Embracing Holiness: Our Call to Distinct Living

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Folks, that's the gospel. That is the gospel in a nutshell. It's Isaiah saying I can't be holy enough I am a man of unclean lips and then God does something about it God sends a seraph an angel with a hot coal to touch his lips and to purify his lips and that's the gospel that's the gospel that's the gospel that's the gospel that's the gospel that's the gospel it's the same thing that God does for us where we cry out I am sinful I am unclean and what God did is he sent Jesus Christ to earth to be the perfect sacrifice for sin and he took all of our sin and all of our uncleanness and all of our unholiness if you will and he took it upon himself on the cross." [04:40] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "To be holy is to receive Jesus as savior to receive Jesus as savior and I want to say if you're here this morning and you've never placed your faith in Jesus Christ I encourage you to do that to take the same posture and to take the same posture and to take the same posture and to take the same posture that Isaiah took and he said I'm a man of unclean lips I'm a man of an unclean heart I'm a woman of an unclean heart I cannot be as holy as you are God and so therefore I receive Christ as my savior so that God when you look at me you don't see my sin but you see Jesus's perfect life in me." [06:31] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "To be holy is to live differently. We're going to talk about and the the context is going to help us to look at this we're going to look at this in the verses that come before about what it means to live differently but I do want to just pause and say we have to understand the differenties here between the first point and the second point. In other words, you cannot live differently enough to make you perfect in God's eyes, okay? So I'm putting these things together, and, but I want you to understand there's a difference, right? We can't look at this and say, oh, if I live differently, then I'll get to heaven. No, you won't. You'll still fall short." [08:03] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Be different. Live different. And then it says, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. So it's set your hope on the grace of Christ. To be set apart, to be different, to live different than the world, it means that we set our hope on Jesus Christ. The world sets its hope on a whole lot of other things. You can set your hope on money and hope that that delivers you. You can set your hope on your future or on your retirement days. You can set your hope on your health. You can set your hope on your marriage. You can set your hope on your kids and how they do and how they turn out in life. Right? And you put your hope on your future and how they turn out in life. And those things will always disappoint you." [10:55] (54 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "You also are consecrated, set apart, to be on mission with God. But the good news is that you don't have a terrible message like Isaiah had to preach. That you are a messenger. You are set apart to share the greatest news in the world. That the God of the universe loves you, and desires to have a relationship with you. That's our message. And you are called to that." [15:51] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "So as we begin to understand the real meaning of this word holy part of what it means is this is set apart or this is consecrated for a different purpose so six days you work and one day you set apart for worship of the lord no work is allowed exodus chapter 15 verse 11 it's the third of this word kadosh of the word holy and it lends a lot to us it says this who is like you oh god among the gods excuse me who is like you oh lord among the gods who is like you majestic in holiness awesome and glorious deeds doing wonders and so it points to this and says god is all together separate god is all together pure and holy and perfect and more like god has no flaws he is sinless and so this is what we're going to do we're going to do this we're going to do this we're going to do this that is a part of holy as well as this kind of moral perfection and it says that god is majestic in his holiness there is none like god there is no one who is perfect like god in his sinlessness if you've been paying attention that presents a problem for us because god says be holy as i am holy well i can't do that i cannot be as morally pure as perfect as god is that leaves us with a problem." [03:02] (94 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Therefore, preparing your minds for action and being sober-minded. So we'll stop right there. So it says that as we live, prepare minds for actions, it's going to say, be holy. We want to live sober-minded. In other words, the world lives in an immediate gratification sort of mindset. Like, hey, this feels good. I'm going to do it. That feels good. I'm going to do it. But this sober mind says, consider the way that you live. Before you jump into something, think about what are the short-term consequences? What are the long-term consequences? What are the short-term consequences? What are the short-term consequences? What are the long-term consequences? What are the short-term benefits? What are the long-term benefits? That is being sober-minded. It's thinking not about what do I want, it's thinking about what does God want." [09:29] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "What if instead of taking a family vacation every year, every couple years, you did a family mission trip? What if instead of trying to get ahead in your job, that you went to work to help other people get ahead in their job? What if instead of complaining, you solved problems and encouraged other people? What instead of, what, what if instead of just caring for your own kids, that you took an interest in foster kids, and kids that need to be adopted? What if instead of getting really good at your sport, or your hobby, whether it be pickleball, or tennis, or golf, or basket weaving, what if instead of getting really good at that, you gave a night of your week to tutor kids, or to mentor somebody? That is living differently. And as you look at your life, is your life different than the people around you? That's what it means to be holy, to be set apart, to be different." [12:37] (59 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "You also are called to have ministry, to be in ministry, to be on mission. And your place that God is calling you, it may be the office that you work at. Maybe the restaurant that you worked at, that you work at. Maybe the small business that you work at. Maybe the clients that you interact with. It may be the school that you teach. But God has called you to a ministry because you are holy, set apart, consecrated. And your call is every bit as serious as my call. Do you understand that? That you are consecrated for a mission that God has you on. And to live into that mission. And it starts, and if you're like, gosh, that's kind of a big deal. I don't know where I'd start. Man, it starts with prayer. That you're praying for the people around you. And you're loving them, and caring for them in practical ways. And then you're inviting them to hear about Jesus. Maybe you share your story. Maybe you invite them to church. Maybe you share a sermon with them. Maybe you share a podcast, or a book, or an article, whatever it is. But you're looking for that opportunity to share." [17:26] (81 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "I heard a message probably 30 years ago. And a guy told a story, and I still remember this message, the end of this story that he told. And I just want to recount it. It's not my story. It's his. So this guy, he was moving to a new town. And so they went there. They found a house that they liked. And they said, hey, let's go to the house on a Sunday morning and just see what the neighborhood is like. And so they went to the house in this neighborhood on a Sunday morning. And they just parked their car and just kind of watched what was going on. And everybody in that neighborhood was leaving for church, putting on their Sunday clothes, putting the family in the van, heading out to church. And he said to his wife, he said, I don't think this is where God is calling us. These people are all going to church already. It's best we didn't see it from a Sunday morning. So then they found another house in a different neighborhood. And they did the same thing. And they sat in their car, and they watched. And in that neighborhood, people were playing basketball with their kids. People were mowing the lawn. People were taking their dogs for walks. And there weren't many cars in this neighborhood that left to go to church. And he said, that's our mission field. That's where we're going to move. And I share that not because I'm saying you need to sell your house and move to a neighborhood where people don't go to church. Although if that's what God's calling you to do, by all means, go for it. But the fact is, that family, that he is like, we are set apart for a mission field. And the same is true for you. God has set you apart to share the gospel." [18:55] (100 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)