Need for holiness

Centre verse: Matthew 5:8. ( NIV), blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Text: Ephisians 5:26,27,1 Thessalonians 4:3,4. God created man after his likeness( Genesis1:26) .After that,God gave man dominion over everything he had created.        However, after the fall of man through disobedience, man was originally holy and pure.( Genesis3:1-6) .God being merciful to his creatures,he reconciled man back to himself through the death of his dear son Jesus Christ.Repentance and new birth experience is the first work of grace to man.In the sameway, man need second work of grace called sanctification and holiness of heart which is the only prerequisite to see the Lord and become qualified to be presented by Christ as a chaste virgin to God in the end.                   Remember! The unregenerate person must first be born again.