The formula for holiness

The formula for holiness

The state of holiness is a condition that has been foreordained before the foundation of the world to all those who will be adopted as sons of God through His Beloved Son Jesus Christ, but the irony of truth is, there is one and only one way by which anyone can become holy and it is by partaking of the body of Jesus Christ in a worthy manner. For thus it is written; “And you shall take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place. Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 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 29:31-33).

It is by eating of the thing with which the atonement was made that one becomes holy, and in our new dispensation, the thing by which the atonement was made is the sacrificial body and blood of our Lord and Savor Jesus Christ.

Now by the grace of God, through His Son Jesus Christ God's gift to man, provisions have been made by which man can attain holiness. For thus it is written; “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him 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 1:3-6).

Now the call for holiness, which was ordained before the foundation of the world, is not a once a year phenomenon; neither is it a quarterly, monthly, or a weekly requirement but it should be a daily process as we have been duly admonished saying; “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, the oath which He swore to our father Abraham: 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” (Luke 1: 68-75).

The call for holiness in order to have access and fellowship with the Father should be on a daily basis. In fact the instructions regarding the offering of the food for the Lord's offerings, the medium by which one attains holiness reads as follows;- "Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time' (Numbers 28:2).

Now the appointed time to offer to the Lord the food for His offerings according to the scriptures is as follows:

·         Regularly (morning and evening)

This is to express our gratitude to God for His lovingkindness in the morning and His faithfulness in the evening.

·         On the Sabbath/s (weekly and yearly)

This offering is known as a peace or fellowship offering, the medium by which members have fellowships with one another and with the Father and the Son. It is also the main reason for having a holy convocation as we have been duly admonished saying; “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” (Leviticus 23: 37-38).

As one can clearly see, offering the Lord the food for His offerings is the main objective for having a holy convocation without which no one has access to the throne of grace, no fellowship with one another and with the Father and the Son. Offering the Lord the food for His offerings is the new and living way by which we draw near to the Father and have fellowship with one another.

·         Monthly (new moon)

The other appointed time to offer the Lord the food for His offerings is as we have been duly instructed saying; “'At the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD…this is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.” This of course is at every new moon which commemorates the beginning of a new month (Numbers 28:11, 14).

If one truly knows, understands and believe the terms and conditions of the new covenant and the reformation that took place in its implementation should know that the body and blood of Jesus Christ in the form of the bread and wine has replaced the burnt offering since Jesus Christ gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph