{"id":10018,"date":"2023-02-10T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.servias.org\/?p=10018"},"modified":"2023-02-09T06:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T12:39:24","slug":"draw-near-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=10018","title":{"rendered":"Draw Near: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>How do we perfect Holiness?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FATHER revealed HIS Holiness before HE revealed HIS Love so if we want to come into full maturity, we must pursue Holiness as well.&nbsp; We cannot treat our relationship with Our Heavenly Father as <em>common<\/em> for it is <em>sacred<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Corinthians 7:1 NKJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, having these promises, beloved, <strong><u>let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You perfect Holiness in the Fear of GOD, not in the Love of GOD.&nbsp; You can Love GOD with all your heart and still be lawless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 10:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">26&nbsp; &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid or intimidated by others, for God will bring everything out into the open and every secret will be told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">27 What I say to you in the dark, repeat in broad daylight, and what you hear in a whisper, announce it publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">28 Don&#8217;t be in fear of those who can kill only the body but not your soul. <strong><u>Fear only God<\/u><\/strong>, who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fear of GOD has nothing to do with being afraid of HIM.&nbsp; It is terrified of being distant from HIM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Exodus chapter 20:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18&nbsp;&nbsp; Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled <strong>and stood afar off<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19 Then they said to Moses, &#8220;You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20 <strong>And Moses said to the people, &#8220;<u>Do not fear (H3372)<\/u>; for God has come to test you, and that His Fear (H3374) may be before you, so that you may not sin.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H3372 means to be afraid.&nbsp; H3374 means to be in awesome Fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is vital that we ponder this verse.&nbsp; First of all, we are not to be afraid, but to be totally reverent with absolute respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 1990s during my morning prayer, FATHER spoke to me and told me not to use the word \u201cawesome\u201d unless I was addressing or describing HIM.&nbsp; People had begun using that word as a common response to worldly occurrences.&nbsp; It is clearly a Sacred Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21 So the people stood afar off, <strong>but <u>Moses drew near<\/u> the thick darkness where God was.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you seek to come closer to FATHER and draw near or do you continue focusing on the <em>temporary<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we perfect Holiness? 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