Hi Pastor John
On my way into work this morning I was listening to the Wednesday night gathering 3/04/09 1 Thessalonians 4 & 5 you ask a question “Why must we believe on Jesus?” You were talking about how holy God is, and how that the holiness of God has to be transferred from God to us by the spirit. There is no other way to be holy. While I was listening, before you gave us that answer, I was thinking, “I don’t know what holy is; I don’t know what that means.”
To me, “holy” was just the same as the word “fellowship” or “God”. But just like fellowship and knowing God, holiness is something that God has to do for us by His Spirit, or we can’t have it. It is not of this world, and beyond anything in this flesh.
I thought about the scripture in Isaiah 6:5, where Isaiah said, “I am a man with unclean lips!” and one of the Seraphim flew over and got a hot coal off of the altar and placed it on his lips. God has to do something for us or we can’t stand in His presence. It is far above me! Our God is Holy.
God help us stand on that Day.
Bro. Stuart
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Only by His grace will we be able to stand on that day, Stuart. But He has promised us that he will hold us up!
jdc