Directly Related to Holiness

1. Directly Related to Holiness • Saints = holy = set apart / dedicated to do God’s will (like Christ) • Show drinking glass or charts (pie/bar/?) partially full of kindness, love, obedience, etc.) • Show drinking glass or charts completely full of kindness, love, obedience, etc.)

2. HOLY Man’s Alienation andReconciliation How the Cross Brings Man Back to God

3. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” The Bible word for “atone” is the same as the Bible word for “reconcile.”1 Atone = Reconcile • 1 katallassw and that family of words

4. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” What Does the Bible Word “Reconcile” Mean

5. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife” (1Co 7:10,11).

6. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” “Reconcile” Implies That We Were Alienated

7. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life” (Rom 5:10). • The fact that we needed to be reconciled implies that we were alienated, enemies.

8. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” What Alienated Us?

9. Reconciled by Christ’s Death “And you, that were sometime alienatedand enemies in yourmindby wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled” (Col 1:21).

10. Reconciled by Christ’s Death S I N Fellowship Grace Peace Man God

11. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” How Were We Enemies in Our Minds?

12. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “Because the carnal mindisenmityagainst God: FOR it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. SO then they that are in the flesh cannot please God” (Rom 8:7, 8).

13. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” People in This Condition Cannot Please God

14. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” At Birth We Are Innocent and Not Enemies of God

15. Alienation and Reconciliation • “For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died” (Rom 7:9).

16. Alienation and Reconciliation God Innocent Child Sin Rebellion Insubordination Wicked Works World Alienated Enemies

17. Alienation and Reconciliation • “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemiesin yourmindby wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present YOUholy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight” (Col 1:21).

18. Alienation and Reconciliation God Innocent Child Rebellion Insubordination Wicked Works Reconciled Child World Alienated Enemies Submission Subjection

19. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” To Be Reconciled We Must Have a Change of Mind

20. Alienation and Reconciliation • “For to be carnally mindedisdeath; but to be spiritually mindedislife and peace” (Rom 8:6). • To please God and be reconciled to Him, we must have a change of mind and heart.

21. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” Reconciled by Turning Our Hearts from Darkness

22. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “To open their eyes, and to TURN them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, THAT they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.” (Act 26:18).

23. Process of Reconciliation See Christ’s Example Under-stand Believe Turn Obey Change Obtain God’s Favor, Be Reconciled

24. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” Forgiveness Results from This Changed Relationship

25. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live” (Ezekiel 18:21, 22).

26. Biblical Definition of “Atonement” How Does Christ’s Death Make This Chang of Mind

27. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Php 2:5-8).

28. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps” (1Pe 2:21).

29. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3).

30. Reconciled by Christ’s Death • “…beholding as in a glass… are changed into the same image…”

31. Reconciled by Christ’s Death Christ’s Example S I N Fellowship Grace Peace Man God Sin begins to disappear out of the heart.

32. The Essence of Our Faith Love HOLY Faith On the cross we are looking at the essence of our Faith. Hope Holy Patience

33. Obedience at the Cross A lot of these events we will see over and over, as we look at the different characteristics of the heart of Christ, because the things that He did required so many different kinds of goodness.

34. Jesus’ Holiness Jesus Was Holy in the Crucifixion

35. HOLY As Described in the Scriptures

36. Definition of Holiness Definition of Holiness

37. Definition of Holiness Old Testament: קָדוֹשׁIs Sacred, Dedicated, or Consecrated

38. Definition of Holiness Old Testament: קֹדֶשIs a Consecrated Thing

39. Definition of Holiness New Testament: agioV Is Sacred or Consecrated

40. Definition of Holiness These Words Are Used Interchangeably

41. Definition of Holiness “2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy” (Leviticus 19). Inspired translation in NT: “16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy” (1 Peter 1).

42. Definition of Holiness Set Apart or Dedicated for a Specific Purpose

43. Definition of Holiness Other Words Related to “Holy”: Saint, Sacred, etc.

44. OT Holiness Foreshadowing of Holiness in the OT

45. OT Holiness Holy Things Only to Be Eaten or Used in a Certain Way

46. OT Holiness “33And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eatthereof, because they areholy. 34And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it isholy” (Exodus 29).

47. OT Holiness “35And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it” (Exodus 29).

48. OT Holiness “37Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy” (Exodus 29).

49. OT Holiness Not to Be Used for Anything Else

50. OT Holiness “31And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it isholy, and it shall be holy unto you” (Exodus 30).