Pursuing Holiness – A Kingdom Catechism

Pursuing Holiness

A Kingdom Catechism

Believers are to bring holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Q 50: How do the redeemed of the Lord pursue holiness?

A 50: The redeemed pursue holiness by fearing the Lord, obeying all His commandments, and serving Him only in all their ways. (Deut. 10:12, 13; Deut. 11:1)

The Lord, of course, is holy. His Law is holy and righteous and good (Rom. 7:12). Christians are called to follow the holy path that Jesus walked and to bring holiness to completion in the fear of God (1 John 2:1-6; 2 Cor. 7:1). The Law of God, under the tutelage and in the power of the Holy Spirit, is an indispensable aid in this process. In the Law God commands us to fear Him (Deut. 10:12-16), knowing, as He does, that fear is appropriate, coupled with love, to sustain us along the path of holiness. By studying the Law and Word of God and meditating on the Lord and His holiness, and by walking in obedience to all the Word of God, believers may expect to make consistent progress in holiness and, thus, to realize a significant measure of what it means to be saved.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.