Holiness Is The Fruit Of Faith In Our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Holiness

(John Angell James, "The True Christian" 1846)

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"You ought to live holy and godly 

lives." 2 Peter 3:11

Holiness is a very comprehensive word, 

and expresses a state of mind and conduct 

that includes many things. 

Holiness is the work of the SPIRIT 

in our sanctification.

Holiness is the fruit of faith 

in our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Holiness is the operation of the new 

nature, which we receive in regeneration.

Holiness may be viewed in various 

aspects, according to the different 

objects to which it relates. 

Toward GOD, holiness is . . .
  supreme love;
  delight in HIS moral character;
  submission to HIS will;
  obedience to HIS commands;
  zeal for HIS cause;
  seeking of HIS glory.

Toward CHRIST, holiness is . . .
  a conformity to HIS example,
  imbibing HIS spirit.

Toward man, holiness is . . .
  charity,
  integrity,
  truth,
  mercy.

Toward sin, holiness is a hatred of all 

iniquity, a tender conscience easily 

wounded by little sins, and scrupulously 

avoiding them; together with a laborious, 

painful, self-denying, mortification of all 

the known corruptions of our heart.

Toward self, holiness is . . .
  the control of our fleshly appetites;
  the eradication of our pride;
  the mortification of our selfishness.

Toward divine things in general, 

holiness is . . .
  spirituality of mind,
  the habitual current of godly thought,
  godly affections flowing through the soul.

And, toward the objects of the unseen 

world, holiness is heavenly-mindedness, 

a turning away from things seen and 

temporal, to things unseen and eternal.

Oh, what a word is holiness!
How much does it comprehend!
How little is it understood, and 

how much less is it practiced!

  

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