Holy and Righteous Living

Holy and righteous living are woven throughout the Holy Bible storyline. From the Old Testament into the New Testament, the living God of Heaven has called and commanded His people to live and follow His holy ways with good fruits of love, truth, mercy, forgiveness, and peace towards one another. The living God of Heaven is described as holy, righteous, and good because holiness and goodness are God’s very nature, name, and character. Christ Jesus taught His disciples that when praying to His Father, they should always keep His Father’s name holy (hallowed) with respect and honor. The ways and thoughts of the living God of Heaven are always holy, good, and faithful. Following Satan’s sinful and wicked living separates one from God’s goodness and holiness, leading to death. Notably, the book of Revelation teaches that those who will be invited to the joyous wedding banquet of Jesus the Lamb in the new heavens and earth will be God’s holy people (the bride of Christ) wearing the fine linen, bright and clean of the righteous and good deeds.

The living God of Heaven commanded all people to be wholeheartedly and totally consecrated as holy, which means dedicated and set apart with obedience to Him as their LORD and King, and their holiness and faithfulness were to be expressed in their daily lives with a harvest of good deeds, good actions, and good fruits which lead to divine blessings and healing. In other words, the living God of Heaven stated in Genesis and throughout the Holy Bible that He wants our wholehearted love, truth, faithfulness, mercy, humility, obedience, and goodness toward Him and others more than our rituals, fasts, offerings, ceremonies, and sacrifices. The living God of Heaven wants a heart of faithfulness and obedience to Him that is fully committed and faithful as our King and LORD!

Heroes of the Faith

The heroes of the Holy Bible like Abraham, Noah, Moses, Joshua, and Samuel understood the importance of wholehearted faithfulness and obedience to the living God of Heaven’s commands, and they instructed everyone to have a heart of love, obedience, and commitment to the living God of Heaven and His holy commands as instructed in the Holy Scriptures. Significantly, King David from the Old Testament understood that the key to a right relationship and closeness with the living God of Heaven was not through sacrifices, ceremonies, offerings, and rituals but through honor and loving obedience to God and His commands from a humble, dependent, and devoted heart by faith. King David’s heart was always faithful and obedient to the living God of Heaven, and he obeyed the commands and ways of the living God of Heaven, except in the shameful affair concerning Uriah and his wife Bathsheba, where he later repented for his sins against God. Significantly, King David had a humble thirst and desire for righteousness and knowing the ways of God, and he encouraged everyone to always trust in the LORD. Because of King David’s heart of obedience and faithfulness, the living God of Heaven blessed King David with an eternal kingdom and blessings, which came through King David’s descendant, Christ Jesus our Lord. Notably, Christ Jesus our Lord, like King David, wholeheartedly followed the ways and commands of the living God of Heaven, and He never sinned and was perfect in all His ways, and He calls everyone to follow His example for holy living.

REPENT! Let EVERYONE repent and come with a surrendered and humble heart to the living God of Heaven and His Son Christ Jesus our Lord and find blessings and oneness with the God of Heaven because this is what God wants. The living God of Heaven wants everyone to embrace and love Him and His Son Christ Jesus from our whole hearts with faithful obedience and also love one another with forgiveness and kindness more than any rituals. Even more, Christ Jesus wants everyone to sin no more and lead holy and good lives for His Holy Father’s glory and honor. Jesus is Lord!

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear and honor God and keep His commandments, for this is humankind’s all and duty. For God will bring every work and deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.