I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 5th of November, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 1 Peter 1:16 and I am reading this out of the Amplified Version: 

“…because it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY (set apart), FOR I AM HOLY,” “Isn’t that beautiful?  “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”

In bold italics, in capital letters - our God is a holy God and He says today that you and I must be holy, even as He is holy. We must have a deep respect for the Lord. That is what the word, “reverence” means - a deep respect for God. Oh folks, He is not our mate, He is not the man upstairs, He is not my buddy, He is God and we need to appreciate that and He expects us to live like He does. We cannot have one foot in the world and another foot in the Kingdom. He says very clearly in Matthew 12:30:

“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.”

We cannot serve God and mammon. We need to live a holy life. You know that people have died for their faith just because they will not deny that name. They have had their heads cut off. They have been told, “Deny that name, Jesus Christ and we will let you live. They say, “We can’t and we won’t”, and they die. They have been burnt at the stake, they have died terrible deaths because they will not deny the name of Christ. Do not use that name cheaply. Oh folks, it is a beautiful name, it is the most beautiful name that I have ever heard in my life. 

Holiness is the end product of obedience. That is what holiness means. When we are obedient people then we are holy. You see, there is power in that name, there is healing in that name, there is forgiveness in that name, there is peace in that name. When people are dying and they hear that name, Jesus Christ, it gives them peace and absolute joy. There is hope in that name and most of all, there is salvation in that name. At that name, the Bible says, “Every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess.”

Today, let's go out and let's use that name very carefully, and let us magnify Him.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.