There are two extremes in the body of Christ: the first focuses on the efforts of the believer while the second extreme neglects the response of a believer to the lavish grace we’ve received.

Both extremes are wrong as one doesn’t go without the other. The Bible emphasizes both kinds of holiness.

The first holiness is the holiness as a result of a choosing which is imputed into us and made us at right standing with him. It is therefore a gift we received.

The second holiness is the moral holiness which should show in our lives because of God’s standard of holiness that has been imputed in us. The second holiness is a response to the first holiness. Therefore, they go together.