Date: May 20, 2024

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, power, and dominion forever and ever, and to the Holy Ghost, who still abides in us. This week, we delve into a crucial topic: “Holiness.” This message expounds that “The Highway of Holiness is Christ-centered.”

The union with Jesus Christ leads to imitating Him in every way. By being united with Christ spiritually, we can follow His example of holiness. Jesus Christ is not just a teacher or display of the Highway of Holiness; instead, He is the very Highway of Holiness itself. In John 14:6, Jesus says, “…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”  The only way to progress on the Highway to Holiness is through spiritual union with Jesus Christ because He is the Highway. 

Romans 6:1-5 teaches the mystery of our spiritual union with Jesus Christ by faith. Paul says in Romans 6:1, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” Then Romans 6:5 teaches the union, “For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.”  This verse tells us we died in Jesus Christ by faith, by baptism union, we died, we’re dead to sin forever. Now, we can also rise spiritually with Jesus Christ and walk in life’s newness.

Hence, the battle lies within the mind when it comes to union with Jesus Christ. Romans 6:11 says, “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”  Therefore, we must consider ourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Jesus Christ. Keep this thought forefront in your mind.

As we conclude this week’s message, let us remember the powerful words, “…with God, all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). This is the essence of our journey towards holiness.

In His Service,

Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem

General Chief Overseer/Senior Bishop