1. Bible Study Lesson #5:
“In the Pursuit of the Holy God:”
“ Walk in Holiness”
Oct. 2, 2013

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The Benefits of Physical Walking are Important:
Lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the “bad”
cholesterol)
Raise high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the “good”
cholesterol)
Lower your blood pressure
Reduce your risk of or manage type 2 diabetes
Manage your weight
Improve your mood
Stay strong and fit

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The Benefits of Spiritual Walking are Absolute
Walking implies ―moving forward…‖
Our Christian Walk conveys the following:
…a constant moving forward, maturing,
and growing in Christ!
…a continued progressing in our Quest for
Holiness.
…a continued walk forward in holiness.

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Philippians 3:12-16:
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Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect:
but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one
thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching
forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in
any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto
you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the
same rule, let us mind the same thing.

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We must walk with a ―purpose,‖ and a ―goal‖ in
mind.
We must have a ―plan‖ and an ―end in mind.‖
We must assess why we are to ―walk in
holiness‖ by asking ourselves the following
questions:
What benefits are we to derive in our quest for
holiness?
What is our ―true‖ goal on this journey?

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We must live ―intentionally.‖ In other words we
must live and walk in holiness with the
intention to achieve a desired outcome.
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What is our ―desired outcome?‖
To live a life of service to the Lord, walk
humbly, live righteous and walk in holiness
all of the days of our lives so that ―HEAVEN‖
will be our final destination—the outcome of
our lives here on earth!!!!

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Therefore to make our Christian Walk more
intentional we must:
a. …draw closer to God.
b. …know your Bible thoroughly
c. …know where we are going
d. …fulfill His calling on your life to the
fullest
e. …walk in holiness daily

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Hebrews 12:1-3:
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1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay
aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the
race that is set before us,

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Hebrews 12:2-3:
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is
set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider him that endured such
contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be
wearied and faint in your minds.
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―Never Lose Sight‖:
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… ―all these pioneers who blazed the way, all
these veterans cheering us on. It means we’d
better get on with it. Strip down, start running—
and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no
parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who
both began and finished this race we’re in.

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―Never Lose Sight‖:
Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight
of where he was headed—that exhilarating
finish in and with God—he could put up with
anything along the way: Cross, shame,
whatever.

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―Never Lose Sight‖:
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And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right
alongside God. When you find yourselves
flagging in your faith, go over that story
again, item by item, that long litany of hostility
he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline
into your souls!‖ Hebrews 12:1–3, The Message

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James 4: 6-10:
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he
saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace
unto the humble.
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yourselves therefore to God. Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you.
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nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to
you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify
your hearts, ye double minded.

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James 4: 6-10:
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afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your
laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to
heaviness.
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yourselves in the sight of the
Lord, and he shall lift you up.

15. Verse 6 is our starting point because of its
emphasis on: ―Humility.‖
 It gives specific commands on walking in
holiness.
 These commands are framed by the call to
humility.
 True holiness cannot be found without humility
because, as we ALL know, PRIDE cometh before
the fall.

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These are the Steps that will help us to Walk in Holiness
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—Submit to God
—Resist the devil
—Come near to God
—Wash your hands
—Purify your hearts
—Grieve, mourn, and wail
—Change your laughter to mourning
—Change your joy to gloom
—Be Humble
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―Humility‖
Humility and a passion for praise are
characteristics which together indicate growth in
grace…. The healthy heart is one that bows
down in humility and rises in praise and
adoration. The Psalms strike both these notes
again and again. So too, Paul in his letters both
articulates humility and breaks into doxology.
Look at his three descriptions of himself.

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“I am the least of the apostles.” —1 Corinthians 15:9
“I am the very least of all the saints.” —Ephesians 3:8
“I am the foremost of sinners.” —1 Timothy 1:15

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As the years pass, he goes lower; he SEEMLY
goes downward! As his self-esteem sinks, so we
think, his Rapture of Praise and Adoration for
the God who so wonderfully saved him RISES!
This is the true nature of Humility and the
evidence of GROWING IN THE LORD AS ONE
WHO WALKS IN HOLINESS.

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Undoubtedly, learning to praise God at all
times for all that is good is a mark that we are
growing in grace….
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Cultivate humility and a passion for praise if
you want to grow in grace.
James Packer, Your Father Loves, Adult Lesson, p.

21. The Weight of Sin
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It is said that a flippant young man once
remarked to a preacher in mocking fashion,
―You say that unsaved people carry a great
weight of sin. Frankly, I feel nothing.
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How heavy is sin? Ten pounds? Fifty pounds?
Eighty pounds? A hundred pounds?‖

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The preacher thought for a moment, then replied, ―If
you laid a four-hundred-pound
weight on a corpse, would it feel the load?‖
The young man was quick to say, ―Of course not; it’s
dead‖
Driving home his point, the preacher said, ―The person
who doesn’t know Christ is
equally dead. And though the load is great, he feels
none of it.‖
The Christian, unlike the average non-Christian, is not
indifferent.

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Romans 6:1–13.
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Romans 6 makes it perfectly clear: we are not to
continue in sin. We are to live in holiness,
sanctified through and through; cleansed by the
blood of Jesus Christ. Walking in new life means
shedding the old life. The old life was
dominated by sin and death. The new life
should be dominated by purity and life.

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Romans 6:1–13.
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He may not expect you to be perfect, but He
does expect you to strive for perfection and to
avoid sin! We can never stop fighting
temptation, and we should win the battle more
often than not if we are truly walking in new
life.

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Romans 6:1–13.
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To walk in new life, we need help from our
fellow Christians. We need to trust them, believe
in them, and support them. And we need to be
able to be honest about our struggles. Holiness
will never be achieved alone and in isolation.

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Holiness calls for the community of believers—
the body of Christ—to come together, pray for
one another, support one another, love one
another, and confess to one another when we
are struggling, without shame and fear.

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1 John 1:5–10:
“Why are we so afraid of confession?”
Sin thrives in darkness and there is no better
way to shine a light on sin than through open
and honest confession. Confession leads us to
cleansing. Perhaps a renewed understanding of
the ongoing nature of holiness and sanctification
should lead us to a call for ongoing, open
confession. Perhaps confession is what we’ve
been missing? What do you think?

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Finding our true Center in the Stream of
Sanctification:
The key is always found when the pendulum
finds its true center. We must live in balance and
stop swaying to extremes. To find a perfect
balance on a scale, tension must be equal on
both sides. This is also true of holiness.

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Finding our true Center in the Stream of
Sanctification
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Does holiness concern itself with what we do?
Absolutely! Does holiness concern itself with
who we are? Absolutely!

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Saints of God, this is a watershed event in the
history of the Church of God of Prophecy. We
have traveled together as a Corporate Body of
Believers from throughout the world on the
Quest for Holiness!
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Let us continue in the Center of the Sanctifying
Stream as we Walk in Holiness and claim our
final reward: Heaven our Eternal Home. Amen!