Holiness III

1. Are there holy things? Ezekiel 22:26

   Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

2. How do things or objects become holy? Leviticus 27:28

   28 None of you may sell or buy back what you have unconditionally dedicated to the Lord, whether it is a human being, an animal, or land. It belongs permanently to the Lord.

3. Does God have standards the worshipper must meet to make the worshipper compatible with God?
4. Does the priest stand between man and God to enable the worshipper to meet those standards?
5. Does God distinguish between the holy and the common?
6. When something is not holy, what is it?
7. When two or more people have access to the same thing, is it holy or common?
8. When you make that which is holy, common, have you profaned it?
9. When you dedicate yourself or something to God, does it make God the only one who has access to you or that thing, making it holy?
10. When you do not learn God's laws and attempt to live by them, are you holy? Leviticus 21:13-15

    13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin. 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people, 15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”

11. Does God distinguish between the clean and the unclean?
12. When something is not clean, what is it?
13. When a common person has been defiled by sin, are they clean or unclean?
14. What are some unclean things or things that make you unclean?
15. Does sexual immorality defile you and make you unclean?
16. Are there jokes that are unclean and also make you unclean?
17. Are there dances that corrupt and make you unclean?
18. Are there songs that are unclean and can corrupt or defile your mind, making it unclean?
19. Are there unclean conversations that can make you unclean as well?
20. Are there videos and pictures that defile you and make you unclean?
21. What was the requirement for the woman who would carry Jesus Christ in her womb and give birth to him? Isaiah 7:14

    14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

22. Did the promise specify the name of the virgin?
23. If Mary had made herself unclean by defiling herself and losing her virginity, would she have qualified to host Jesus Christ in her womb, and give birth to him or another virgin who had kept herself undefiled?
24. Are you useful to God when you are unholy and unclean?
25. Can your body host God for God to fulfill his purposes in you when you have been defiled?
26. What does the enemy have to do if he wants to disqualify you and make you useless to God?
27. What is the difference between holy, common, and unclean?
28. How do you make something that is holy, common?
29. In what way is God profaned and made common?
30. When you fail to observe God's Sabbath, have you profaned him?
31. When you have a child outside a proper marriage, have you profaned God's marriage covenant? Deuteronomy 23:2

    A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

32. How do you make something that is common, unclean?
33. Are there people who are clean and holy?
34. Describe them.
35. Do they live by God's laws and principles and refuse to defile themselves no matter what?
36. Are there people who are clean and unholy?
37. Describe them.
38. Can they be influenced by different kinds of spirits, both good and bad?
39. Are there people who are unclean?
40. Describe them.
41. Are they permanently influenced by bad spirits?
42. Are you holy, common, or unclean?
43. Is the unclean always looking for ways to pollute the clean and profane the holy?
44. In what ways does the unclean attempt to pollute the clean and the holy?
45. When an unclean person is bragging to you about the unclean things they have done, what are they suggesting to you?
46. Can the holy, take what is common and make it holy?
47. What is the reason for your answer?
48. Can you fellowship with a Holy God, and benefit from your fellowship when you are not holy yourself?
49. Does holiness make you compatible with God who is holy?
50. Does holiness give you access to God?
51. Why does God want his children to be holy?
52. Pray and ask God to cleanse you from every filth of the flesh, every filth of the spirit, sanctify you, and make you holy.
53. Should there be an area of a holy person's life that is not holy?
54. Dedicate every area of your life to God; family, friends, education, business, etc.
55. What did God want to achieve with the nation of Israel? Exodus 19:4-6

    4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, 6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

56. Has God called you to be his treasured possession, set apart from other humans, a priest, and a king, or have you been called to be like everyone else?
57. Do you want to be God's prized possession, holy and set apart to God, or do you want to blend in and be accepted by everyone else?
58. Does living a life of purity and holiness demonstrate to others that they can also be pure and holy?
59. Can purity and holiness be used to wage spiritual warfare?
60. What is the reason for your answer?
61. Does holiness make man compatible with his God?
62. Was Noah able to keep himself undefiled when the whole earth had turned away from God? Genesis 6:9-11

    9-10 This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, 11 but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.

63. How did Noah achieve this?
64. Can you also keep yourself undefiled by the world through close fellowship with God?