How to Be Holy (Part 2)

In part one, the key word is SEPARATION.
You separate yourself from all of creation to belong to the Creator.
He in response makes you holy, His very own exclusively.


As the young man separated a plate and a cup from all of his other dishes,
And as a young woman separated herself from every other man in the world,
When a young man separated himself from his girlfriend to have his Lord,
So it is with being holy; consecrated, separated.


Israel as a nation was holy, consecrated, separated to God alone.
There were higher degrees of separation, as C.S. Lewis said,
"When good grows it becomes not just more distinct from evil, but also from other good."


With Israel you see these higher degrees of separation:
1. The High Priests
2. The Priests
3.  The Levites
4.  The Israelites


This isn't a superiority secret society based on pride and achievement.  In this we see a most crucial principle:


The closer one is to God, the higher the level of separation. 


But we are all now priests in God's sight.  Not only this, we are His children who may enter his throne room whenever we want, because the Highest Priest, the Lord Jesus, has opened up to us the secret place of God Most High.


But take heed.  Though we no longer need the animal sacrifices because of the one sacrifice of Christ, we are still commanded to be holy and separate.  Consecrated.  In Leviticus God told Israel to distinguish between the clean and unclean.  God requires the same today by faith in the blood of Jesus.  Click HERE to see how...