Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
It is a privilege that the one who calls us is
holy. It removes from us the pressure of
perfection, because being called is not about being “God-like” or even “God-worthy”,
it is about doing as God would have us do, the rest coming from him. To be holy in all our conduct is not the
challenge of perfection, it is rather putting all that we have and are under the
leading of God. It does not mean we will
not fall on our faces, because we will, but the merciful God will be there to
pick us up. This point is not made
lightly by Peter, for he appeals to the “Bible”, the “Holy Writ” as he has it
for the authority of what he intends to pass along to us. From the law of Moses, from Leviticus, we
learn that our holiness shall come upon us because we follow in the footsteps
of our Lord. Such is not something we
have to learn, it is something that God himself, through our Lord Jesus Christ,
imparts upon us.
What a wonderful gift to receive for the New Year!
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