Chronicles of a Watchman by Dr. James P. Norman Jr.

Women in Holiness (Inner & Outward Peace) 1 Peter 1:13-16 KJV "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." First let's look at the Dictionary's meaning of a few words. Holiness : The quality or state of being holy; sanctity. Holy: Dedicated or devoted to the service of God, the church, or religion: a holy man. saintly; godly; pious; devout: a holy life. Having a spiritually pure quality: Sanctified : To set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use: consecrate: to free from sin: purify: to impart or impute sacredness, inviolability, or respect to: to give moral or ...

The three constituents of faith may be illustrated from the (1) thoughts, (2) feelings, (3) actions of a person who stand by a boat, upon a little island which the rising stream threatens to submerge. He first regards the boat from a purely intellectual point of view which it is merely an actual existing boat.  Second, as the stream rises, he looks at it with some accession of emotion, his prospective danger awakens in him the conviction that it is a good boat for a time of need though he is not yet ready to make use of it. Third, when he feels that the rushing tide must otherwise sweep him away, a volitional element is added, he then gets into the boat, trusts himself to it, accepts it as his present and only means of safety. Only this last faith in the boat is faith that saves.  Although this last includes the preceding.  It is equally clear that the getting into the boat may actually save the man, while at the same time, he may be full of fears that the boat will n...