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Hebrews 12:14

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Hebrews 12:14

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Pursue peace with all, and the holiness which without no one will see the Lord.

Matthew 5:10 Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.

1 Timothy 6:11 1 Timothy 6:11

…pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love…

Romans 14:19 Romans 14:19

Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace…

1 Corinthians 14:1 1 Corinthians 14:1

Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts…

Hebrews 12:14

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Hebrews 12:14

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Pursue peace with all, and the holiness which without no one will see the Lord.

Philippians 3:12-14 Philippians 3:12-14

• 12. Not that I have already attained or am already perfected;

but I press on (I pursue) if also I-might-take-down upon which I was also taken-down under Christ

• 13. ...one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind

and reaching forward to those things which are ahead

• 14. I press toward the goal (I pursue the goal)

for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus

Philippians 1:6 Philippians 1:6

Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Transformation… Holiness… Obedience… Sanctification… Transformation… Holiness… Obedience… Sanctification… It’s not about what you do It’s about Who you know And Who you know will transform what you do is by FAITH ALONE

Isaiah 64:6 Isaiah 64:6

But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Jeremiah 13:23 Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 17:9 Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;

Proverbs 20:9 Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?

Job 14:4 Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!

Jesus identifies sin as a Heart issue Jesus identifies sin as a Heart issue

Matthew 5 – Sermon on the Mount Blessed are the pure in heart - v.8 Murder and Adultery – must be cured at heart level - vs.20,27 Ultimately it comes down to LOVE – Love your enemy - v.44 Matthew 12:34 – Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks Matthew 15:8 – These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Matthew 15:18-20 – The things that proceed from the mouth come out of the heart

that results in misbehavior that results in misbehavior

Matthew 23:25-29 Matthew 23:25-29

Matthew 23:25-29

• 25. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

• 26. Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish,

that the outside of them may be clean also.

• 27. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

• 28. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men,

but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Jesus identifies sin as a Heart issue Jesus identifies sin as a Heart issue that results in misbehavior that results in misbehavior

Exodus 20:17 – You shall not covet… Exodus 20:17 – You shall not covet…

Romans 7:7-11

• 7. I would not have known sin except through the law. For I

would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

• 8. But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment,

produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead.

• 9. I was alive once without the law, but when the

commandment came, sin revived and I died.

• 10. And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to

bring death.

• 11. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived

me, and by it killed me.

Selected Messages Vol.1 – page 353 Selected Messages Vol.1 – page 353

Some who come to God by repentance and confession, and even believe that their sins are forgiven, still fail of claiming, as they should, the promises of God. They do not see that Jesus is an ever-present Savior; and they are not ready to commit the keeping of their souls to Him, relying upon Him to perfect the work of grace begun in their hearts. While they think they are committing themselves to God, there is a great deal of self-dependence. There are conscientious souls that trust partly to God, and partly to themselves. They do not look to God, to be kept by His power, but depend upon watchfulness against temptation, and the performance of certain duties for acceptance with Him. There are no victories in this kind of faith. Such persons toil to no purpose…

Steps to Christ – page 44 Steps to Christ – page 44

There are those who profess to serve God, while they rely upon their own efforts to obey His law, to form a right character, and secure salvation. Their hearts are not moved by any deep sense

• f the love of Christ,

but they seek to perform the duties of the Christian life as that which God requires of them in order to gain heaven. Such religion is worth nothing.

Exodus 19:8 Exodus 19:8

Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.”

Exodus 24:7 Exodus 24:7

Then [Moses] took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has said we will do, and be

• bedient.”

Ezekiel 36:26-27 Ezekiel 36:26-27

• 26. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;

I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

• 27. I will put My Spirit within you

and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

Jeremiah 31:33 Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Desire of Ages – page 668 Desire of Ages – page 668

All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend our hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our

• wn impulses.

The will, refined and sanctified, will find its highest delight in doing His service. When we know God as it is our privilege to know Him,

• ur life will be a life of continual obedience.

Through an appreciation of the character of Christ, through communion with God, sin will become hateful to us.

John 15:5 John 15:5

Without me you can do nothing

John 15:1-5 John 15:1-5

• 1. I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
• 2. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;

and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

• 3. You are already clean because of the word which I have

spoken to you.

• 4. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of

itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

• 5. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and

I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

• 6. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and

is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

• 7. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask

what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

John 15:5 John 15:5

Without me you can do nothing Y - X = 0 Χριστός

John 15:5 John 15:5

Without me you can do nothing

Philippians 4:13 Philippians 4:13

I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me.

1 Timothy 6:12 1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life… Y - X = 0 Y + X = ∞

John 6:28-29 John 6:28-29

• 28. Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may

work the works of God?”

• 29. Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of

God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” Χριστός

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Isaiah 59:19 Isaiah 59:19

When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

Zechariah 4:6 Zechariah 4:6

Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.

2 Corinthians 3:18 2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Romans 12:2 Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed by this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Christ Object Lessons – page 311 Christ Object Lessons – page 311

This covering, the robe of His own righteousness... woven in the loom of heaven, has in it not one thread of human devising.

Mount of Blessings – page 76 Mount of Blessings – page 76

By the revelation of the attractive loveliness of Christ, by the knowledge of His love expressed to us while we were yet sinners, the stubborn heart is melted and subdued, and the sinner is transformed and becomes a child of heaven. God does not employ compulsory measures; love is the agent which He uses to expel sin from the heart.

Exodus 31:13 Exodus 31:13

Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Ezekiel 20:12,20 Ezekiel 20:12,20

• 12. Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign

between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Hebrews 4:9-10 Hebrews 4:9-10

• 9. There remains therefore a Sabbath-rest for the people of God.
• 10. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased

from his works as God did from His.

• 20. Hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me

and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.

Philippians 1:6 Philippians 1:6

Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:28 1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

2 Corinthians 3:18 2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Philippians 3:13-14 Philippians 3:13-14

• 13. One thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind

and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

• 14. I press toward the goal for the prize
• f the upward call of

God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14 Philippians 3:13-14

• 13. One thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind

and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

• 14. I press toward the goal for the prize
• f the upward call of

God in Christ Jesus.

• 8. …indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of

the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

• 9. and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness,

which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

• 10. that I may know Him...

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Hebrews 12:14 Hebrews 12:14

Pursue…holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

– Without holiness – sanctification – transformation

You will not get there – By seeking holiness – thru sin management You will never get there – By seeking Jesus – in daily relationship You will get holiness - AND You will get there GUARANTEED