Positional Holiness. Practical Holiness

1. Holiness in the New Testament
Part 2
Holiness as an Event

2. Holiness
as a
Process
Holiness
as an
Event
Holiness
as a
Quality
Set Apart
for God
M
oral
P
urity
Holiness
as a
State or
Condition
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

3. Holiness as an Event
GOD
Secured the Christian’s
positional holiness through the
death of His Son & also began
holiness at the practical level.

4. Holiness as an Event
We are no longer owned by sin
We are
owned by
GOD

5. Holiness as an Event
Jesus’ righteousness was
imputed to
your account
Your sin, guilt and
punishment were imputed to
Jesus’ account

6. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
In the Royal Courthouse
Your record is without sin.

7. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
Micah 7:19 – ...You will trample
our sins under your feet and
throw them into the depths of
the ocean! NLT

8. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
Isaiah 1:18 – No matter how
deep the stain of your sins, I can
remove it. I can make you as
clean as freshly fallen snow.
Even if you are stained as red
as crimson, I can make you as
white as wool. NLT

9. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
Jeremiah 31:34 – ...And I will
forgive their wickedness and will
never again remember their
sins. NLT

10. Holiness
as an
Event
1 Corinthians 6:11
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

11. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
1 Corinthians 6:11 – There was
a time when some of you were
just like that, but now your sins
have been washed away, and
you have been set apart for God.

12. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
You have been made right with
God because of what the Lord
Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our
God have done for you. NLT

13. Holiness
as an
Event
1 Corinthians 6:11
Secured at Conversion
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

14. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
2 Corinthians 5:17 – ...those
who become Christians become
new persons. They are not the
same anymore, for the old life is
gone. A new life has begun! NLT

15. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
2 Peter 1:4 – ...He has promised
that you will escape the
decadence all around you caused
by evil desires and that you will
share in his divine nature. NLT

16. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
If you are a Christian
You are not a Sinner
You are a Saint

17. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
Romans 4:22-25 – And
because of Abraham’s faith,
God declared him to be
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righteous. Now this
wonderful truth—that God
declared him to be righteous

18. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
wasn’t just for Abraham’s
benefit. 24It was for us, too,
assuring us that God will
also declare us to be
righteous if we believe in
God, who brought Jesus our
Lord back from the dead.

19. Holiness as an Event: Positionally
He was handed over to die
because of our sins, and he was
raised from the dead to make us
right with God. NLT
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20. Holiness
as an
Event
1 Corinthians 6:11
Holiness Secured at Conversion
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

21. Holiness as an Event: Practically
1 Thessalonians 5:23 – Now
may the God of peace make
you holy in every way, and may
your whole spirit and soul and
body be kept blameless until
that day when our Lord Jesus
Christ comes again. NLT

22. Holiness
as an
Event
1 Corinthians 6:11
Secured at Conversion
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Begins at Conversion
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

23. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
At the Event
Positionally – you are set apart –
sanctified – made holy.
Practically – you are enabled, by
abiding in Christ, to live a holy life
from the inside out.

24. Holiness as an Event: Practically
Practical Holiness doesn’t mean
you are sinless or will be sinless
on this side of death but that
you are being molded into the
image of Jesus.

25. Holiness as an Event: Practically
On the basis of the
Event of Holiness
GOD declares
each Christian Holy
and calls them
Saints (Holy Ones)

26. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
1 Peter 2:9 – ...You are a
chosen people. You are a
kingdom of priests, God’s holy
nation, his very own possession.

27. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
This is so you can show
others the goodness of God,
for he called you out of the
darkness into his wonderful
light. NLT

28. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
Hebrews 8:10 – But this is the new
covenant I will make with the
people of Israel on that day, says
the Lord: I will put my laws in their
minds, and I will write them on their
hearts. I will be their God, and they
will be my people. NLT

29. Old Covenant
- external
- written on
stone tablets
- can’t change
hearts
- worship through
rituals & rules
- obedience unable
by human effort
New Covenant
- internal
- written on
new hearts
- Holy Spirit
changes hearts
- worship through
a holy heart
- obedience enabled
by the Holy Spirit

30. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
Ezekiel 36:25-28 – I will sprinkle
you with pure water and you will
be clean from all your impurities.
I will purify you from all your
idols.

31. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
I will give you a new heart and
I will put a new spirit within you.
I will remove the heart of stone
from your body and give you a
heart of flesh.
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32. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
I will put my Spirit within you; I
will take the initiative and you
will obey my statutes and
carefully observe my
regulations.
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33. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
Then you will live in the land I
gave to your fathers; you will be
my people, and I will be your
God. NLT
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34. Holiness as an Event: Positionally & Practically
Holy Hearts
will result in
Holy Living

35. Summary
Positionally
Christians are set apart –
Sanctified
You were made holy.

36. Summary
Practically
Holy Spirit’s Role
He has written God’s Word on
your new holy heart and has
given you a desire to obey from
your heart.

37. Summary
Practically
Christian’s Role
All true Christians have a desire
to obey God but only as they
abide in Christ will they be
enabled to obey from the heart.