Resolution #9 – Christian Holiness

WHEREAS, being untainted by the sin and corruption of the world, and having in His Being all righteousness and perfect purity, God is holy; and

WHEREAS, those who have trusted Jesus Christ as Savior and therefore follow Him as Lord are His people; and

WHEREAS, God has invested His name in His people and has called us to be holy like Him; and

WHEREAS, God has chosen to reveal His holiness to the world through us; and

WHEREAS, If our marriages do not endure trials and persevere, if we and our youth do not abstain from sexual activity outside the bond of marriage, and if our relationships within and without congregations are not guided by peace, then we are not holy; and

WHEREAS, if we are ruled by carnal habit, and behaviors such as gluttony, the recreational use of drugs or alcohol, or participation in any product of the sexual industry, and if we are entertained by what does not delight our Heavenly Father, we are not holy; and

WHEREAS, if we do not spend time daily alone with God in prayer and in reading His Word, if we do not daily confess and forsake our sins, and if we do not daily seek His will to the neglect of our own, then we are not holy;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the messengers to the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, meeting in Plano, Texas, October 25-26, 2004, humble ourselves before our Creator and Redeemer, to acknowledge that we are not holy; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we repent of our sins, confessing them to God and forsaking them in practice, pleading with God for the transformation which will come from the person and power of His resurrection through our brokenness; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that we are committed to living out God’s holiness in our culture so that those without Christ may see Him and begin to see what cannot be had in this world without Him.