It Is on Us to Live Holy, Perfect, and Righteously, Not God

I. We Are to Be Holy As God is Holy

A. God Called Us to Be Holy in All Manners of Your Conversation

B. Be Ye Holy. It Not God Doing the Holiness

C. We Are Called by the Father to Pass the Time of Your Time on Earth in Fear

D. You Will Judged, If You Do Not Live Holy

1 Peter 1:15–17 “15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:”

E. You Are to Be Holy Unto Your God and Not Cuss, Not Profane Using Your God’s Name

Leviticus 21:6 “6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.”

II. We Are to Be Perfect

A. We Are to Be Perfect Like God the Father in Heaven

Matthew 5:48 “48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

B. We Are All to Come Into the Unity of Faith by Knowledge of the Son of God to Be Unto a Perfect Man Unto the Measure of the Stature of Fulnees of Christ

Ephesians 4:12–14 “12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

C. By Becoming Perfect, Not Children, We Will Not Be Tossed To and Fro by Every Wind of Doctrine

D. Doctrine of Slight of Men and Cunning Craftiness

E. They Lie in Wait to Deceive You

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”

F. Just Men Are Made Perfect and Have Spirits Made Perfect

Hebrews 12:22–23 “22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,”

III. We Are to Live Righteously

A. Don’t Let Any Man Deceive You, He That Does Righteousness Is Righteous.

B. Just Like God Is Righteous

1 John 3:6–8 “6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

C. He That Commits Sin Is of the Devil

8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.

D. The Purpose of Jesus, the Son of God, Coming Was to Destroy the Works of the Devil, Sin

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”

E. Judgment Begins at the House of God

F. The Righteous Are scarcely Saved

G. How Will the Ungodly and Where Will the Sinners Go, Appear

1 Peter 4:17–18 “17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

H. If Your Righteousness Doesn’t Exceed That of the Scribes and Pharisees, You Will in No Case Enter Into the Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 5:20 “20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

I. God Does Not Accept Excuses of Not Living Holy, Perfectly, or Not Live Righteously

J. Adam and Evil Were Cussed for Eating the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

K. John the Baptist Told the Pharisees and Sadducees to Show Fruits Worthy of Repentance Before He Would Baptize Them

Matt 3:6-7 “7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Mark 1:3–5 “3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.”