How does a person becomes holy

It is stated quite clearly that, man's redemption in Christ Jesus was foreordained before the foundation of the world, and the main objective was that, we should be holy and blameless before the Father in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:4-6).

But how can we fulfil God's objective by being holy and blameless before Him! A status we are expected to uphold not just for a period, but for all the days of our life. For, we are to remember the holy covenant, the oath which the Lord swore to our father Abraham, which is, to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

There is only one way by which one becomes holy, it is through the body of Christ. For it is written; “And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, blameless and above reproach in His sight” (Colossians 1:21-22).
Now, if the reconciliation in the body of Christ to present us holy, blameless, and irreproachable in the sight of God was administered once and for all at the cross, everyone without exception would be holy, for He died for all. But we know that this is not the case, for we are not all holy. So how are those who are holy, becomes holy through the body of Christ’s flesh?
According to the scripture one becomes holy by partaking of the things by which the atonement was made, therefore, in our new dispensation one becomes holy when he/she partakes of the bread and wine which represent the sacrificial body and blood of Jesus Christ: For it is written; “They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy” (Exodus 29:33).

Another very important consideration in attaining our main objective in our redemption in Jesus Christ is that, before all the people The Father must be glorified.

But how is the Father glorified before all the people? The Father is glorified before all the people because the time to draw near is a time appointed and ordained by God for His people to have a holy convocation and to offer Him the food for His offerings. For thus says the Lord; “These are the feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day ---besides the Sabbaths of the LORD, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the LORD.” Every festival gives glory to God for His plan of salvation for man ((Leviticus 23: 2, 4, 37-38).

It is the offering of the food for the Lords offering at the appointed time that both sanctifies those who draw near, and give glory to God, For thus says the Lord; “Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Give to the LORD glory and strength. Give to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth. The world also is firmly established, it shall not be moved” (1Chronicles 16: 28-30; Psalms 29: 1-2; Psalms 96: 7-10).

It is at the presentation of the offering which we bring when we come before the Lord, in order to worship Him in the beauty of holiness, that He is glorified: it is by rejoicing and praising the Lord and coming to Him through Jesus Christ the Son, that we give glory to Him for the great things He has done. For thus says the Lord; “This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you. And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory. So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests. I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the LORD their God” (Exodus 29: 42-46).

Truly, the only medium by which one can draw near to the Father is as the apostle Paul stated it; he said; “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10: 19-25).

“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead." May the eyes of our understanding be enlightened!

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