Comments on: Why Live Holy? http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/ Boldly proclaiming GRACE to the nations!!! Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pastor Leo Pike http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Pastor Leo Pike Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:50:20 +0000 http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/?p=716#comment-1350 Excellent........ Excellent……..

]]> By: Richard Gamel http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 Richard Gamel Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:31:21 +0000 http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/?p=716#comment-1346 I find it much easier to live out what and who I am in Christ rather than trying to attain to it. Here is the 'consequence' of being in Christ, although it is typically preached as something to strive after, no no no, a thousand times no, this is the consequence of us being "In Christ," Ready? Eph.1:4, "According as God has chosen us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should BE (not 'do') holy (as Cornel said separated unto God) without blame (without fault, spot or blemish) before Him (God) in love." Col.1:22 "In the body of His flesh through death (here comes the consequence for us in Christ) to present you holy, unblameable and unreproveable (beyond accusation or fault) in His sight." It is through the death of Jesus flesh that Christ presents us to the Father as He is, holy, unblameable and unreproveable in Gods sight. I want to live the way I already am as a consequence of being in Christ! Romans 8: 3 reveals why we are holy, without blame and unreproveable in Gods sight because all our sins have been condemned in Jesus flesh through death!!! There is nothing left for us to be condemned over! Amen, love you all!!! I find it much easier to live out what and who I am in Christ rather than trying to attain to it. Here is the ‘consequence’ of being in Christ, although it is typically preached as something to strive after, no no no, a thousand times no, this is the consequence of us being “In Christ,” Ready? Eph.1:4, “According as God has chosen us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should BE (not ‘do’) holy (as Cornel said separated unto God) without blame (without fault, spot or blemish) before Him (God) in love.” Col.1:22 “In the body of His flesh through death (here comes the consequence for us in Christ) to present you holy, unblameable and unreproveable (beyond accusation or fault) in His sight.” It is through the death of Jesus flesh that Christ presents us to the Father as He is, holy, unblameable and unreproveable in Gods sight. I want to live the way I already am as a consequence of being in Christ! Romans 8: 3 reveals why we are holy, without blame and unreproveable in Gods sight because all our sins have been condemned in Jesus flesh through death!!! There is nothing left for us to be condemned over! Amen, love you all!!!

]]> By: Andre van der Merwe http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 Andre van der Merwe Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:42:34 +0000 http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/?p=716#comment-1342 Geepers Cornel What a wopper! Thanks for that, a few lights went on for me there as well! Revelation on revelation! In Grace Andre Geepers Cornel

What a wopper! Thanks for that, a few lights went on for me there as well! Revelation on revelation!

In Grace
Andre

]]> By: Cornel http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Cornel Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:04:54 +0000 http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/?p=716#comment-1341 Also, holiness is not the ability to not sin. Something is holy because it is set apart unto God. The thing that is set apart becomes holy. Since we have been set apart, we have become holy irrespective of our actions. The term shouldn't really be holy living but rather living holy. Also, everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial (1 Cor 10:23). Boundaries are not there to say we can't cross, they are there to protect us from what lies on the other side. You put a fence around your pool to protect your child from falling in and drowning. God places fences around things that will cause destruction in our lives. When your child crosses the boundary fence and falls into the pool, your first instinct is to save them, not to be angry and to let them drown. When you jump in and save them, you don't love them less, you almost love them more because they are safe again. Did you put the boundary fence around the pool because you are an angry vengeful father or because you love your children and don't want them to get hurt? Same thing with God. He set boundaries to protect us. He doesn't love us based on how well we keep away from boundaries, He loves us because we are His children. A sacrifice is to give up something that can never be replaced. Living holy doesn't really fit into that category either. You can't give up a sin and call it a sacrifice because you weren't supposed to be doing it in the first place. Glory to Glory Cornel Marais Charisma Ministries Also, holiness is not the ability to not sin. Something is holy because it is set apart unto God. The thing that is set apart becomes holy. Since we have been set apart, we have become holy irrespective of our actions. The term shouldn’t really be holy living but rather living holy.

Also, everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial (1 Cor 10:23). Boundaries are not there to say we can’t cross, they are there to protect us from what lies on the other side. You put a fence around your pool to protect your child from falling in and drowning. God places fences around things that will cause destruction in our lives. When your child crosses the boundary fence and falls into the pool, your first instinct is to save them, not to be angry and to let them drown. When you jump in and save them, you don’t love them less, you almost love them more because they are safe again. Did you put the boundary fence around the pool because you are an angry vengeful father or because you love your children and don’t want them to get hurt? Same thing with God. He set boundaries to protect us. He doesn’t love us based on how well we keep away from boundaries, He loves us because we are His children.

A sacrifice is to give up something that can never be replaced. Living holy doesn’t really fit into that category either. You can’t give up a sin and call it a sacrifice because you weren’t supposed to be doing it in the first place.

Glory to Glory

Cornel Marais
Charisma Ministries

]]> By: Andre van der Merwe http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1338 Andre van der Merwe Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:42:40 +0000 http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/?p=716#comment-1338 Hi Peter Because all our sins (past present & future) were forgiven at the cross, and God swore never to be angry with us of ever rebuke us again (Isa 54:9-10), we do not have to try and live holy in order to try to please Him - He is already pleased with us through the perfect sacrifice of His Son Jesus. Now because we have a new born again nature on the inside of us, it will actually be stupid if we still live according to the old sinful nature, because that is not who we are anymore, and those things cannot satisfy us any longer. When it comes to relating to God, we have to make a shift from a "HAVE TO" mentality to a "WANT TO" mentality. And this only comes by understanding what really happened at the cross, and knowing how God really feels about us. In Grace Andre van der Merwe Hi Peter

Because all our sins (past present & future) were forgiven at the cross, and God swore never to be angry with us of ever rebuke us again (Isa 54:9-10), we do not have to try and live holy in order to try to please Him – He is already pleased with us through the perfect sacrifice of His Son Jesus.

Now because we have a new born again nature on the inside of us, it will actually be stupid if we still live according to the old sinful nature, because that is not who we are anymore, and those things cannot satisfy us any longer.

When it comes to relating to God, we have to make a shift from a “HAVE TO” mentality to a “WANT TO” mentality. And this only comes by understanding what really happened at the cross, and knowing how God really feels about us.

In Grace
Andre van der Merwe

]]> By: Peter http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 Peter Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:56:27 +0000 http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/?p=716#comment-1337 Ok, so if i understand correctly there are 2 reasons for trying to live holy: 1. To show love, peace and care for PEOPLE. 2. Because we want to, as a kind of sacrifice of our lives to God. not because we want something in return, but because we love Him. Blessings. Ok, so if i understand correctly there are 2 reasons for trying to live holy:

1. To show love, peace and care for PEOPLE.
2. Because we want to, as a kind of sacrifice of our lives to God. not because we want something in return, but because we love Him.

Blessings.

]]> By: andrew http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/holy-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 andrew Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:24:48 +0000 http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/?p=716#comment-1327 Excellent bro! Excellent bro!

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