\" Holiness Is CHAPTER Not an . Option! by A.W. Tozer As he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;for it is written: \"Be holy, because I am holy.\" (1 Peter 1:15-16) OU CANNOT STUDY THE BIBLE diligently and earnestly without being struck by an ob- vious fact. The whole matter of personal holi- ness is highly important to God! Neither do you have to give long study to the at- titudes of present-day Christian believers to discern that by and large we consider the expression of true Christian holiness to be just a matter of personal option. \"I have looked it over and considered it, but I don t buy it! ~ I have always liked the word exhort better than command. So I remind you that Peter has given every Christian a forceful exhortation to holiness of life and conversation. He clearly bases this exhorta- tion on two great facts---first, the character of God, and second, the command of God. His argument comes out so simply that we sophis- ticates stumble over it: God s children ought to be holy because God Himself is holy! We so easily
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