Greetings! I hope you all are doing well. I want to share what I have done few weeks ago in Brasilia, Brazil. A deaf pastor asked me to preach God’s Word in our church. I, of course, accepted and have prepared for a sermon on March 21st. I fell compelled to share about God’s holiness. This is something I need to tell people about being holy.

God’s holiness represents His absolute moral purity, total separation from sin, and incomparable, majestic uniqueness. God is holy in every attribute and every action: He is holy in justice. He is holy in love. He is holy in mercy. He is holy in power. He is holy in sovereignty.

God’s holiness causes an awareness of human impurity, often leading to a realization of sinful conditions and a need for repentance. Believers are called to be holy as a reflection of God’s character, setting themselves apart from worldly behavior through sanctification by the Holy Spirit. Holiness involves a life of moral purity, love, and obedience rather than mere legalism, transforming one’s heart and conduct to represent Christ. Scripture directly commands believers to be holy because God is holy (1 Peter 1:15-16, Leviticus 11:44-45). To be holy, we need Holy Spirit to help us to be sanctified daily. The Holy Spirit enables this transformation, aiding in sanctification and helping believers live a life that pleases God.

Holiness involves rejecting immorality and conforming to Christ rather than worldly standards, allowing believers to serve as witnesses. To be honest, I do not think many Christians today practice to be holy. They do not showing the good Fruit of the Spirit to others and also being “light” to others in this dark world. They are often following worldly pleasures, being cold to others or practicing sin without repentance. According to the Bible, a “great apostasy” or “falling away” (2 Thessalonians 2:3) will occur, many professed Christians abandon their faith due to deception, persecution, or the allure of sin. This is happening today. We need to be vigilant, be rooted in Scriptures, and be watchful. We need to pray ceaselessly, to help others, to love unconditionally, to encourage those who are in need, and to support each other.

I hope we need to examine ourselves and realize that we need Holy Spirit to help us to follow God daily. It’s really easy to take things for granted, we all want to live comfortable but we need to be outside of comfort zone to serve others and share others. Sometimes worldly pleasures look very appealing to us but we need to realize that God does not like us to conform the worldly pleasures and behavior. We glorify and please God when we obey Him and do things that help others like being a godly example, help those who are in need, practicing of being holy, sharing God’s Word to both believers and non-believers, etc. Don’t give up on God, He is always faithful to us, no matter what! He does really cares about us and even non-believers.

God bless you abundantly!

I’m sharing some pictures below taken on March 21st. I did sign LIBRAS instead of ASL. I’m getting better on this sign language!