“The destined end of man is not happiness, nor
health, but holiness. The preaching of the gospel awakens an intense resentment
because it must reveal that I am unholy; but it also awakens an intense
craving. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men; He did not to save men
out of pity: He came to save men because He created them to be holy. The
Atonement means that God can put me back into perfect union with Himself,
without a shadow between, through the Death of Jesus Christ” - Chambers September
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My Response:
I remember the first time I read the
words in 1 Peter 1:16: “Be holy because I am holy” (originally from Leviticus).
Growing up as I did attending church every Sunday, holiness was a word used to describe
God, Jesus and the Saints. But me? I was
to be holy?
Not until I came into a saving knowledge
of Jesus Christ and understood the meaning behind His sacrifice on the cross did I accept
it was not what I did that made
me holy – but what He did.
Do I have an intense craving for God’s
holiness?
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