A Call to Holiness Without Mixture

Sarah Bell
Jan 6
4 min read

STOP.

Stop the compromise. Stop the mixture.

People of God, holiness has always cost something. Scripture does not hide this. We are told plainly, “As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct” (1 Peter 1:15). Holiness is not a suggestion—it is a calling.

Yes, it can be painful. Dying to the flesh is uncomfortable. Obedience often feels like loss before it feels like freedom. But what is far more painful than holiness is living with the consequences of our own choices. God is not mocked. “Whatever one sows, that will he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). Compromise always produces fruit—and it is never good fruit.“You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house…”(1 Peter 2:5)

Partial Obedience Is Still Disobedience

We cannot keep calling partial obedience surrender. This is not a season for blurred lines. Scripture tells us to “strive for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).

If there is something you know is a sin for you, stop.If something is hovering near temptation, feeding the flesh, or dulling conviction, Scripture says to “abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:22).

Delayed obedience is still disobedience.

Sobriety Over Comfort

Sobriety matters more than comfort, and Scripture is clear about this.“Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).

We are repeatedly warned to be sober-minded and alert because the enemy preys on dulled discernment (1 Peter 5:8). When something becomes your way to relax, escape, or feel peace instead of the Holy Spirit, it has crossed from liberty into compromise.

Jesus did not die to make us comfortable—He died to make us free.

The Words We Speak Reveal the Heart

What comes out of our mouths matters. Scripture says, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34).

Cussing, slander, gossip—these are not personality quirks; they are indicators of what is ruling the heart. We are commanded, “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only what is good for building up” (Ephesians 4:29).

Careless speech grieves the Holy Spirit and tears down what God is trying to purify.

Anything That Controls You Must Be Laid Down

Yes—anything that controls you must be laid down. Scripture gives us a sobering standard:“‘All things are lawful for me,’ but I will not be dominated by anything” (1 Corinthians 6:12).

Your body is not your own.“Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20).

If something soothes you more than God, calms you more than prayer, or rules you more than the Spirit, it has become an idol.

Crucifying the Flesh Leads to Freedom

Dying to the flesh is not just a Christian phrase. Scripture says plainly, “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24).

Yes, there may be discomfort.

Yes, there may be detox.

But freedom is always on the other side of surrender.

And you are not called to do this alone.

Empowered by the Holy Spirit

Jesus promised us the Helper. The Holy Spirit empowers what our will cannot sustain.“For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13).

Self-control is not human grit—it is fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23).

When we yield, He strengthens.

When we surrender, He reigns.

A Call to Separation

This is the hour the Church must hear the call:“Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord” (2 Corinthians 6:17).

We cannot serve two masters.

The question is no longer what is allowed—the question is who is Lord.

“Choose this day whom you will serve” (Joshua 24:15).

God is not shaming His Church—He is purifying her. Let holiness cost you something now, so compromise does not cost you everything later.

It is time.

No more mixture.

A Prayer of Consecration

The Word says I am not my own, for I was bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:19–20). I belong to You. I present my body as a living sacrifice—holy and acceptable to God (Romans 12:1).

I declare now:

I will not be mastered by anything but Christ.
I will be sober-minded, alert, and self-controlled.
I will walk in the fear of the Lord, not the approval of people.

I renounce every habit, appetite, addiction, and pattern that competes with Your lordship. I break agreement with compromise. I come out from mixture. I choose separation unto You.

I receive Your grace to obey.

I receive Your power to endure.

I receive Your joy that comes from righteousness.

I declare that whom the Son sets free is free indeed (John 8:36). I walk forward cleansed, consecrated, and empowered by the Holy Spirit.

I belong to You.

My life is not my own.

My “yes” is on the altar.

In Jesus’ mighty name,

Amen.

Pastor Sarah Bell