together with holiness is God’s call. Twice in Deuteronomy God identifies Israel as “holy” based on their call to be his people (Deut 7:6; 14:2), and God makes it clear that their status as holy and chosen is not because of something they did, but because God loved them (7:6–8). Their status as a holy people, therefore, makes them separate and different from everyone else. Too often we think of holiness as something that we do or earn. But the biblical picture is not that way. Holiness is a status