July 2, 2025

BE HOLY, FOR HE IS HOLY

1 Peter 1:13-16

Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

Personal Challenge

As followers of Christ we are expected to be living our lives in ways that imitate Him. We cannot proclaim to be His followers and at the same time treat others with disdain and contempt. Jesus loved the entire world and all who have, or ever will, inhabite it. His expection is that we will love our neighbor, especially the widow, the orphan, the naked, the poor, the sick, and the foreigner amongst us. We see so many today calling upon the name of Jesus for wealth and prosperity, for elimination of people of color or different expressions of faith, for heresies like Christian nationalism. These behaviors are not holy as He is holy. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!