Be Holy as I Am Holy

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

God's law calls us to be exactly what we were made to be: people who reflect the holy character of our Creator. Today, R.C. Sproul explores the relationship between the image of God and the law of God.

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0:00.0	We, as God's creatures who bear his image, are called to mirror and to reflect his character.
0:13.7	When God gathered the nation at Sinai and gave to them his law and constituted them as a unique commonwealth among all of the
0:25.8	nations of the world.
0:27.0	He said to his people, you shall be holy, even as I am holy.
0:35.5	This was not a new calling. That responsibility of being holy because God is holy was rooted and grounded
0:46.4	in creation itself. When God made us and fashioned us, he said, let us make man in our own image. An image is a likeness of something.
1:04.0	Being created in the image of God, among other things, means that we as God's creatures who bear his image are called to mirror
1:14.7	and to reflect his character. We are to mirror and reflect his holiness. You've been listening to Ultimately with R.C. Spruill.
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