Tag: holiness
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Pursuing Christlikeness (part 2)
In a previous post, I pointed out that Christlikeness is something that awaits us in the future, namely, glorification, i.e., having our bodies transformed to be like Jesus Christ’s glorified body. And we have to pursue this goal primarily in terms of remaining faithful to the end. Romans 8:29-30 ESV For those whom he foreknew […]
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To be holy is to be happy
“In proportion as the sanctification of a believer advances, his real happiness advances with it” (Octavius Winslow) “Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.” (Thomas Brooks) We pursue happiness in the wrong way. We run after success, money, fame and pleasure, and once we […]
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Ikthus East Sermon, 12 November 2017
HOLINESS Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 [1] Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. [2] For you know what instructions we gave you through […]