Quotes about Holiness

Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the nature that controlled Him will control us.

These three things always work together— moral intelligence, the spontaneous originality of the Holy Spirit, and the setting of a life lived in communion with God.

Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.

The secret of a holy life is not in imitating Jesus, but in letting the perfections of Jesus be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

But the most impossible thing for you is to be so closely identified with the Lord that there is literally nothing of your old life remaining.

it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'" 1 Peter 1:16     We must continually remind ourselves of the purpose of life. We are not destined to happiness, nor to health, but to holiness.

If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He does not ask you to put it right; He asks you to accept the light, and He will put it right.

To be surrendered to God is of more value than our personal holiness.

Am I prepared for His coming? Jesus cannot come and do His work in me as long as there is anything blocking the way, whether it is something good or bad. When He comes to me, am I prepared for Him to drag every wrong thing I have ever done into the light?

Thank God that He does give us difficult things to do! His salvation is a joyous thing, but it is also something that requires bravery, courage, and holiness. It tests us for all we are worth.

The Sermon on the Mount is not an ideal, it is a statement of what will happen in me when Jesus Christ has altered my disposition and put in a disposition like His own. Jesus Christ is the only One Who can fulfil the Sermon on the Mount.