Holy........?

Ho-ly (ho-lee)
1. Specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated: holy ground.
2. Dedicated or devoted to the service of God, the church, or religion: a holy man.
3. Saintly; godly; pious; devout: a holy life.
4. Having a spiritually pure quality: a holy love.


We have all heard this little four letter word, usually followed by another four letter word. However, have we ever stopped and considered what the bible says about living HOLY lives? The New Testament encouraged the congregations of the Churches in the First Century to strive for HOLY Living. We are encouraged to put on a likeness of Christ. We will never be perfect, but we ARE supposed to try.

Colossians 3:8 But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

In this passage, we are told what to remove from our lives, and also what to replace these things with. We are supposed to be kind, humble, gentle, compassionate people.

Hebrews 10: 26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

Here we are told to expect judgment from God if we continue to sin after learning the TRUTH.

1 John 3:6
No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

Here again, we learn that if we truly know God, we won’t continue to sin.

So, what I see here is that we should all strive to be “Holy Rollers”. That means, while we “roll” through this life, we should strive for holiness.