Holiness Looks Like Christlikeness

For whom [God] foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His son (Jesus). . .Romans 8:29


"We see in Jesus the best, most practical, most human example of what it means to be holy. . .We see all the virtues of holiness perfectly aligned in Christ.  He was always gentle, but never soft.  He was bold, but never brash.  He was pure, but never prudish.  He was full of mercy but not at the expense of justice.  He was full of truth but not at the expense of grace. In everything he was submissive to his heavenly Father, and he gave everything for his sheep.  He obeyed his parents, kept the law of God, and forgave his enemies.  He never lusted, never coveted, and never lied.  In all that Jesus Christ did, during his whole life and especially as his life came to an end, he loved God with his whole being and loved his neighbor as himself.  

If somewhere down the road you forget the Ten Commandments or can't recall the fruit of the Spirit or don't seem to remember any attributes of God, you can still remember what holiness is by simply remembering his name." 

~Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness, p. 47.