Calvary Students

We are called to live set apart. We are alive in Christ. Sin affects us because it separates us from God. God warns us against being spiritually dead. Our flesh is constantly wanting to be satisfied. The Bible says that the heart is deceitful. The struggle for holiness is a constant battle. There is tension of being a Christian and living in the world but not being of the world. Christians have the task of being aware and being prepared to live a holy life in the midst of temptations. The battle happens in our flesh, in our hearts.

God calls us to be Holy like He is holy. We cannot achieve the standard that God calls us to. God had to pay the price in order to restore the relationship between God and man, between you and Jesus. God sacrificed his Son in order to get his creation back into a right relationship with himself. In turn we live for his glory. Holiness was expensive. The good news is, it's been paid for.

In this second episode we talk about why we are called to be Holy. God is a holy God, we are made in his image, we are trying to be in communion with God. Sin separates us from God, but holiness or being without sin draws us closer to God. This is only possible with the help of God. We will experience joy when we are close to God. We are called to be holy in order to be close to Him.

This is a new series called "The Pursuit of Holiness". We notice in today's culture and society that some things that God calls "sin" has become acceptable to us. God has called us to be "holy" which means "set apart". That means that if you're a Christian God has called you to be set apart. It means we recognize the things that are not of God and separate ourselves from those things. To Pursue Holiness means to live a life set apart, to resist sinful temptations, and to follow God's culture instead of the world's culture. In this episode we specifically talk about how and why we are set free from sin.