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1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours.

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Ephesians 1:4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.

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Hebrews 12:14Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

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

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When Jesus calls us to be HOLY he calls us to have

A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TO GOD

TO OTHERSTO THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES

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Matthew 20:20-28Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

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“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”

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When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

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Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

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“NOT SO WITH YOU. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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HOLINESS HAS ITS OUTWORKING IN SERVING IN HUMILITY

That’s very different from having ATTITUDE as per our modern society

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Matthew 23:1-12Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

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They tie up heavy loads and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. “Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them ‘Rabbi.’

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“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one Teacher, the Christ.

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The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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Matthew 23:8-10But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one Teacher, the Christ.

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John 3:30He must become greater; I must become less.

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Matthew 23:11-12The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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John 14:15

If you love me you will obey what I command

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Philippians 2:3-8Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

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Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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