Holiness and Contrition

God is holy. He is totally pure and separated from any kind of sin. He always does the right thing, while never doing the wrong thing. He tells us that He wants us to be holy, too. We can't be holy, except by His power. If we humble ourselves, repent of our sins, and trust Christ as our Lord and Savior, then, God makes us holy. He sets us apart from the world and adopts us into His family. We are declared righteous before Him because the blood of Jesus atones for our sins, and we can live holy lives as we submit to His Spirit and allow Him to fill us, control us, and empower us to do His will. Therefore, the only way to holiness is contrition, knowing we are nothing without Him.

Christianity is full of paradoxes, but we can't understand an infinite God without these seeming opposites coming together. God is the All-powerful, Holy, Creator of all, but He is our Daddy, when we come to know Christ. What a paradox! He is beyond our comprehension, but we can know Him intimately. We are sinful and unable to do anything ourselves. However, with Christ we can be holy and righteous. It is amazing, but true. The key to it all is being contrite and humbly submitting to the Lord of all, Jesus Christ. We are nothing, but we can be like Jesus because of His grace and love. That should humble us so that we live in constant contrition before Him.

Today, I read Isaiah 54-57.