Do you Measure Up?????

1. The worlds standard

2 Our standard

3. Others standards

4. Gods standards

Holiness-Separation from the world and consecration to God 

A. God is Holy, we should reflect Him. 

Isaiah 6:3 (NKJV)  And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”

Revelation 15:4 (NKJV)  Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested.”

1 Peter 1:13–16 (CSB) 13Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be sober-minded and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance. 15 But as the one who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct; 16for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

A. In the presence of a Holy God we become aware of our flaws

B.Being in the presence of a Holy God will cause us to be measured.

C. The more time we spend, the more we are changed, the more we reflect HIs Holiness

D. He can sympathize with us

Hebrews 4:8–16 (TPT)

8Now if this promise of “rest” was fulfilled when Joshua brought the people into the land, God wouldn’t have spoken later of another “rest” yet to come. 9So we conclude that there is still a full and complete “rest” waiting for believers to experience. 10 As we enter into God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates his finished works and rests in them. 11So then we must give our all and be eager to experience this faith-rest life, so that no one falls short by following the same pattern of doubt and unbelief. 12 For we have the living Word of God, which is full of energy, and it pierces more sharply than a two-edged sword. It will even penetrate to the very core of our being where soul and spirit, bone and marrow meet! It interprets and reveals the true thoughts and secret motives of our hearts. 13There is not one person who can hide their thoughts from God, for nothing that we do remains a secret, and nothing created is concealed, but everything is exposed and defenseless before his eyes, to whom we must render an account. 14So then, we must cling in faith to all we know to be true. For we have a magnificent King-Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who rose into the heavenly realm for us, and now sympathizes with us in our frailty.

Hebrews 4:8–16 NKJV

For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Sanctify- 1:to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use: consecrate

2: to free from sin: purify

Sanctification—involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man

Sacrifice-

1: an act of offering to a deity something precious e

2: something offered in sacrifice

3   a: destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else

b: something given up or lost 

1. Is worthless without repentance

2. Were costly

David’s Confession

51 (TPT)

1–2 God, give me mercy from your fountain of forgiveness! I know your abundant love is enough to wash away my guilt. Because your compassion is so great, take away this shameful guilt of sin. Forgive the full extent of my rebellious ways, and erase this deep stain on my conscience. 3–4For I’m so ashamed. I feel such pain and anguish within me.I can’t get away from the sting of my sin against you, Lord! Everything I did, I did right in front of you, for you saw it all. Against you, and you above all, have I sinned. Everything you say to me is infallibly true and your judgment conquers me. 5 Lord, I have been a sinner from birth, from the moment my mother conceived me. 6 I know that you delight to set your truth deep in my spirit. So come into the hidden places of my heart and teach me wisdom.

David’s Cleansing

7 Purify my conscience! Make this leper clean again!Wash me in your love until I am pure in heart.8 Satisfy me in your sweetness, and my song of joy will return. The places you have crushed within me will rejoice in your healing touch.9 Hide my sins from your face; erase all my guilt by your saving grace.10 Keep creating in me a clean heart. Fill me with pure thoughts and holy desires, ready to please you. 11 May you never reject me!May you never take from me your sacred Spirit!

David’s Consecration

12 Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me.Hold me close to you with a willing spirit that obeys whatever you say. 13 Then I can show other guilty ones how loving and merciful you are. They will find their way back home to you, knowing that you will forgive them. 14 O God, my saving God, deliver me fully from every sin, even the sin that brought bloodguilt. Then my heart will once again be thrilled to sing the passionate songs of joy and deliverance! 15 Lord God, unlock my heart, unlock my lips, and I will overcome with my joyous praise! 16 For the source of your pleasure is not in my performance or the sacrifices I might offer to you. 17 The fountain of your pleasure is foundation the sacrifice of my shattered heart before you. You will not despise my tenderness as I bow down humbly at your feet. 18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her. Be the protecting wall around Jerusalem.19 And when we are fully restored ,you will rejoice and take delighting every offering of our lives as we bring our sacrifices of righteousness before you in love!