Sir. 7:31, etc.) (On its use in the N. T. cf. Ellicott on 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:13.)

Ephesians 4:22-24
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

1 Peter 1:14-15
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart,for they will see God.

Hebrews 12:14
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

@sethproton is this thread better in your opinion because its shorter ? thanks

hope this helps !!!

In 1 Peter 1:16, it says to be holy for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to do that, which includes refraining from eating unclean animals (Leviticus 11:44-45).

 

[civic]

In 1 Peter 1:16, it says to be holy for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to do that, which includes refraining from eating unclean animals (Leviticus 11:44-45).

Except in the N.T. Jesus declares all foods clean. Its not what a man puts into his mouth that defiles him but what comes out of his mouth that defiles him.

 

[Soyeong]

Except in the N.T. Jesus declares all foods clean. Its not what a man puts into his mouth that defiles him but what comes out of his mouth that defiles him.

Jesus is one with the Father, so he should not be interpreted as teaching us to rebel against Him, especially when he just finished criticizing the Pharisees as being hypocrisies for setting aside the commands of God. It is questionable whether Mark 7:19 should be translated as "thus he declared all foods clean" especially when there is no "thus He declared" in the Greek, however, even if it were granted that that is the correct translation, it still wouldn't mean that we can eat unclean animals.

The animals that are considered to be food vary from culture to culture. For example, when most Americans speak about eating animals as food, they are generally speaking about eating animals like cows, chickens, or pigs while they would be revulsed at the thought of eating animals like horses, cats, dogs, rats, bats, or vultures, so there already a sense that certain animals are not food, but Jews would include pigs and other unclean animals that God said are not food in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. So id there is one Jew speaking to a group of Jews about eating animals a food, then we should consider then to be speaking about the animals that they consider to be food, not insert the things animals that we consider to be food. For example, a cannibal should not interpret Mark 7:19 as saying that human flesh is good to eat. Furthermore, Jesus and the Pharisees were not even speaking about eating animals, but rather they were speaking about being made common by eating bread with unwashed hands, which is a completely different topic. In Matthew 15:20, Jesus was still speaking against being made common by eating with unwashed hands, so he never jumped topics to teaching rebellion against God.

In Deuteronomy 4:2, it is a sin to add to or subtract from the law, so if Jesus had done as you suggest, then he would have sinned and therefore disqualified himself as being our Savior. Moreover, in Deuteronomy 13:1-5, the way that God instructed His people to determine that someone was a false prophet who was not speaking for Him was if they taught against obeying His law, so if Jesus had done that, then according to God we should consider him to be a false prophet. They wouldn't have needed to find false witnesses as his trial, but this incident was never even brought up, and no one seemed to have noticed or that he made a radial statement in rebellion against the Father. It is far, far more reasonable to simply interpret Jesus as continuing to speak in regard to the topic of conversation.