MONDAY, JULY 3
1 Peter 1:13-25
1 Peter 1:16

"Be ye holy; for I am holy."

BE YE HOLY!

A Christian life must be a holy life. A Christian must be separated and sanctified unto the Lord; otherwise, the name of Christ may be despised, disgraced and blasphemed. Sadly, many "Christian" leaders and members have stumbled others through their financial or sexual scandals and through their worldly and ungodly life! They have really "shut up the kingdom of heaven against men" (Matt 23:13) so much so that many are "fed up" with "Christianity" and they do not want to hear the Gospel nor believe in the Lord Jesus Christ! If you are stumbled by these ungodly "Christians," please remember that the Lord Jesus Christ is your Creator and Saviour who is always holy, good and right, and His teachings are always holy, good and right, so His true followers should be holy, good and right; otherwise, they are not His true followers or true Christians. Moreover, only the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and not men, is able to save you and make you holy, good and right in His sight when you wholeheartedly believe in Him, depend on Him, and submit to Him. Truly, "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Heb 7:25). Thus, you must trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for your own good!

Many deceive themselves by thinking that they are saved and will go to heaven as long as they "faithfully" attend the services and keep religious practices, whereas their life is not changed and sanctified! They are only "Christians" by name because they have not exalted Jesus Christ as Lord and Master of their life! They still see, watch, read, listen to, say or do what they like regardless of the Lord and His Word! The Apostle Paul had to remind believers in Corinth to examine their spiritual life: "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" (2 Cor 13:5). We must not deceive ourselves or be deceived by others. God is holy, and He commands His people to be holy: "Be ye holy; for I am holy" (1 Pet 1:16). What about you?

THOUGHT: God is holy, and His people must be holy.
PRAYER: O Lord, sanctify me and keep me holy as Thou art holy.