HOLINESS-RESULTS-INFLUENCE
The communion
of the gospel is by seeing as well as by hearing. This double strand runs all through the
Bible: image and word, vision and voice, opening the eyes of the blind and
unstopping the ears of the deaf. Just as
Jesus is the Word of God and the Image of God. The Word become visible, the Image audible...
We are familiar enough with the verbal element of evangelism. Where is the visual?
Douglas Webster
As
Christians, we are called to maintain lives that can be “toured” by outsiders
at any time, without embarrassment. A
commitment to holiness means having a life that is always “ready for company”
and open for inspection – a life that can stand up to scrutiny – not just in
the obvious things, but in the hidden places where most might not think to
look.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Holiness, The Heart God Purifies, Moody
Publishers, p. 152.
Why care
about being holy? Why be willing to say no to your flesh
and yes to God, day in and day out?
Because the world desperately needs to see what God is like. Because it is your created purpose and your ultimate destiny to be
holy. Because of the price Jesus
paid to make you holy. Because you are a saint.
Because holy people get to see and know God. Because you’re getting ready to move to a
place where there is no sin. And because your example may inspire someone who is watching you to
choose or reject the pathway of holiness.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Holiness, The Heart God Purifies, Moody
Publishers, p. 65-66.
The greatest
contribution anyone can make is the example of a holy life.
Author Unknown
In proportion
as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.
C.H. Spurgeon
The serene,
silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next
to the might of God.
Blaise Pascal
Christians
are supposed to be conspicuously holy, not for our own reputation but for
God’s. We are to be the light of the world, so that when people see our good
deeds they will glorify God (Matt. 5:16).
Mark Dever
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Crossway,
2000, p. 176.
Doctrine is
useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it
does positive harm. Something of 'the image of Christ' must be seen and
observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.
J.C. Ryle
It is not
great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to
Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.
Robert Murray McCheyne