Comments on: What is Holiness?

By: Kathi

Kathi — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:43:39 +0000

While Adultery, by definition, requires sex, sin does not.

I’m not sure I agree with that – based on what Jesus said about looking lustfully – BUT – I do agree with the central point. Sin is sin, and holiness is taking on God’s nature, and if we’re walking in His will, we don’t have to worry about it.

By: Kathi

Kathi — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:39:49 +0000

I’m not sure about that, Cat.

If you really knew Him – you’d love Him.

By: Cat

Cat — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:02:52 +0000

I’ve said on another site, if it had been me in the garden, upon receiving the prohibition, I would have reached up, plucked the fruit, and grinned at God as I ate, with the juice running down my chin. I wonder how framing it as an open and unashamed expression of dissent would have changed things.

By: Carl Thomas

Carl Thomas — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:22 +0000

Wayne Gruden defines sin as any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature. While Adultery, by definition, requires sex, sin does not. This reminds me of folks that try to find the name of a demon before they address it. I cover all the bases by commanding every unclean spirit to leave.

Holiness is not the absence of sin, it is the taking on of God’s nature.

I agree we will not have to worry if we are walking in His will.

By: Ichabod (aka FUD)

Ichabod (aka FUD) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:07:03 +0000

So gluten is the opposite of holiness, right?

By: Steven Brady

Steven Brady — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:51:57 +0000

Great read. Thank you.

By: Kathi

Kathi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:14:18 +0000

ADDENDUM – it just occurred to me (duh – need a second pot of coffee today!) that when satan tempted Eve in the garden, this was his tactic.

Did God really say…? Is this really sin?

Justification followed…