1 Chronicles 15:12

Sanctify yourselves.

Personal holiness essential to sacred service

I. Personal holiness required in those who serve.

1. In heart.

2. In life.

II. Personal holiness the pattern according to which we must serve (Ephesians 5:1).

III. Personal holiness is the only condition on which we can serve.

1. By this we influence others.

2. By this we answer the end of our being. “He hath not called you to uncleanness, but unto holiness.” (J. Wolfendale.)