“You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.” Leviticus 20:26
What is it to be holy? Declared sacred or consecrated. Devoted to the service of God. Devout and saintly and full of pure love. So if one has asked God to forgive them is that enough? It is really a heart issue. And only God truly knows your heart but you need to want to see your life changed 180 degrees. We don’t want to have fleshly desires any more. We want to have God desires. What would Jesus do? That’s a real good place to start. Does that mean we have to be perfect? Nobody’s perfect and if you are trying to be perfect who are you trying to please. God knows you won’t be perfect but you do need him to help you be as perfect as possible. If you try to do it yourself you will die trying and that is works plus grace which is not why Christ died for you. He died so you could be accepted by God just like he accepts his son. You are a joint heir and the hard work has already been done. We still need to change by spending time with God and in his word. Attending a local Christ based church. Fellowshipping with other Christians regularly. When you start to keep your eyes focused on Jesus and all he has and is doing for you and living a grateful life, thankful life you will feel so much peace and love. It just feels so much different when you aren’t struggling to be perfect but taking each day as it comes and rejoicing in each moment with him. This did not come for me till I was already 60 but when I started getting it, it came fast and God just kept giving me new revelations every day. Thankfulness was the biggest change and every day I thought of new things I was thankful for. Now I find myself saying thank you a whole lot. God is always doing stuff for his children and he has done so much for us already and even if he doesn’t answer my prayers exactly how I want and when I want that’s ok. His ways are so much better than mine anyway. I seen more all the time.