quotes about Holiness
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Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness.
-- Adrian Rogers -
Whatever God felt about anything, He still feels. Whatever He thought about anyone, He still thinks. Whatever He approved, He still approves. Whatever He condemned, He still condemns. Today we have what they call the relativity of morals. But remember this God never changes. Holiness and righteousness are conformity to the will of God. And the will of God never changes for moral creatures.
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
Faith refers to Christ. Holiness depends on faith. Heaven depends on holiness.
-- Alexander MacLaren -
... be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness...
-- Ann Voskamp -
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Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness
-- Anne Lamott -
You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible.
-- Anne Lamott -
The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.
-- Anne Lamott -
Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness.
-- Arthur Miller -
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Whom God legally saves, He experimentally saves; whom He justifies, them He also sanctifies. Where the righteousness of Christ is imputed to an individual, a principle of holiness is imparted to him; the former can only be ascertained by the latter. It is impossible to obtain a Scriptural knowledge that the merits of Christ's finished work are reckoned to my account, except by proving that the efficacy of the Holy Spirit's work is evident in my soul.
-- Arthur W. Pink -
In the person of Christ God beholds a holiness which abides His closest scrutiny, yea, which rejoices and satisfies His heart; and whatever Christ is before God, He is for His people.
-- Arthur W. Pink -
Revival is God revealing Himself to men in awesome holiness and irresistible power.
-- Arthur Wallis -
That opinion that personal holiness is unnecessary to final glorification is in direct opposition to every dictate of reason; to every declaration of Scripture.
-- Augustus Toplady -
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Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life.
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Toplady (1794). “The Works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.250
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Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.
-- Barbara Brown TaylorSource : Barbara Brown Taylor (2009). “An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith”, p.17, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
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Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin.
-- Billy Graham -
Let us defend the home as a place which is second only to the temple in holiness.
-- Bonnie L. Oscarson -
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We don't accidentally drift into holiness; rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time.
-- C. J. Mahaney -
Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness.
-- C. J. MahaneySource : C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.17, Multnomah
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The health of a church depends not merely on the creed which it professes, not even on the wisdom and holiness of a few great ecclesiastics, but on the faith and virtue of its individual members.
-- Charles Kingsley -
Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.
-- Charles Simeon -
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The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
We fear not God because of any compulsion; our faith is no fetter, our profession is no bondage, we are not dragged to holiness, nor driven to duty. No, our piety is our pleasure, our hope is our happiness, our duty is our delight.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
Lose everything, even the attachment to holiness, so that you aim only at one thing: to love
-- Chiara Lubich -
The Holy Spirit has a sanctifying influence. The influence of the Holy Spirit tends towards sanctification, purity and holiness. Expect to live a life of greater purity, sanctification and holiness when under the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit.
-- Dag Heward-Mills -
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When your humanness is confronted by the magnificence and holiness of God, you are made SO aware of your need for God’s grace...Romans 12:1 teaches us how to live this life of worship and love.
-- Darlene Zschech -
God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.
-- David F. Wells -
Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self.
-- Dieter F. Uchtdorf -
The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets.
-- Dieter F. Uchtdorf -
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I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions.
-- Donald Cargill -
To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners.
-- Ed StetzerSource : FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Mar 11, 2010
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Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.
-- Elisabeth Elliot -
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We have no inherent holiness. We are holy as we are possessed by the Holy Presence. We are holy in His holiness, loving in His love, strong in His strength, tender in His tenderness, patient in His patience, calm in His peace, and consecrated in His consecration.
-- F. E. Marsh -
When HOLINESS loses its sweetness it is a fierce thing to come in contact with.
-- Frank Bartleman -
Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.
-- Franz WerfelSource : "The Song of Bernadette". Book by Franz Werfel, 1941.
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Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God.
-- Frederick William FaberSource : Frederick William Faber (1860). “Spiritual conferences”, p.34
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Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.
-- Frederick William FaberSource : Frederick William Faber (1857). “The Creator and the Creature Or the Wonders of Divine Love”, p.58
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Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation.
-- G. Campbell Morgan -
It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.
-- George WhitefieldSource : George Whitefield (1958). “Select Sermons of George Whitefield”, Banner of Truth
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I find that every soul that has travelled on this highway of holiness for any length of time, has invariably cut loose from its old moorings.
-- Hannah Whitall Smith -
There is a Jewish notion that holiness is found with other people. To understand what life really is, one has to share it.
-- Harold S. Kushner -
Holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing every thing with purity of heart.
-- Henry Edward ManningSource : Henry Edward Manning, Aeterna Press (2016). “Henry Edward Manning Collection [2 Books]”, p.599, Aeterna Press
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Escape from the power of the hunting pack, and to know that wisdom is best and beauty sheer holiness.
-- Hilda Doolittle -
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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
-- Hildegard of Bingen -
If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
-- J. C. Ryle -
The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
-- J. C. Ryle -
Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption.
