23:9.
=The way of holiness.= "And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it
shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it;
but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not
err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up
thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there
and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."--Isa. 35:8-10.
=The courts of holiness.= "But they that have gathered it shall eat it,
and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink
it in the courts of my holiness."--Isa. 62:9.
=The people of God are holy.= "The people of thy holiness have possessed
but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy
sanctuary."--Isa. 63:18. "And they shall call them, The holy people, The
redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not
forsaken."--Isa. 62:12. "And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be
his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest
keep all his commandments; and to make thee high above all nations which
he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest
be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken."--Deut.
26:18, 19. "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."--1 Pet.
2:9.
=We are called unto holiness.= "Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord."--Heb. 12:14. "But as he which
hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy."--1 Pet. 1:15, 16.
"For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness."--1
Thess. 4:7. "That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of
the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, in holiness and
righteousness before him, all the days of our life."--Luke 1:74, 75.
"For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure;
but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his
holiness."--Heb. 12:10.
=A perfect holiness attainable.= "Having therefore these promises, dearly
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness
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