Num 6:5 - ' All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long ."

Obviously the oft repeated call to holiness for God's people is intended for the prophets and thankfully as Peter notes, many of them were noted by or for their holiness.

God who is holy has always expected His servants or the leaders of His people to likewise be holy. It is impossible for them to please Him in their service to Him apart from walking in holiness.

Angels are highly involved in day to day life on planet earth, but most people are unawares or even oblivious to this activity. God chose to give Daniel much revelation of their activity, at least partly due to Daniel's steadfast seeking of God and His kingdom.

This category of holiness in the Old Testament is by far the greatest in terms of occurrences. As you can see there are pages and pages of them. This gives us a sense of the scope or breadth of holiness.

The following verses in the Old Testament all relate to God's call for His people to be a holy people. I offer them for your meditation and study. Lord willing I will eventually expound on them. I trust you will find the progression of God's revelation instructive.

The following verses all speak to God's holiness. May the Lord open our eyes and give us revelation of these most important matters.

One of the motivations Paul and his associates had for living holy lives and being pleasing to the Lord was the expectation that they will each “appear before the judgment seat of Christ….”. The best way to be found pleasing to Him at the judgment, is by learning to be pleasing to Him in the now. This passage states that we will be recompensed for both our good deeds and bad ones.

Walking in the Light is a lifestyle of relating to God and His people in such a way that we see our sin, discover how to be free from our sin, and thus can make the most of our times of fellowship together all in dependence upon the Holy Spirit.

You do not have to have a seminary or Bible college degree to make a significant and ongoing contribution to the growth and maturing of Christ’s church. You do need to be ever more connected to Christ the Head (“…. holding fast to the Head… Col. 2:19), so that His life can flow through you to others, and so you can appropriately receive from Him through others!