"The Purpose Driven Church" movement is a false gospel preached by false teachers and preachers. It is the biggest deceptive danger to churches that is flashing across America right now - and it poses to increase it's satanic influence in the near future as they have promised to have a Purpose Driven church in every neighborhood in America.

It is the highest form of imitation which, unfortunately, only leads folks to the lowest place of eternity - Hell and the Lake of Fire!  Does your church show 'signs' of sneaky underhandedness from your pastor as he is slowly turning your 'conservative' and 'traditional' church to a contemporary 'growing' church?

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What is the real purpose of a Christian? Revelation 4:11 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
I Corinthians 10:31  Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Ask yourself, is what you are doing/saying/seeing, etc. pleasing to God?  Is it giving Him pleasure?  Is it giving Him glory?  Or... are you just abusing and using His grace and longsuffering - are you just continuing to ask for forgiveness claiming I John 1:9 - by telling Him He HAS to forgive you, etc.?

In order to do this, we must seriously consider Romans 8:8,9b - So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you...

How does one get "out of the flesh" and "in the Spirit?" and what happens when all that takes place?" and then what should happen...?

What then should we be doing as a Christian and HOW can we do it?
Can we do even "it?"

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Folks, remember - this is what the Jews hated Paul for - this is why they tried to beat him and kill him!

It's too simple folks - well, for US it is simple anyway - IF we are saved... If you have 'heard' the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation - if you then believed in Christ AND put your trust in Him... you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory! Ephesians 1:12-13

If you have confessed with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and have believed in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead... Romans 10:9,10

 - then -

CHRIST HAS ALREADY MADE YOU HOLY!

There is nothing else we can do to 'be holy!'
Now, all He asks us to do is walk how He has made us to walk!

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians 4:1

There are not things that we should do TO BE Holy...
There are things that we should do BECAUSE WE ARE Holy!

By the way: When folks ask you, "What, you think you are holier than me?" ... When folks accuse you of thinking that you are so holy...  yes, you can tell them that you are.  BUT - you had better be able to explain that answer!!!

HE is the holiness that we are made of!

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Paul's "more excellent way" is the way of Holiness!

• They killed Jesus for His holiness!
• The Jews wouldn't walk a holy walk even when they were made a holy nation.
• Christ came down and walked the holy walk and told them to follow Him - they killed Him!
• Christ offered Himself 'again' even after they killed Him - they would have still had to walk that holy walk - but just a little baptism and repentance would have cleared the path for them!  Acts 2:38, etc.

• Ephesians 1:4-7 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.  In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

• See the Scriptures on holiness - especially the OT! That was the purpose of Part I.

• II Corinthians 5:21 - For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• II Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
• Colossians 2:11-15 - spiritual circumcision, but don't let folks bug you about it, either!  Keep reading the next verses...  Colossians 2:16-23
• Ephesians 1:6 - To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Colossians 1:21,22 -  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

• Romans 12:1 -  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

• Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Romans 5:1,2 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• Romans 3:21,22 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
• Philippians 3:8,9 - Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
• Galatians 2:16 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
• Galatians 2:19,20 -  For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

• The 7th Dayer's think that they actually DO walk the holy walk, and when they don't, they have to confess to be 'holy' again!
• The Gospel teachers use the Gospels that Jesus spoke TO the Jews in order to make them walk the holy walk today!
• The contemporary ones who want religion but not a holy walk at all change the words of God!
• The Pentecostals, etc. have allowed the spirit of antichrist to guide them in a miraculous, healing, etc. walk of false holiness speaking in tongues to prove to them of their holiness - even though they force their teachings on folks, are abusive, are demonic and are very dangerous in their demonic and dangerous walk!
• Purpose Driven churches with wrong purpose - to get bigger in number!
• Ecumenically driven to reject separation, as required in the Scriptures!
• Catholic driven to prepare the world for the anti-christ and the world government!
• Islamic and other eastern religions to help destroy Israel!

God gives us a Holy Book, led by the Holy Spirit, cuts us away from our flesh by the sword of the Spirit.  Christ then enters into us to walk the holy walk FOR us - if we follow Him, eh!!  Galatians 2:20 -  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Sure and of course we still have sin taking place in our lives... and Paul really does preach hard about the wrong things in our walk!
We still have sin IN us... but it is not US that sins!  Read or else deny Romans 7:15-25.

If any of our sin were to be imputed, then Christ would have to deny himself - II Timothy 2:13  If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Let's check out what Paul specifically has to say about being holy...

I Corinthians 3:16,17 -  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Ephesians 1:4-6 - According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Ephesians 2:20-22 - And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;  In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:  In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:27 - That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Colossians 1:21,22 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled.  In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Colossians 3:12 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

I Thessalonians 5:27 -  I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

I Timothy 2:8 -  I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Titus 1:8 -  But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;