You be holy, for I am holy

“For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth”. - Leviticus 11v44

God lays it on the line here. For a while He has mentioning the principle of holiness. As we read through Leviticus it is clear to us that God places a great emphasis on holiness.

Once again we see the principle of separation – “sanctify [separate] yourselves and you shall be holy [separate] for I am holy [separate]” The Biblical principle of separation is one that is rarely mentioned in many pulpits today. Part of the reason is the abuse of the principle by many Christians who established a pharisaical, galatian. Legalistic view of separation with a whole list of does and do nots. Spirituality became, in some minds, based on how well one obeyed the rules and conformed to man’s standard of separation.

God’s standard of separation has nothing to do with human standards. It is based on His holiness and His standards as revealed in His word. It is a heart and attitude of being separate from the world. We must live among them; we cannot win them if we reject them. Our entire lives, every aspect of them, must be geared toward God’s holiness.