Be Holy

"We should wash ourselves clean from every impurity of the flesh, making our sanctification complete in the fear of God." 2 Corinthians 7:1

I read this verse today in my daily Bible reading. So many verses in the Bible talk about washing yourself in the Word, coming before Him with clean hands and a pure heart, cleansing yourself from impurities, and so on. But in the verse above, it says to wash ourselves from the impurities of the flesh, in order to make our sanctification complete in the fear of God." God is telling us to be holy.

First Peter 1:15-16, "But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy." He is not calling us to be all-knowing or all-powerful or so many other things we can somehow almost idolize.

Be holy. This is how we honor God.

We do not glorify Him by eloquent expressions of pompous service, but by aspiring to converse with Him with unstained spirits and live to Him in living like Him. -Selwyn Hughes