Devotionals Feb 8 – Mar 7, 2025: Redeemed to be holy (Isaiah 56–66)

God has a purpose in salvation. God desires to reconcile his people to himself through the death of Christ as we read in Isaiah 53, but God also wants his people to be holy. First Peter 1:14–16 admonishes us to be “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.” The redeemed people of God are expected to be...