4. A Godly Man is LIKE God (Continued)

By Thomas Watson

Continued From Yesterday…

Use 1: How can those who are unlike God be reputed to be godly?

They have nothing of God in them, not one shred of holiness. They call themselves Christians - but blot out the word holiness; you may as well call it day at midnight.

So impudent are some, that they boast they are none of the holy ones. Is it not the Spirit of holiness which marks off the sheep of Christ, from the goats?

“You were sealed (or marked) with the Holy Spirit” (Eph. 1:13).

And is it a matter for men to boast of, that they have none of the Spirit's earmark upon them? Does not the apostle say that

“…without holiness no man shall see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14)?

Such as bless themselves in their unholiness had best go and ring the bells for joy, that they shall never see God.

There are others who hate holiness. Sin and holiness never meet but they fight. Holiness discharges its fire of zeal against sin, and sin spits its venom of malice at holiness. Many pretend to love Christ as a Savior - but hate him as he is the Holy One (Acts 3:14).