God is holy we are not, so how can we be accepted by Him, first of all it is by faith in Christ, and that alone, no pluses no add-ons. The wonderful C.H. Spurgeon, was troubled for a long time, as regards how could he get saved? ,so one Sunday morning, in the providence of God, he found in a Methodist chapel. He was miserable, the preacher stood up and spoke, the text used was Isaiah 45 v 22, 'Look to me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth'. The preacher challenged Spurgeon to look, and he did that, and was saved, it was a look of faith ,by a desperate young man. So Christ saved him, his sins were forgiven, not only that ,the Lord Jesus righteousness was transferred to him ,it became his possession, and indeed this applies to all who trust in Jesus .CP. Jeremiah 23 v 6/ /1 Cor. 1 v 30 /2 Cor. 5 v 21.So let us return to our original point, in Phil 4 v 2 of standing firm, we have mentioned the importance of truth, now lets consider ,standing firm in holiness. the challenge the word of give is in 1 Peter 1 v 15 - 16 .'But just as he who called us is holy, so be holy in all you do; For it is written; ' Be holy, because I am holy'. It is a big challenge, but we must it take on board, pray about it. About our language, our thought life ,the things we indulge in, consider all unrigtheousness is sin. The pornography must go, the drugs must go, living in sin must, the cheating must stop, holiness must be our watchword. How can we do this?, well as a Christian we have the holy Spirit who dwells within us, He will help us to be holy.
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