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A Key Concept for Personal Spiritual Growth Is Understanding God's Holiness.

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God chose us before the foundation of the world. In Christ, He blessed us with every spiritual blessing so that we may reflect the grace of His character and seek His holiness. Holiness is not a state of perfection that we struggle to achieve. It is continually becoming more like Jesus, a state achieved daily through the power of the Holy Spirit as we fellowship with God in prayer and through His Word. Holiness is the result of beholding the beauty of Christ’s character. God’s holiness consists largely of two major elements. First, it includes His righteous, pure character that is intrinsically part of His nature. God cannot act contrary to His own nature; so, His actions are always righteous, pure, and just. Second, God’s holiness sets Him apart from all created beings. His love, graciousness, goodness, justice, and compassion are infinite. There is no one else like Him in the entire universe (Lev. 19:2; Ps. 47:8; 1 Pet. 1:15, 16). Meditating upon God’s holiness leads u...

The Controversy Did Not Involve The Civil Laws Or The Ten Commandments. Instead, It Involved The Ceremonial Additions.

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LEARN ABOUT BIBLECAL TRUTHS. FREE PAMPHLETS AND BOOCKS - CLICK LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION   Acts 21:21    (21) but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. Acts 21:25 (25) But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality." New King James Version A Faithful Version American Standard Version Amplified® Bible Contemporary English Version Darby English Version Good News Bible King James Version New American Standard Bible New International Version New King James Version Young's Literal Translation The speaker is James, our Savior's brother. "They" is the...