THE WAYS OF GOD ARE

HOLY
Isaiah 35:8
 Isaiah 35:8

8 And a highway will be 8 Magkakaroon ng maluwang

there; it will be called the
Way of Holiness; it will be
for those who walk on that
Way. The unclean will not
journey on it; wicked fools
will not go about on it.
na lansangan sa ilang at iyon
ay tatawaging, “Banal na
Lansangan.” Walang
makasalanan o hangal na
makararaan doon, kundi ang
mga sumusunod lamang sa
pamamaraan ng Panginoon.
HOLY - “means set apart”
- “completely separate from all else”

GOD - is the very definition of holiness

1. HIS WAY IS A HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS

● Holiness is God’s requirement for relationship

● God will not work through an unclean life
● Psalms 24:4-6
- explains the one who can go up to His holy place
2. HIS PEOPLE SHOULD REFLECT HIS
NATURE

● “9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s
special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called
you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a
people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received
mercy, but now you have received mercy.” - 1 Peter 2:9-10
2. HIS PEOPLE SHOULD REFLECT HIS
NATURE

● Moses reflecting God’s glory

“29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two
tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his
face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When
Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and
they were afraid to come near him.” - Exodus 34:29-30
HOW?

● ABIDING HOLINESS
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off
every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does
bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.”
- John 15:1-2
HOW?

● LOVE, OBEDIENCE, AND DEEDS

“15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 23 Jesus replied, “Anyone
who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and
we will come to them and make our home with them.”
- John 14:15, 23
HOW?

“18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your
faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19 You
believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and
shudder. 20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith
without deeds is useless?” - James 2:18-20
HOW?

● TRUSTING GOD
“12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to
him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld
from me your son, your only son.” - Genesis 22:12
3. HIS PEOPLE’S RECOGNITION OF THEIR
SIN

● Disobedience is a sin
● Failure to obey God affects our relationship with Him
“7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
purifies us from all sin.” - 1 John 1:7
3. HIS PEOPLE’S RECOGNITION OF THEIR
SIN

● Holiness should matter to us

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted,
seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2
Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings
they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with
two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy,
holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
3. HIS PEOPLE’S RECOGNITION OF THEIR
SIN

4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and
the temple was filled with smoke. 5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!
For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean
lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”- Isaiah 6:1-5
3. HIS PEOPLE’S RECOGNITION OF THEIR
SIN

● REPENTANCE : individual and corporate (Isa. 35:5-8)

: a lifestyle
: what do you need to repent today?
: are you demonstrating obedience or rebellion?
CONCLUSION

● God uses the lives of His people and traveled over them as His highway
of holiness. We are to reflect God’s holiness to all those around us by
abiding, trusting and obeying His commands for His glory and honor.