Psalm 71 HOLY

Psalm 71:22  ESV
I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 22:3  ESV
Yet you are holy
enthroned on the praises of Israel

Genesis 1:26 ESV
 God said, "Let us make man in our own image and likeness."

God's people are images of Him.
We mirror His love for us in our love for Him and for others.
So we are called  "holy ones."

The E.S.V. translates the same word;-
godly,  holy one,  merciful, saints, faithful ones.
We live out the God given relationship, the "hesed" relationship.
We practice  "hesed"
Sainthood is not an attainment.
It is a state into which God in grace calls men.

1st Peter 1:15  ESV
but as he who called you is holy,
you also be holy.....
verse 16
.....it is written  You shall be holy,
for I am holy.
( Quoting Leviticus 11:44 and 45)

A Lamb has been offered for us.
Ephesians 1:7  ESV
In him we have redemption through his blood.

Psalm 71:23 ESV
My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also , which you have redeemed.

Psalm 34:22 ESV
The LORD redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Although holiness can be seen as a separation from
all that is not divine, Christian holiness embraces all that is wholesome
in the love of God , in the will of God, in His purposes.

The love of God, the will of God.
To-day in our lives,
in our attitudes and our actions,
we choose the love of God, the will of God.
We choose not to live in a spirit of wickedness
or violence or greed or envy or self gratification.
We choose good will not bad will.
We choose life in the love of Christ.
The dynamic in which we choose to live
is " holy".