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What does Holistic holiness mean?
How does the body, mind, and spirit relate to holiness?
Deuteronomy 6:5 NLT
1. A holy will.
Your will is the decision maker of your life.
Ephesians 4:18 ESV
Ephesians 2:3 ESV
John 5:40 ESV
Romans 12:2 ESV
Colossians 3:2-3 NLT
James 4:7-8 ESV
Our choices reveal the condition of our heart towards God.
Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Proverbs 2:1-6 ESV
2. A holy soul.
Psalm 139:1-4 ESV
The Bible teaches us that our thought patterns ultimately determine our character.
1 Samuel 18:7 ESV
Psalm 73:1-9, 16-25 ESV
3. A holy body
“If your body makes all the decisions and gives all the orders, and if you obey, the physical can effectively destroy every other dimension of your personality, your emotional life will be blunted and your spiritual life will be stifled and ultimately will become anemic.” - Michel Quist
How well you take care of your body has big implications for holiness.
1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV
1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV
Romans 12:11 NLT
Proverbs 21:25 NLT
Temptation is the enemy of the body.
Proverbs 27:12 NLT
LifeGroup Questions
Because information without application is useless.
1. Why does holiness depend on a holistic approach?
What happens when we only dedicate part of who we are to holiness?
2. In what ways has your will/heart directed away from the path of holiness?
3. Is the "inner" life of a believer important to holiness? Why?
4. What temptations of the body are the hardest to resist for you?
How does it affect your personal work towards holiness?