Living a Holier Life-from the Bible

[JBrown]

Hey there.  I fully realize that being a Christian is more than following a list of do's and dont's, but I also think one should strive to live a life as pleasing to God as they can and not have an "easy believism" type of life.  For this reason, and also out of curiosity, I'd like to see if we can complile as many commands/behaviors in a holy life, as possible.  I don't know if it will take off or not since it may take some research unless the passage is already in mind.  A distinction should probably be made between Proverbs and everything else.  For one thing they are already grouped together and for another, as I understand it, they aren't express commands or always fullproof, but are more like general good guidelines to live by.  I have yet to finish reading the Bible all the way through is one of the reasons this interests me.

I'll start off and see if it goes anywhere from there.

Have no other Gods before me; do not bow down to carved images; do not take the name of the Lord in vain; keep the Sabbath day holy, honor parents; shall not murder, commit adultery, steal, lie, or covet.

Trust in God, do not lean unto your own understanding; rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer; humble yourself; if you love God keep his commandments; love and fear God, love each other.

1Cor. 13:4-7- Love suffers long and is kind, love does not envy, love does not parade itself, it is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Be anxious for nothing, resist the devil.  Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, do all things without grumbling or disputing, do not speak evil of one another, do not despise God's discipline, give freely, forgive others, treat others as you would want to be treated, rejoice evermore and give thanks, be peaceful, be repentant of sin.

Psalm 15- the character of those who may dwell with the Lord- He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart; He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; In whose eyes a vile person is despised, But he honors those who fear the Lord; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change; He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

I would have liked to give a proper quotation and citation of verse, but wasn't able to due to time.

[aw]

Just a note before beginning- holiness is sanctification and not related to the attainment of sinless perfection. Holiness is "being set apart" unto God and is related as well to the word SAINT.

We are already saints and Jesus is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, SANCTIFICATION, and redemption.

We have been Sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." (Heb 10:10)

These are POSITIONAL and experiential indicates PERFECTING holiness which, to a very large degree, is "Walkin in the Spirit." The spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the LAW of sin and death.

I will stop and we can procede to the expeiental.  

Good post and I look forward to participating,

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[Come passion]

How sad for this land, these are abominations to YHWH committed openly now in this country.

abomination defined = extreme hatred; detestation

same sex marriages or relationsips
people with beasts

now the land is defiled

Leviticus 18:

 22.  Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
 23.  Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
 24.  Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
 25.  And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
 26.  Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
 27.  (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
 28.  That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
 29.  For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.  30.  Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the YHWH (Lord) your Elohim (God).

may the people in this land begin to realize to what extent HE is HOLY!  

For those that struggle with these problems - cry out to  Yeshua (Jesus) earnestly and HE will save you, deliver you.