God desires His people to be holy.
We read repeatedly in Scripture we are to be holy because God is holy (Lev. 11:44; 20:26; Matt. 5:48; 1 Pet. 1:16). We are “a people for His own possession” (Titus 2:14; 1 Pet. 2:9) and because we are God’s, we are not of the world (John 15:19; 17:14). Because we are not of the world, we are to reject worldliness (Jas. 1:27; 1 John 2:15-17).
But, to what lengths do we go to reject worldliness?
Certainly, we are to be willing to pluck out eyes and cut off hands if they cause us to stumble!… Continue reading