Revival A Return To Holiness
Richard Sipley passionately teaches that revival is a call for Christians to return to biblical holiness by being wholly set apart to God, embracing sanctification as a progressive, complete separation from sin and worldly mixture.
This sermon emphasizes the need for a revival of returning to holiness, focusing on the importance of being set apart unto God without mixture. It challenges individuals and churches to cleanse themselves from worldly influences, cultural adaptations, and idolatry, and to seek true holiness by dedicating every aspect of their lives to God. The speaker highlights the biblical call to be holy as God is holy, pointing out the difference between sinlessness and holiness, and the process of perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Sermon Outline
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- God's call for holiness is clear and commanding
- Holiness is being set apart as God is holy
- Key scriptures define holiness and its importance
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- Holiness does not mean sinlessness but separation
- Jesus as example of sinless yet growing in holiness
- Biblical definitions: perfect, sanctified, pure
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- Objects, places, persons, and times can be holy
- The church and Christians are called to be holy priests
- Historical examples of holiness in Israel and the church
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- Modern challenges: Christians caught in worldly pleasures
- Call to separate from unclean practices and influences
- Revival requires returning to biblical holiness fully
Key Quotes
“Be holy because I am holy.” — Richard Sipley
“God wants us in the world, but not of the world.” — Richard Sipley
“For a person to be holy in the biblical sense means for the entire person to be set apart unto God without mixture.” — Richard Sipley
Application Points
- Commit your entire life—spirit, soul, body, and possessions—to God as holy and set apart.
- Reject worldly pleasures and influences that dilute your holiness and devotion to God.
- Pursue progressive sanctification by growing in obedience and separation from sin daily.