131117 The Pattern of Piety

SUNDAY MORNING (November 17th) • HOLINESS The Pattern of Piety "Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord"(Heb 12:14). What exactly are we "striving" to become? God saved us to be holy-got it. We must be holy as God is holy-check. We are set apart to serve God-sounds good. But what does holiness actually look like? In your own words, how would you help someone else to see ... WHAT HOLINESS IS NOT: • Mere rule keeping (Mark 7:1-8)- • Generational imitation (Ezek 18:19-20) - • Generic spirituality (Rom 12:1-2)- • Finding your "true self' (1 Cor 6:9-11) - • The way of the world (1 John 2:15-17) -WHAT HOLINESS IS: • The renewal of God's image in us (Gen 1:26; Eccl 7:29; Co13:5-10; Eph 4:20-24; 2 Cor 3:18) -• A life marked by virtue instead of vice {Gal5:16-26) - • A clean conscience (Heb 10:19-23) - • Obedience to God's commands (I John 2:1-6;John 14:15, 23; 15:9-11)- • Christlikeness (Col1:15; Heb 1:3;Rom 8:26-30