Living a holy life before God and others is a major key to success. Holiness simply means to be separated unto God. As Christians, we have been taken out of the world of sin and translated into God's world, which is holy.
"For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness."
—1 Thessalonians 4:7
Holiness is not a lot of dos and don'ts, as many have taught in the past; holiness is a way of life—a lifestyle free from sin.
Asking the Lord to save you is more than just fire insurance! Many people live like the devil all week long and then go to church on Sundays, thinking that will make them righteous and give them passage to heaven. But you can't live like that and expect to go to heaven. There's more to the Christian walk than getting saved and going to church on Sundays. It's not leaving your hair uncut and removing all your makeup and jewelry, either.
Holiness is living a holy life every day of the week, trusting God, living with Him, and doing what is right to the best of your ability.
There's no place for willful sin in a walk of holiness before God. Yes, I believe in preaching God is a good God. Yes, He's a God of love. But there's also a judgment side to His character. He hates sin.
We can't go around saying, "Well, God's a good God. He'll forgive me," and continue to do what we know is wrong. That's sin. God will strive with a man only so long. When you willfully sin over and over again, there might come a day when God will pull His Spirit away from you.
God is tired of hearing people say, "God will forgive me" when they have no thought of repenting. We must learn to repent quickly and mean what we say.
Oral Roberts once told the Oral Roberts University student body, "The most important part of any service is what happens to you on the inside. What counts is that what you've heard on the inside comes to the outside."
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