Originally Posted by Amanah
this is the understanding of holiness that I have come to:
We are to be holy (separated unto God) because God is holy.
When we have the Holy Ghost, we have the spirit of the living God, living inside our human spirit.
The Spirit of God is beautiful, powerful, life changing, world changing. We are an earthern vessel, our flesh is of this world, with no good thing dwelling in it.
We admonished to kill our flesh, to die daily, to be led of the Spirit. We are to walk in the Spirit, bear the fruit of the Spirit, be in this world as Christ was in this world.
We pray and fast and seek God's face for His presence and anointing, for His redeeming power to transform our lives, our loved ones, our world.
I don't want to mar the temple of the living God, or obstruct the flow of His anointing in my life by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, or the pride of life. So, I'm careful of what I see, hear, where I go. Not becuase of the rules of man. But because I want to guard the anointing.
The bible tells me to be shamefaced, extremely modest. I don't want to dress or act in a way that would be send a wrong message, a mixed message.
I desire to be a broken vessel before the Lord, broken enough that there is enough of a scent of the Holy Ghost, that people would be drawn to the Lord.
It's not about following mans rules, it's about guarding the anointing so that what comes across to people is not your flesh, but the Spirit of Jesus.
We have this treasure in earthern vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.
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