IN HIS IMAGE HOLY LOVE 1
THE IMAGE OF GOD 2
GOD IS LOVE ESV 1 JOHN 4:8 ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE 16 SO WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND TO BELIEVE THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR US. GOD IS LOVE, AND WHOEVER ABIDES IN LOVE ABIDES IN GOD, AND GOD ABIDES IN HIM. 3
WORK OF THE SPIRIT NAS 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED FACE BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST AS FROM THE LORD, THE SPIRIT. NAS ROMANS 5:5 THE LOVE OF GOD HAS BEEN POURED OUT WITHIN OUR HEARTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO WAS GIVEN TO US. 4
LOVE AND ITS FRUITS 5
FRUIT OF LOVE NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND, AND IS NOT JEALOUS; LOVE DOES NOT BRAG AND IS NOT ARROGANT, 5 DOES NOT ACT UNBECOMINGLY; IT DOES NOT SEEK ITS OWN, IS NOT PROVOKED, DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A WRONG, 6 DOES NOT REJOICE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH; LOVE BRINGS ABOUT HOLINESS 6
HOLINESS AS THE FRUIT OF LOVE NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 13:6 [LOVE] DOES NOT REJOICE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH; NAS EPHESIANS 1:4 JUST AS HE CHOSE US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND BLAMELESS BEFORE HIM. IN LOVE NAS JOHN 14:15 "IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. NAS 1 JOHN 2:4 THE ONE WHO SAYS, "I HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM," AND DOES NOT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, IS A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM; 5 BUT WHOEVER KEEPS HIS WORD, IN HIM THE LOVE OF GOD HAS TRULY BEEN PERFECTED. BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN HIM: 7
PATIENT, KIND, CONTENTED, HUMBLE, ALTRUISTIC, CALM, NONCENSORIOUS, AND HOLY LOVE LOVE INCLINES CHRISTIANS TO: MEEKLY BEAR ILL THAT IS RECEIVED FROM OTHERS, AND TO CHEERFULLY AND FREELY DO GOOD TO OTHERS NOT ENVY WHAT OTHERS HAVE OR DO, BUT RATHER INCLINES CHRISTIANS TO BE CONTENTED AS THEY ARE NOT THINK OR ACT OUT OF PRIDE BUT TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES THE PRACTICE OF UNSELFISH CONCERN FOR OR DEVOTION TO THE WELFARE OF OTHERS REMAIN CALM IN THE FACE OF IRRITATION OR PROVOCATION NOT UNCHARITABLY JUDGE OTHERS HOLINESS 8
LOVE AND HOLINESS 9
GOD IS 1. LOVE LOVE IS WHAT GOD IS NATURE OR SUBSTANCE 2. HOLY HOLY IS WHAT GOD IS LIKE CHARACTERISTIC OR QUALITY 10
GOD IS HOLY ESV PSALM 99:9 EXALT THE LORD OUR GOD, AND WORSHIP AT HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN; FOR THE LORD OUR GOD IS HOLY! NIV 1 SAMUEL 2:2 "THERE IS NO ONE HOLY LIKE THE LORD; THERE IS NO ONE BESIDES YOU; ESV ISAIAH 5:16 BUT THE LORD OF HOSTS IS EXALTED IN JUSTICE, AND THE HOLY GOD SHOWS HIMSELF HOLY IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. NAS ISAIAH 6:3 AND ONE CALLED OUT TO ANOTHER AND SAID, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, IS THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY. NAS REVELATION 4:8 AND THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, EACH ONE OF THEM HAVING SIX WINGS, ARE FULL OF EYES AROUND AND WITHIN; AND DAY AND NIGHT THEY DO NOT CEASE TO SAY, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, IS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME." 11
WE ARE MADE HOLY IN CHRIST 1. GOD IS LOVE 2. WE ARE MADE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE 3. WE ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO GOD S IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY 4. LOVE OF GOD IS POURED OUT IN OUR HEARTS 5. LOVE WILL MANIFEST ITSELF IN HOLINESS 12
LOVE WILL MANIFEST ITSELF IN HOLINESS NAS 1 JOHN 4:9 BY THIS THE LOVE OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED IN US, THAT GOD HAS SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM. 10 IN THIS IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD, BUT THAT HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS... 12 NO ONE HAS BEHELD GOD AT ANY TIME; IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD ABIDES IN US, AND HIS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN US... 16 AND WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND HAVE BELIEVED THE LOVE WHICH GOD HAS FOR US. GOD IS LOVE, AND THE ONE WHO ABIDES IN LOVE ABIDES IN GOD, AND GOD ABIDES IN HIM. 17 BY THIS, LOVE IS PERFECTED WITH US, THAT WE MAY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT; BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ALSO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 13
APPLICATIONS 14
WE WERE CHOSEN TO BE HOLY NAS EPHESIANS 1:3 BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS BLESSED US WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST, 4 JUST AS HE CHOSE US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND BLAMELESS BEFORE HIM. IN LOVE 15
WE WERE DESTINED TO BE HOLY NAS COLOSSIANS 1:21 AND ALTHOUGH YOU WERE FORMERLY ALIENATED AND HOSTILE IN MIND, ENGAGED IN EVIL DEEDS, 22 YET HE HAS NOW RECONCILED YOU IN HIS FLESHLY BODY THROUGH DEATH, IN ORDER TO PRESENT YOU BEFORE HIM HOLY AND BLAMELESS AND BEYOND REPROACH-- 16
WE WERE CALLED TO BE HOLY NAS 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3 FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, YOUR SANCTIFICATION [HOLINESS];... 7 FOR GOD HAS NOT CALLED US FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPURITY, BUT IN SANCTIFICATION [HOLINESS]. 17
WE WERE MADE TO BE HOLY NAS EPHESIANS 2:8 FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD; 9 NOT AS A RESULT OF WORKS, THAT NO ONE SHOULD BOAST. 10 FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND, THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. 18
CONCLUSIONS 19
BEAR THE FRUITS OF LOVE NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND, AND IS NOT JEALOUS; LOVE DOES NOT BRAG AND IS NOT ARROGANT, 5 DOES NOT ACT UNBECOMINGLY; IT DOES NOT SEEK ITS OWN, IS NOT PROVOKED, DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A WRONG, 6 DOES NOT REJOICE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH; 20
BE HOLY NIV HEBREWS 12:14 MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL MEN AND TO BE HOLY; WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD. 21
NAS 1 PETER 1:1 PETER TO THOSE WHO ARE CHOSEN 2 ACCORDING TO THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER, BY THE SANCTIFYING WORK OF THE SPIRIT, THAT YOU MAY OBEY JESUS CHRIST AND BE SPRINKLED WITH HIS BLOOD 13 THEREFORE, GIRD YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION, KEEP SOBER IN SPIRIT, FIX YOUR HOPE COMPLETELY ON THE GRACE TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST. 14 AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN, DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THE FORMER LUSTS WHICH WERE YOURS IN YOUR IGNORANCE, 15 BUT LIKE THE HOLY ONE WHO CALLED YOU, BE HOLY YOURSELVES ALSO IN ALL YOUR BEHAVIOR; 16 BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY." 22
LOVE REJOICES IN HOLINESS KJV PSALM 96:9 O WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS: FEAR BEFORE HIM, ALL THE EARTH. KJV PSALM 29:2 GIVE UNTO THE LORD THE GLORY DUE UNTO HIS NAME; WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS. 23