1 Peter 1:15,16
But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy".Peter quotes a command that occurs at least three times in the book of Leviticus:
(1) Concerning eating and touching the dead bodies of unclean animals . . .
Leviticus 11:44
For I am YHWH your God: you shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.(2) Concerning keeping the Sabbath, honouring parents, avoiding idolatry, letting the poor to glean in one's field, not cursing the deaf, talebearing . . .
Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, You shall be holy: for I YHWH your God am holy.(3) Concerning the sins of familiar spirits, idol worship, cursing father and mother, fornication . . .
Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be you holy: for I am YHWH your God.Our Master Yeshua the Anointed One has offered up One Sacrifice for sins forever and has sat down at the right hand of YHWH our God (Heb.10:12). This, however, does not give us license to break the commandments. That which was in the beginning declared as sin against YHWH in the Torah remains a sin against YHWH today. YHWH our God does not change.
Malachi 3:6
For I am YHWH, I do not change;Three times in the Book of Revelations, we are told that the saints of God obey his commandments:
Revelation12:17
And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.Revelation14:12
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.Revelation22:14
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.Let us become like the offspring of the woman in Rev.12:17. Let us be become like the saints of Rev.14:12. And like those blessed ones who have the right to the tree of life, let us keep the commandments of YHWH and hold on steadfastly to the testimony of our Master Yeshua the Anointed One.
Finally, may we remind ourselves of the warning given by our Master in Matthew 7:21-23,
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
My Brothers and Sisters, beware, lest we become lawless people.
