Ephesians 1:4. The word holy means set aside for God. If someone has a holy nature, it is because they are set aside for God.

How Does Someone Become Holy?

God chose all us to be holy, but it is our choice. We must first realize that we fall short and acknowledge that we are a sinner. Then we can be saved and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior who died for our sins. Once saved, the sanctification process begins where the Christian takes on a holy nature and is without blame before God in love (Ephesians 1:4, "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.").

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 1:4, "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love."

The Bible says that our physical body is for the Lord (1 Corinthians 6:13, "Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body."). God made us and our body for His purpose and not for our purposes. Yes, God gave us free will which includes deciding what we do with our body, but His desire is for us to use our body in a Godly manner. This is a key part of man being holy. God desires for us to freely love Him and to make our body His holy temple. (1Corinthians 3:16,17, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.").

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 3:16, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"

If we follow common practice and our own desires without the love of God, we neglect our body. Our body reflects our love of God. Our bodies can either be a vessel that honors God or a vessel that satisfies the things that are not of God. Our body cannot be a temple of God and a vessel of unbridled sin. We will all appear before the judgment seat and receive judgment for the things done in our body (2 Corinthians 5:10, "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.").

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 5:10, "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."

John 3:38. Keeping our body as a Holy temple is a joyous experience. Just as the friend of the bridegroom is joyous for the bridegroom, we are joyous in keeping our body holy for Jesus' sake. He must increase, but I must decrease (John 3:30, "He must increase, but I must decrease.")

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: John 3:30, "He must increase, but I must decrease."