Holiness

(The video is in Russian.)

Bible verses from the sermon

[1 Pet.1:13-19]
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

[Gen.2:3]
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Sanctification is God’s work: being set apart from works into rest.

[Heb.10:10] By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Conduct [Greek anastrophē G391] — way of life, behaviour, manner of living.

[Heb.13:7]
Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct [Greek anastrophē G391].

[Heb.12:1-2]
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin [unbelief] which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith

[Heb.12:10,15] 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness… 15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

Fall short [Greek hystereō G5302] — to be late, to come (too) late

The works pleasing to God are faith in Jesus and receiving the Holy Spirit.

[Lev.19:2] (Young’s Literal Translation)
Ye are holy, for holy am I, Jehovah your God.

[Lev.20:7-8] Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

[2 Cor.7:1] Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

[Act.15:7-9] And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: “Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

[1 Pet.1:22]
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit…