holiness

what is holiness? I read in the Bible that without holiness, no one will see God, I took the dictionary out and looked to find if the meaning of holiness is the same as what I had. My thought was holiness is how I should talk, walk, dress, and act. But upon looking in the dictionary I had to go to the root word holy to find out what it is, holy means sacred and reverence or show deep respect for. You know what's frightening to an older person like me, is that we play with words so much that we have no respect for things that we need to pay attention to, the devil is so subtle that what we think is right is actually demons working through us because of the hardness of our hearts. Do you know that if our hearts refuse to yield to God's word that God will allow things to happen just the way you want it but God is not in it? In the book of Ezekiel God told the prophet to let the priests continue to serve him and do the work in the temple, but they cannot come near him? Jesus himself even said at the end some will come and say, Lord, Lord, we healed the sick, cast out demons etc., in your name and what did Jesus say his answer will be, Go away, I do not know you. Jesus said, everything will pass away, but HIS word will not pass away...so, what is holiness then? this is my opinion, holiness is you and I having a teachable heart, weighing the consequences of our actions against God's word, a heart that wants to please God more than ourselves or others. A heart that is not crying out me, me, me, all the time. Holiness comes from a heart that is clean and pure, not selfish and full of pride. Holiness is living the Word of God whether we like it or not!
I pray that the Spirit of God will give us ears to hear what He is saying to the Church now!

a hui ho...