The Way to Holiness

The Law is the way to holiness, not salvation.

Leviticus 19.2
“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.”

Matthew 5.44, 45

Obedience to the Law of God is not the way to salvation; salvation is by grace through faith alone. Rather, obedience is the way to holiness, which is but the fuller realization of our salvation, for the Law is holy, and God Who gave it is holy. His Son is holy, Who fulfilled all the righteousness of the Law on our behalf, and bore all its holy judgments against our sin. His Spirit is Holy, Who indwells those who believe, teaches us the Law of God, and brings the holiness of Christ to fruition in us. We are called to bring holiness to completion in the fear of God (2 Cor. 7.1). Believers are to be holy as God’s redeemed children, and that holiness is only through obedience to the Law of God in our Lord Jesus Christ.

If we love God supremely, we will keep His Word. If we keep His Word, beginning with His Law, we will be holy as He is holy – not all at once, but increasingly, as the Spirit, working with the Law and all the Word of God, transforms us from glory to glory into the image of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 3.12-18).

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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.

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