success from God, not from the world or the devil
-love like Jesus
-holiness is the foundation of God's nature
-God is perfectly pure and perfect
God's love is holy love, it's pure
God love is, God wants us to enjoy Him forever
-only the pure in heart will see God
-don't impress the world by our wealth, success
-but by the holiness shine fore for Jesus
-if there's no love, joy, peace.. how to have church growth
-with no self control, we lose everything
-God is in the holiness business
-we got to get the focus right! Focus on Jesus and everything else will come
1. nature of holiness is transformation through consecration
-consecration = a drawing near to God, giving ourselves fully
-not just what we do but it's our heart
-holy = hagios (Greek) = set apart
2. agent of holiness is the indwelling Holy Spirit
-the Holy Spirit dwells in us
3. experience of holiness involves effort and conflict
we are saved by grace, not by works
-not sinning continually, habitually
-seed = God's DNA
-all this happen cos we are born of God.. it's natural
-in Christ, we will sin lesser and lesser as we grow
-when we sin, we feel guilty
-it's impt to read the Bible, pray, and meditate
-bit by bit, we are changed by the Holy Spirit
Vivification
-comes from the word vivify
-vivere (Latin) = to make alive
-the Holy Spirit bringing alive
it is the work of the Holy Spirit and requires our corporation... power is by the Spirit, our part is to cooperate
-God will not force His will to us
-it's not easy to be Christlike, especially when we are under stress
-we won't be able to learn obedience until we start to obey
-love even if ppl are malicious
-rejoice in depress
-choose to have peace, calm in troubles
-long-suffering in frustrations
-be kind with mean and nasty ppl
-temptation to sin, learn to be good, have moral purity
-no more energy to love, learn to be faithfulness, loyalty.. make a commitment before God
-do it unto the Lord
-when angry, furious, learn gentleness.. lower tone
-retaliate or strike back, learn self control
*re-act them until it becomes our nature
-10 commandments
-they are the eternal values of God
-it doesn't save us but show us the way
-Jesus kept all
-royal law: not just the act but also in the mind
love unconditionally.. even if there no positive response
-yield for the holy Spirit
-the more we act out, the more we are
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