The Eternal Holy

If I am not careful, I can think myself into believing that holiness and behavior have nothing in common, that holiness is a feeling, an anointing that is separate from behavior. But the Eternal Holy says that our behavior is a reflection of our holiness. In Leviticus 10:3 God told Moses “By those who come near Me, I must be regarded as holy; and before all the people I must be glorified”. The reason for this command to His people was that two of Aaron’s sons had offered a profane offering to God, an offering He had not commanded. Because of their act of defiance, God sent fire down and killed them. That seems so far removed from our circumstances and culture today doesn’t it? Remember He is the ETERNAL HOLY, from everlasting to everlasting He is God. He does not change. He requires the same holiness from us today. The holiness He required from the Israelites when He led them out of bondage.

I am not talking about the law. We live under the mighty undeserved grace of our loving Father. I AM talking about walking out a life that is sanctified and acceptable to God in our day and in the culture in which He has placed us to live. Our “Babylonian” culture says that it is okay to be sexually impure, that it is okay to dress provocatively, that it is okay to be unfaithful in relationships, that it is okay to do whatever makes You happy. Our God says to us, His bride, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you”(2 Cor. 6:17). Then He declares to us His bride, “I AM the Lord, that is my name; and My glory I will not give to another” (Isaiah 42:8) and then the most glorious declaration of all, “I have redeemed you: I have called YOU by your name: You ARE Mine…Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, and I have loved you” (Isaiah 43:1,4). The Eternal Holy living within us, calling us by name, offering Himself so that we, as His bride, can also be everlastingly holy.