Holiness 12-29-2020 by Bro Steve Winter DD

Holiness

Sharing from http://biblefolk.com/forum/topic/holiness

If a person has not obeyed Acts 2:38 to become a real Christian it does not matter how holy they live. In fact some of the more holy living false-christians who have reformed their lives can be some of the hardest to reach with the true Acts 2:38 salvation message because they are convinced that they are already Christian and the better they are living the more the devil can hold them by their pride.

It is considered prudent to teach holiness principles privately to those who have already become Christians by obeying Acts 2:38 so as not to confuse the heathen or choke babes in Christ with the meat of the Word. However in this hour with so many lukewarm compromised Oneness churches with blind leading the blind preachers I feel to publish this publicly since holiness is part of salvation. The "old paths" are not being taught.

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Technically holiness is really a part of repentance from sin which is the first part of Acts 2:38

Galatians 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

2 Peter 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;