Why Holiness? : The Doctrine Of Practical Holiness

THIS THEOLOGICAL SYLLOGISTIC THESIS WAS written with the sole purpose of providing understanding as well as clarity to all individuals who consider them self to be a Christian, with regard to an extremely sensitive, but, yet, life-impacting subject matter-Holiness Standards/Church Standards/Practical Holiness. In achieving this objective, I have chosen to utilize an in-depth approach of the Word of God. In short, I have provided numerous Scripture texts to aid towards complete Biblical understanding as well as theological clarity of this greatly debatable, highly ignored, and grossly misunderstood Biblical subject matter.I would like to submit the following thesis statement as the central assertion of this Theological Argument: Holiness Standards have been instituted since the creation of Adam and Eve and have continued throughout The Old Testament, being a foreknowledge, if you will, for The New Testament Church. Therefore, they are Biblical, extremely relevant, and must be adhered to by The New Testament Church today. Now, despite the Argument that mainstream Oneness Pentecostalism makes for Holiness Standards/Church Standards, it appears to me that we ought to accept and apply sound Biblical principles as the better position, since it allows our beliefs to remain more consistent, void of "Man-made Rules", "Legalism", and hypocrisy.The general presupposition, then, rests solely upon the following Claim: Holiness is the Apostolic Doctrine (the Biblical doctrine) that states, "And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD" (see Exodus 39:30); "Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness" (see I Chronicles 16:29); "In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life" (see Luke 1:75); and "...holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord" (see Hebrews 12:14). Namely, there is a Holiness Standard-there is a Church Standard by which the Church of God is to present itself daily before God! Therefore, Church Standards are not to be considered a "Legalistic System", better known as "Man-made Rules".Apostasy, then, is to be considered to hold to any other form of doctrine or belief that is contrary to the Apostolic Doctrine-contrary to Holiness Standards/Church Standards. Hence, not only is any belief that is contrary to the Apostolic Doctrine to be viewed as being false teaching, but it is to be recognized as being false doctrine altogether.In short, upon further examination of Scripture (void of human opinion, interpretation, and viewpoint), you will find that this erroneous theological viewpoint and apostasy (i.e., "Legalism") is proven to be laden with, not only Syllogism Fallacy as well as Logical Fallacy, but countless Scriptural contradictions and inconsistencies as well.Reader, as you read through this Theological Syllogistic Thesis, I ask that you sincerely pray-seeking after The Wisdom of God-asking God to unveil His truth, and to provide complete understanding and clarity of this profound Biblical subject matter. But most importantly, to reveal the spiritual significance of Holiness Standards/Church Stands/Practical Holiness as being part of the true Biblical doctrine (the Apostolic Doctrine) regarding a godly life-style that is undisputedly as well as is adamantly advocated by God Himself, within Matthew 5:48 and I Peter 1:15-16.

• | Author: Tommy Rodriguez, Jr.
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 150 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1976540046
• | ISBN-13: 9781976540042