Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 1 Peter 2:11.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:14-16.
For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 2:25.
Holiness=peace and joy.
Unholy passion=suffering.
Define holiness: It is an attribute of God. He is completely and utterly without sin and the result is goodness. He is immutable and never ceases to be holy. As we abide in him and he in us we partake of his holiness and become set apart as his worshippers and servant/friends from one degree to another as we are in the process of sanctification.
Martin Luther viewed God's grace (and therefore God's holiness), as an invasion of the life. Actions that demonstrated holiness would spring up, not premeditated, as the believer focused more and more on his or her relationship with Christ. This was the life of faith, according to Luther; a life in which one recognizes that the sin inherent in human nature never departs, yet Grace invades each human spirit and draws each person after Christ.
Gods invasion in my life=personal and practical holiness.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. Psalm 119:9
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11
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