1. SECTION 1.2 ESV 1

2. God is holy, which means He is perfect without sin, and always does what’s right. We are not holy like God because we are sinners. But through Christ we become holy in God’s sight and God’s Holy Spirit helps us do what’s right. [The Holy Spirit is one of the three persons of God. God is one God but three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.] MAIN IDEA ESV 2

3. REVELATION 4:8b “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” MEMORY VERSE ESV 3

4. Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION ESV 4

5. What makes a choice right/good or wrong/bad? Does God ever have trouble making right or wrong choices? INTRODUCTION ESV 5

6. MAIN LESSON 1. God is holy. It’s who He is! That means He is perfect, without sin, and always right. ESV 6

7. MAIN LESSON Revelation 4:8b “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” ESV 7

8. MAIN LESSON Psalm 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His works. ESV 8

9. MAIN LESSON 2. We are humans that are sinful and born in sin, because we are all related to the first man, Adam, who was a sinner. We don’t always do what’s right, because we are not holy like God. ESV 9

10. MAIN LESSON Romans 3:10-12 As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” ESV 10

11. MAIN LESSON 3. If we want to know what is right, we have to look at the Bible to know who God is and what He wants us to do. ESV 11

12. MAIN LESSON 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. ESV 12

13. MAIN LESSON 4. Once we trust Christ as Savior, we become holy in God’s sight. The Holy Spirit lives inside us and helps us to do what’s right and be more like Christ. ESV 13

14. MAIN LESSON Romans 8:9-11 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life ESV 14

15. MAIN LESSON ESV 15 Romans 8:9-11, continued because of righteousness. If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

16. FAITH IN ACTION 1.What does it mean that God is holy? 2.God tells us to be holy, but we are sinners. How can we be holy? 3.How does God see us after we accept Christ as our Savior? How will that affect the way you think and act in your day-to-day life? 4.Who comes to help keep us from sinning? ESV 16

17. God is holy. It’s who He is! That means He is perfect, without sin, and always right. SUM IT UP ESV 17

18. We are humans that are sinful and born in sin, because we are all related to the first man, Adam, who was a sinner. We don’t always do what’s right, because we are not holy like God. SUM IT UP ESV 18

19. If we want to know what is right, we have to look at the Bible to know who God is and what He wants us to do. SUM IT UP ESV 19

20. Once we trust Christ as Savior, we become holy in God’s sight. The Holy Spirit lives inside us and helps us to do what’s right and be more like Christ. SUM IT UP ESV 20

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