This document outlines the concept of holiness as it relates to God, Jesus, Adam and Eve pre-fall, non-believers, believers on earth, and believers in heaven. It describes holiness as an event, process, quality, and state or condition. Key points include: God is perfectly holy; Adam and Eve were holy but able to sin pre-fall; non-believers are unable to stop sinning; believers on earth have the Holy Spirit but still struggle with sin; and believers in heaven will be perfectly holy like God.

2. - Mercy
- Truth
- Infinite
- Spirit
THE HOLY GOD
- Just
- Love
- Wisdom
- Jealous
- Personal
- Faithful
- Unified
- Good
- Peace
- Omnipotent
- Omniscient
- Omnipresent
Nature:
H Y
OL
- Independent
- Unchanging
- Knowledge
- Beautiful
- Wrath
- Timeless
- Grace
- Free
Copyright, Michael F.

3. Moral
Volitional
Physical
Emotional
Relational
Rational
SINFUL NATURE
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

4. Personal Holiness
You Must Be Holy For
I Am Holy

5. Holiness
as a
Process
Holiness
as an
Event
Holiness
as a
Quality
Set Apart
for God
M
oral
P
urity
Holiness
as a
State or
Condition
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

6. Examples of
Holiness
Positional
Holiness
Practical
Holiness
EVENT
Secured at
Conversion
Begins at
Conversion
PROCESS
Instantaneous
Completed in
Glory
STATE or
CONDITION
You are Holy
Cycle
Depends upon
Abiding
QUALITY
Complete/
Perfect
Increasing
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7. The Development of Holiness
To Be

8. JESUS

9. John 1:1 - In the beginning the
Word already existed. The Word
was with God, and the Word was
God. NLT

10. Hebrews 1:3 - And He is the
radiance of His glory and the
exact representation of His
nature, and upholds all things by
the word of His power. … NASB

11. Jesus
Believer
Adam
Pre-Fall
Yes
In Heaven
Yes
God - No
Man Yes
God Yes
Man Yes
God -
Non
Believer
Believer
On Earth

12. ADAM & EVE
Pre-Fall

13. Genesis 2:15-17 - The Lord God
placed the man in the Garden of
Eden to tend and watch over it.
16
But the Lord God warned him,
“You may freely eat the fruit of
every tree in the garden—

14. except the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil. If you eat its fruit,
you are sure to die.” NLT
17

15. Jesus
Believer
Adam
Pre-Fall
InYes
Heaven No - not a
holy nature
Yes
God - No
Man Yes
Yes - no sin
present
Yes
Yes
God Yes
Man Yes
God -
No
Non
Believer
Believer
On Earth

16. NON-BELIEVER

17. Eph 2:1-3 - Once you were dead
because of your disobedience
and your many sins. 2You used to
live in sin, just like the rest of the
world, obeying the devil—the
commander of the powers in the
unseen world. He is the spirit

18. at work in the hearts of those
who refuse to obey God. 3All of
us used to live that way,
following the passionate desires
and inclinations of our sinful
nature. By our very nature we
were subject to God’s anger,
just like everyone else. NLT

19. Eph 2:4-6 - But God is so rich in
mercy, and he loved us so much,
5
that even though we were dead
because of our sins, he gave us
life when he raised Christ from
the dead.

20. (It is only by God’s grace that
you have been saved!) 6For he
raised us from the dead along
with Christ and seated us with
him in the heavenly realms
because we are united with
Christ Jesus. NLT

21. Jesus
Believer
Adam
Non
Pre-Fall
InYes
Heaven No - not a
holy nature
Yes
God - No
Man Yes
Yes - no sin
present
Yes
Believer
No
No
Yes
Yes
God Yes
Man Yes
God -
No - unable
to stop sinning
No
No
Believer
On Earth

22. BELIEVER
ON
EARTH

23. Romans 8:9-11 – But you are not
controlled by your sinful nature.
You are controlled by the Spirit if
you have the Spirit of God living
in you.

24. (And remember that those who
do not have the Spirit of Christ
living in them do not belong to
him at all.) 10And Christ lives
within you, so even though
your body will die because of
sin, the Spirit gives you life
because you have been made
right with God.

25. The Spirit of God, who raised
Jesus from the dead, lives in
you. And just as God raised
Christ Jesus from the dead, he
will give life to your mortal
bodies by this same Spirit living
within you. NLT
11

26. 1 Corinthians 15:50-53 – What I
am saying, dear brothers and
sisters, is that our physical bodies
cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.
These dying bodies cannot inherit
what will last forever.

27. But let me reveal to you a
wonderful secret. We will not
all die, but we will all be
transformed! 52It will happen in
a moment, in the blink of an
eye, when the last trumpet is
blown. For when the trumpet
sounds, those who have died
51

28. will be raised to live forever.
And we who are living will also
be transformed. 53For our dying
bodies must be transformed
into bodies that will never die;
our mortal bodies must be
transformed into immortal
bodies. NLT

29. Jesus
Believer
Adam
Non
Pre-Fall
No
Yes
In Heaven - not a
holy nature
Yes
God - No
Man Yes
Yes - no sin
present
Yes
Believer
On Earth
No
Yes - imputed
at conversion
No
Yes - imparted
only by
abiding in
Christ
Yes
Yes
Yes
God Yes
Man Yes
Believer
No
No - unable
to stop sinning
Yes
No
No
God -

30. BELIEVER
IN
HEAVEN

31. 1 John 3:1-2 – See how very much
our Father loves us, for he calls us
his children, and that is what we
are! But the people who belong to
this world don’t recognize that we
are God’s children because they
don’t know him.

32. Dear friends, we are already
God’s children, but he has not
yet shown us what we will be
like when Christ appears. But
we do know that we will be like
him, for we will see him as he
really is. NLT
2

33. Jesus
Believer
Adam
Non
Pre-Fall
InYes
Heaven No - not a
holy nature
Yes
God - No
Man Yes
Yes - no sin
present
Yes
Believer
On Earth
Yes
No
Yes - imputed
at conversion
No
Yes - imparted
only by
abiding in
Christ
No
Yes
No
No - unable
to stop sinning
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
God -
Yes
Yes
Yes
God Yes
Man Yes
Believer

34. Meditate
&
Apply

35. What do you need to
meditate more on?
What is one thing the LORD
wants you to do?