Yesterday, I talked about freedom and liberty. True freedom is found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.

“This is the ‘ollie, ollie, in come free’ opening book of the New Testament. Hide and seek is over; the Savior has been found! Everyone can come home, we all win!”

The Founder’s Bible,
The Origin of the Dream of Freedom,
Introduction to the book of James

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As we walk in faith, we do our best to live a holy life. But it is not “do,” but “who.”

“First, we are called to ‘be’ holy, not ‘do’ holy. Second, holiness is relational: it’s not so much about an absence of wrong behavior as it is about the presence of Someone. When Moses was told to take his shoes off because he was standing on holy ground (Exodus 3:1-5), the ground was not holy because it was some special kind of dirt; it was holy because the presence of God was abiding there. Third, God is the source of our holiness…because He is holy, and He lives in us, we shall be holy, for we shall be like Him.”

The Hope of Holiness,
The Freedom Bible,
The Origin of the Dream of Freedom,
p. 2017

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We cannot be holy in ourselves but we can do everything to “keep ourselves unstained by the world.”

James 1:27, “Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

New American Standard Bible

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It is by grace that we are saved and God’s grace makes us holy.

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