MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH BUT HOLY
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. More Than Good Enough But Holy
a) There is no other way to heaven except through Jesus Christ and His righteousness that is imputed to us. Only the holy will go to heaven so just being a good person will never be enough to inherit eternal life.
b) How can a sinner be made holy? Doesn’t this seem impossible? The writer of Hebrews gives us good news by saying that, “we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:10).
c) John writes, “For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified” (John 17:19). Thank God for there is hope for us because “Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers” (Hebrews 2:11).
d) Ephesians 5:25-27 makes a fitting conclusion to how believers are made holy, “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”
e) Being good enough is not enough…only good enough to send people to hell. To go to heaven and receive eternal life we must be holy, perfect, and blameless and have no stain, blemish or wrinkle. How is this possible? With humans it is impossible but with Christ it is absolutely possible. Christians are already made holy by Jesus Christ’s atoning work on Calvary.
f) Won’t you place your faith and trust in the only One Who can make you holy and wholly acceptable to God and put you on the Way to Holiness? That is the only way to inherit eternal life and there is no other.
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1. More Than Good Enough But Holya) There is no other way to heaven except through Jesus Christ and His righteousness that is imputed to us. Only the holy will go to heaven so just being a good person will never be enough to inherit eternal life.
b) How can a sinner be made holy? Doesn’t this seem impossible? The writer of Hebrews gives us good news by saying that, “we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:10).
c) John writes, “For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified” (John 17:19). Thank God for there is hope for us because “Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers” (Hebrews 2:11).
d) Ephesians 5:25-27 makes a fitting conclusion to how believers are made holy, “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”
e) Being good enough is not enough…only good enough to send people to hell. To go to heaven and receive eternal life we must be holy, perfect, and blameless and have no stain, blemish or wrinkle. How is this possible? With humans it is impossible but with Christ it is absolutely possible. Christians are already made holy by Jesus Christ’s atoning work on Calvary.
f) Won’t you place your faith and trust in the only One Who can make you holy and wholly acceptable to God and put you on the Way to Holiness? That is the only way to inherit eternal life and there is no other.
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