Hi, I'm John McMath, and this is the Morning Meditation!

Some people think that to be holy means to be odd. No, we are to be different. We have too many Christians doing unbiblical things who claim to be holy and in reality they are just odd.

Holiness is not achieved by what we have on, where we sleep and eat, or how many spiritual things we do. It is not primarily a matter of dress or style of hair. And we don’t become holy if we live in a commune, monastery, or convent. There is no holiness in a hole. God makes us holy by the blood of His Son. And in return of this great love, we endeavor to live holy lives because we love Him.

Holy is a state of being, not doing. It is a God-induced, God-developed character-trait that means we are free of defilement, and it comes through a relationship with God.

Leviticus 11:44 records, “For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth.”

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