Let me tell you the most interesting thing about both concepts of holiness.  They were designed by God to make His people stick out like sore thumbs.  Holiness in both the Old and New Testaments made Jews and Christians alike distinct and different.  So much so that in 1 Peter 2 of the King James Version of the scriptures, Christians are called “peculiar people.”  Holiness is designed to make us look different, because it makes us act different.  The key purpose of holiness is to distinguish those who have answered God’s awesome call to a real relationship with Him from those who have not.  Peter tells us that those who have a real relationship with the Most-high God should demonstrate that relationship in their daily living.  He says in the verse chosen as our focus scripture, “be holy in all you do.” 

Read More