Title: Be Holy
Text: Leviticus 11:44-45
We choose wrong standards of comparison
- Israel with the surrounding kingdoms – I Samuel 8:1-9
- Parable of the tax collector – Luke 18:9-14
- Peter and John – John 21:20-22
- King Belshazzar – Daniel 5:22-26
We too easily conform to those standards….
- Israel in the promised land – Exodus 34:10-16
- Ahab and Jezebel – I Kings 16:29-33
- Israel and Judah – Jeremiah 3:6-10
Be Holy for I am Holy – God is the standard
Title: Holiness at Sinai – Awe
Text: Exodus 19
Overview
- God meets His People
- Challenges them to be holy – v. 5-6
- Extracts them from the world – v. 5-6
God is not safe….
- Egypt – v. 4
- Warning to stay distant – 19:16
- Desire to stay distant – 20:18-19
Respond in awe….
- Define: Dread, Terror
- Tremble – v. 16
- Fear and terror – Deuteronomy 28:58ff, 26:8
- Hebrews 10:26-31
- Hebrews 12:18-29
Title: Holiness – Fascination
Text: Exodus 19:21-23
Attraction
- Exodus 3:1-6, 33:13
- Psalms 15:1, 24:3, 43:3
…despite our fears….
- 33:18ff,
- Isaiah 6:
- Ezekiel 1:
- Daniel 10:
- Mark 9:1-6
God makes it possible!
- II Corinthians 3:7 – 4:6
- Unfading – v. 11
- Unveiled – v. 16
- Reflecting – v. 18
- Fascinating to others – 4:2
- Standing full-faced in the presence of Christ – 4:6
Title: Holiness and Glory
Text: Exodus 19
Holiness moves and is dynamic
- Storm imagery…
- Exodus 19:16, Psalm 29, Psalm 144:5-8, Exodus 33:21-23
- Movement
- Exodus 14, Psalm 19, Romans 6:4, Romans 8:21
How we glorify
- It is in the doing!
- Romans 2:7
- John 15:8
- I Corinthians 10:31
- God ultimately glorifies us!
- John 17:22
- I Corinthians 2:7-9
- II Corinthians 3:18
- I Corinthians 15:42-44
Title: Holiness and Cleanliness
Text: Exodus 19:10ff
Reminded they are in the presence of God
- Exodus 19:10
- Exodus 30:19-21
- Numbers 19:20
- John 13:8
- Hebrews 10:22
Lifestyle matters!
- Psalm 51:2
- Isaiah 1:16-18
- John 13:10
Motives Matter!
- Proverbs 16:2
- Mark 7:1-7
- James 4:1-10
Baptism as Washing
- I Peter 3:13-21
- Acts 22:16
Title: Holiness – Who is Like You?
Text: Exodus 15:11
There is no God like God
- God revealed: Exodus 19; Daniel 10:4-6; (Ezekiel 1:25-28; Isaiah 6:1-4); Revelation 1:12-16
- Acknowledged: Isaiah 46:9; Deuteronomy 33:26-29; I Samuel 2:1-2ff
He set His people apart
- Leviticus 20:24-26
- Psalm 4:3
- II Corinthians 6:17
- Revelation 18:4
What it means….
- We will look different…. Ephesians 4:17-24; 5:3-13
- To praise and to witness….I Peter 2:9-12
Title: Be Holy
Text: Leviticus 11:44-45
If we are holy, we will be different….
- Sometimes hard to square with – Deuteronomy 18:9; Luke 18:2; John 12:43
- We are transformed – Romans 12:2; II Corinthians 3:18
- It is noticeable – I Kings 22:8; Acts 4:13; Philippians 2:12-16
- Contrasts: Galatians 5:19-26; Philippians 3:17-21; Ephesians 4:29-5:7
We will inspire fascination and awe
- Mark 6:17-20
- Acts 24:24-27
- II Corinthians 2:14-15
- Luke 5:8
- Acts 16:16-34