"Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard." Jeremiah 50:2


Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Oswald Chambers on Holiness

"The holiness which God demands is impossible unless a man can be re-made from within, and that is what Jesus Christ has undertaken to do. Jesus Christ does not merely save people from hell: "thou shalt call His name JESUS; for it is He that shall save His people from their sins", i.e., make totally new moral men. Jesus Christ came from a holy God to enable men, by the sheer might of His Redemption, to become holy. "Ye shall be holy. for I the Lord your God am holy."
from "Biblical Ethics" page 16
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"Holiness is the characteristic of the man after God's own heart."
from "Biblical Ethics" page 16
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"You can never make yourself holy by external acts, but, if you are holy, your external acts will be the natural expression of holiness."
from "Run Today's Race" page 23

1 comment:

Doug E. said...

A 100% amen to that one. I am currently talking with some free-grace guys who deny this truth.

Doug