This morning I was sipping on coffee and was praying/contemplating God’s word and the urgent word of the day was “holiness.” I have spent most of the day reading parts of books about holiness and living a life that is pleasing to God and free from sin. I found the following tidbit from a book printed in the 1600′s that will aid us in our daily walk with God. It is from the book called Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson. The following information is from Chapter 7 entitled The Holiness of God. I purposefully chose the practical tidbits to post. Hope you will be challenged!
What shall we do to resemble God in holiness?
(1.) Have recourse to Christ’s blood by faith. This is lavacrum animae [the washing of the soul]. Legal purifications were types and emblems of it. I John 1:1. The Word is a glass to show us our spots, and Christ’s blood is a fountain to wash them away.
(2.) Pray for a holy heart. ‘Create in me a clean heart, O God.’ Psa 51:10. Lay thy heart before the Lord, and say, Lord, my heart is full of leprosy; it defiles all it touches; Lord, I am not fit to live with such a heart, for I cannot honour thee; nor die with such a heart, for I cannot see thee. Oh create in me a clean heart; send thy Spirit into me, to refine and purify me, that I may be a temple fit for thee the holy God to inhabit.
(3.) Walk with them that are holy. ‘He that walketh with the wise shall be wise.’ Prov 13:30. Be among the spices and you will smell of them. Association begets assimilation. Nothing has a greater power and energy to effect holiness than the communion of saints.
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