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<p>(J. A. James, &quot;"http://www.gracegems.org/22/true_christian.htm">The True Christian&quot; 1846)<br />
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&quot;You ought to live holy and godly lives.&quot; 2 Peter 3:11<br />
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<strong>Holiness</strong> is a very comprehensive word, and expresses <br />
a state of mind and conduct that includes many things. <br />
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Holiness is the work of the Spirit in our sanctification. <br />
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Holiness is the fruit of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. <br />
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Holiness is the operation of the new nature, which <br />
we receive in regeneration. <br /><br />
Holiness may be viewed in various aspects, according <br />
to the different objects to which it relates. <br /><br />
Toward <strong>God</strong>, holiness is . . .<br />
  supreme love;<br />
  delight in His moral character;<br />
  submission to His will;<br />
  obedience to His commands;<br />
  zeal for His cause;<br />
  seeking of His glory. <br />
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Toward <strong>Christ</strong>, holiness is . . .<br />
  a conformity to His example,<br />
  imbibing His spirit.<br />
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Toward <strong>man</strong>, holiness is . . .<br />
  charity,<br />
  integrity,<br />
  truth,<br />
  mercy. <br />
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Toward <strong>sin</strong>, holiness is a hatred of all iniquity,<br />
a tender conscience easily wounded by little sins, <br />
and scrupulously avoiding them; together with a <br />
laborious, painful, self-denying, mortification of <br />
all the known corruptions of our heart.<br />
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Toward <strong>self</strong>, holiness is . . .<br />
  the control of our fleshly appetites;<br />
  the eradication of our pride;<br />
  the mortification of our selfishness. <br />
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Toward <strong>divine things in general</strong>, holiness is . . .<br />
  spirituality of mind, <br />
  the habitual current of godly thought,<br />
  godly affections flowing through the soul.<br />
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And, toward the <strong>objects of the unseen world</strong>,<br />
holiness is heavenly-mindedness, a turning away <br />
from things seen and temporal, to things unseen <br />
and eternal. <br />
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Oh, what a word is holiness! How much does <br />
it comprehend! How little is it understood, and <br />
how much less is it practiced!
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