-- J. C. Ryle -
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The Life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration
-- J. I. Packer -
Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...a cknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.
-- J. I. Packer -
In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God - we must be born from above.
-- J. Vernon McGee -
He cleared his throat and reminded himself that if you pissed Her Holiness off, they'd need barbecue tongs to pick up your steaming pieces.
-- J.R. Ward -
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Do you think you can be righteous and holy with impunity?
-- Jean Racine -
If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable, it is because we do not look at it in the right way. In reality, holiness consists in one thing alone, namely, fidelity to God's plan. And this fidelity is equally within everyone's capacity in both its active and passive exercise.
-- Jean-Pierre de Caussade -
God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions.
-- Jerry Bridges -
Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God
-- Jerry Bridges -
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Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.
-- Jerry Bridges -
When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values ... offer yourselves to God, and in doing that commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him.
-- Jerry Bridges -
I always believed in God, I would go to mass most of the time, but I had no idea of the calling to holiness.
-- Jim Caviezel -
Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.
-- Joel Beeke -
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The inquirer after holiness should associate with those whose intelligence will instruct him; whose example will guide him; whose conversation will inspire him; whose cautions will warn him.
-- John Angell JamesSource : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 314, 1895.
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Holiness is happiness; and the more you have of the former, the more you will undoubtedly enjoy of the latter.
-- John Angell JamesSource : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 315, 1895.
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Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills.
-- John BrownSource : John Brown (1866). “Expository discourses on the first epistle of ... Peter”, p.117
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Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us.
-- John Flavel -
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The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.
-- John FlavelSource : John Flavel (1799). “Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel”, p.555
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The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.
-- John of Ruysbroeck -
The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.
-- John Owen -
God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.
-- John Stott -
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Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but social; no holiness, but social holiness.
-- John Wesley -
We come to the table not because we are holy, but because we are in need of His holiness. We come to the table not because we are strong, but because we are weak and in need of His strength.
-- Jonathan MartinSource : Jonathan Martin (2013). “Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think?”, p.165, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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Art is the only clean thing on earth, except holiness.
-- Joris-Karl Huysmans -
Conversion is not a repairing of the old building, but it takes all down and erects a new structure. It is not the sewing on a patch of holiness; but, with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles and practice.
-- Joseph Alleine -
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How apt nature is, even in those who profess an eminence in holiness, to raise and maintain animosities against those whose calling or person they pretend to find cause to dislike!
-- Joseph Hall -
The heads (Plural) of the Gods appointed one God for us; and when you take that view of the subject, it sets one free to see all the beauty, holiness and perfection of the Gods.
-- Joseph Smith, Jr. -
When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted.
-- Joyce Meyer -
The Lord loves holiness and transparency, and I think that if we are to worship Him properly and lead others to do the same, our day to day lives have to reflect that.
-- Kathryn Scott -
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The holiness of the real Is always there, accessible In total immanence. The nodes Of transcendence coagulate In you, the experiencer, And in the other, the lover.
-- Kenneth RexrothSource : Kenneth Rexroth (1967). “The Collected Shorter Poems”, p.248, New Directions Publishing
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Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.
-- Kevin DeYoung -
The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness.
-- Kevin DeYoung -
To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.
-- Kevin DeYoung -
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Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption
-- Kevin DeYoung -
The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.
-- L. Lionel Kendrick -
There is no detour to holiness, Jesus came to the resurrection through the cross, not around it.
-- Leighton Ford -
For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.
-- Leland RykenSource : Leland Ryken (2010). “Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were”, p.301, Harper Collins
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If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.
-- Leonard Ravenhill -
You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness.
-- Leonard Ravenhill -
I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.
-- Marcus Mumford -
True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.
-- Mark HartSource : Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.18, Franciscan Media
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Holiness is not something we are called upon to do in order that we may become something; it is something we are to do because of what we already are.
-- Martyn -
But I also say this: that light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it's done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive.
-- Mary Oliver -
Where You are, Lord I am free, holiness is Christ in me.
-- Matt MaherSource : FaceBook post by Matt Maher from May 14, 2013
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As we begin to face up to the holiness of God, our lives resound with that very same anthem, here and now upon the earth.
-- Matt Redman -
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Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.
-- Matthew Henry -
No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.
-- Matthew Henry -
Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement.
-- Mother AngelicaSource : "Mother Angelica Live", www.imdb.com. (1983-).
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Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.
-- Mother Teresa -
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Our progress in holiness depends on God and ourselves - on God's grace and on our will to be holy.
-- Mother Teresa -
Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile.
-- Mother Teresa -
Each of us is accountable to God for our personal holiness. Humbling yourself by letting others into your life and allowing them to help you and hold you accountable will release the sanctifying, transforming grace of God in your life.
-- Nancy Leigh DeMoss -