Think about heaven.

As you live as a follower of Jesus and strive to be holy as God has called us to be holy, think about when you die and go to heaven. Heaven is a place of pure holiness. Heaven is holy, the angels are holy, God is holy, everything there is holy! So as we live out our lives here on the earth we should be striving for holiness!

Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Of course we do not enter heaven on our own righteousness but on the righteousness of Jesus Christ but that should not keep us from doing our very best with the power of the Holy Spirit to live holy lives right now!

Think of it like this, what if God allowed you into heaven without holiness....how could you enjoy heaven? You would be miserable! Everything and everyone is holy but you! There could be no pleasure in that!

Heaven is a holy place for holy people,to worship a holy God, so be holy!

Tom