God's Holiness: Living Holy in God's Presence

The very first request that Jesus teaches us to make is that God's name will be hallowed. The the English grammar that this is actually a good translation, the King James is. It's just not the English that we're used to used to speaking, so it's a little confusing to us. It's not saying, God, your name is holy. It's actually a request. God, let your name be treated in the holy fashion that your name deserves to be treated. That's the very first thing Jesus tells us to ask for when we pray is that God will be treated in a way that his name will be treated in a fashion that that his holiness deserves. [00:38:05] (46 seconds)  #HallowedBeThyName

But, and this part should be really familiar to you, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. I am the Lord. Love thy neighbor as thyself. That's in Leviticus. That book that has all that teaching about sacrifices and skin disease and and not eating bacon. Love thy neighbor as thyself. [00:56:44] (24 seconds)  #LoveYourNeighborAsYourself

God, I pray that that your name would be hallowed, and I pray that you would use us to make that happen, that you would use us to to as people who behave in a holy way, and we take your message to others who who that that allows them to behave in a holy way, and it allows them to experience the grace of Christ. God, pray that that the world would honor you better and treat you in the holy way that you deserve to be treated because of us. [01:07:15] (29 seconds)  #BeAgentsOfHoliness

Your holiness depends on how you love your neighbor. That's why Jesus says it's second most important command in the law. Paul Paul talks about this as well. Paul says in both Romans Paul does this twice, both in Romans and Galatians. Paul says that if you fulfill this command, if you can love your neighbor as yourself, then you have fulfilled the entire law. This sums up the whole thing according to Paul. That's how important loving your neighbor to your holiness. [00:57:39] (30 seconds)  #LoveFulfillsTheLaw

However, God is every bit as holy today as he was back then. That the the God that is so holy in Leviticus that fire comes out from before him and and and kills Nadab and Elihu. God today is still every bit that holy. The the the God in heaven that that the seraphs cover their eyes in God's presence and say, holy holy holy. God is is just that holy. He's every bit that holy today, and God takes his holiness every bit as seriously today as he did back then. [01:05:16] (40 seconds)  #HolyThenHolyNow

Is God's name being hallowed because of you? And if we're praying, our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. If we really want God's name to be hallowed and we're asking God that it be done, then what steps are we taking in our life to make sure that God's name is hallowed or to to help his name be hallowed? Are behaving in a holy way ourselves, and are we helping others? The the people that God has put in our life, are we helping them to be holy? [01:03:08] (26 seconds)  #HallowHisNameThroughYou

Our holiness is so important. We want God to live in our midst, and and and for that to happen, and that to go well, we need to be holy. And if we want to be holy, we've got to keep ourselves pure the way we conduct ourselves with our body sexually, and we also need to keep ourselves pure and holy in the way we treat other people. [00:58:28] (21 seconds)  #PurityAndLoveMatter

We may interact with it a little differently, but God is still as holy and he takes his holiness every bit as serious. That's impressive and a little scary. We should take God's holiness seriously as well, shouldn't we? Which means we need to take our own holiness seriously. Right? That that's what we need to do. We need to take our holiness seriously. [01:05:57] (28 seconds)  #TakeHolinessSeriously