Holy and pure as living water

1 Peter 1:15-16 (NLT)
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

The grace of God in calling a sinner is a powerful engagement to holiness. It is a great favor to be called effectually by divine grace out of a state of sin and misery into the possession of all the blessings of the new covenant; and great favors are strong obligations; they enable as well as oblige to be holy. Complete holiness is the desire and duty of every Christian…… The written word of God is the surest rule of a Christian’s life, and by this rule we are commanded to be holy every way. [Matthew Henry}

 

 

The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him. “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.” David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! David was oblivious to the horrible sin he had committed. Not only did David commit adultery with Bathsheba, he conceived a child. To cover up his sin David had Uriah, husband to Bathsheba, a dedicated soldier and honorable man who served David faithfully killed by placing him in jeopardy in battle. Davis was not living the holy life God meant for him to have.

Jesus said, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” Jesus is pure, holy and the living water of eternal life. Would we settle for contaminated water to drink? No! So why do we settle to contaminate our own lives? Be holy -- because the one who died for you was pure and holy.