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Psalm 96:7-13
Psalm 96:7-13
“O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” I like that statement. I often see it on a sign in church buildings. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” You find the statement in Psalm 96 and verse 9. God desires holiness for His people. “Be ye holy for I am holy.” That’s His commandment repeated several times in the Old Testament and Peter picked it up in chapter 1 of his first letter. God says, “Be ye holy; for I am holy.” Be separated, be unique, be distinct. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ indicates that God wants us to be holy. On the cross Jesus died for our sins to make us holy, to bring us to God. And of course the Holy Spirit of God within us urges us to a holy life. To walk in holiness through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Word of God helps us to grow in holiness. Jesus said to His Father, “Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth” (John 17:17). And so God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit combined to lead us into a life of holiness. God desires holiness for His people. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” True holiness is beautiful. Now false holiness is not. The Pharisees had a false holiness, an artificial, manufactured kind of piety. Jesus had true holiness. Jesus attracted people. The Pharisees repelled them. God desires holiness and true holiness is beautiful. The fruit of the Spirit, love and joy and peace and longsuffering and all of those other wonderful virtues that make for a beautiful life. God desires holiness.
True holiness is beautiful and this beauty comes from worship. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” Did you know that you become like the god you worship? If your god is selfish, you become selfish. If your god is ugly, you become ugly. We become like the god we worship. The person who worships money becomes hard. The person who worships pleasure becomes soft. The person who worships the true and living God becomes beautiful, the kind of beauty that Jesus had. We become more and more like the Lord Jesus Christ. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.”
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“O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” I like that statement. I often see it on a sign in church buildings. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” You find the statement in Psalm 96 and verse 9. God desires holiness for His people. “Be ye holy for I am holy.” That’s His commandment repeated several times in the Old Testament and Peter picked it up in chapter 1 of his first letter. God says, “Be ye holy; for I am holy.” Be separated, be unique, be distinct. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ indicates that God wants us to be holy. On the cross Jesus died for our sins to make us holy, to bring us to God. And of course the Holy Spirit of God within us urges us to a holy life. To walk in holiness through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Word of God helps us to grow in holiness. Jesus said to His Father, “Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth” (John 17:17). And so God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit combined to lead us into a life of holiness. God desires holiness for His people. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” True holiness is beautiful. Now false holiness is not. The Pharisees had a false holiness, an artificial, manufactured kind of piety. Jesus had true holiness. Jesus attracted people. The Pharisees repelled them. God desires holiness and true holiness is beautiful. The fruit of the Spirit, love and joy and peace and longsuffering and all of those other wonderful virtues that make for a beautiful life. God desires holiness.
True holiness is beautiful and this beauty comes from worship. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” Did you know that you become like the god you worship? If your god is selfish, you become selfish. If your god is ugly, you become ugly. We become like the god we worship. The person who worships money becomes hard. The person who worships pleasure becomes soft. The person who worships the true and living God becomes beautiful, the kind of beauty that Jesus had. We become more and more like the Lord Jesus Christ. “O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.”