Habitual Holiness – “the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture.” Holiness in the Christian life i the habit of agreeing with God’s judgement (hating what He hates-loving what He loves-and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word). The Christian who most wholly agrees with God is the most holy. The Christian who would be holy will strive to shun every known sin and to keep every known commandment in a disciplined effort to be like the Lord Jesus Christ in their character. They will seek love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance consciously and consistently by humbling themselves before the Lord, governing their tongue, denying themselves by taking up their cross and following Jesus, keeping the golden rule of loving others as themselves, practicing benevolence toward others, living in the fear of God with a pure heart, and being faithful in all their duties toward God and man as taught in the Word of God. Holiness is the character test of a Christian and the holy Christian understands the importance of living holy because God is Holy and holiness is the one grand reason Jesus came into this world. Holiness is the evidence and proof that we have been saved and love the Lord Jesus Christ, and it is only through living a holy life that a Christian has credibility with the unsaved world. (I. Peter 1:16b), “Be ye holy; for I am holy.”