I am sorry, but I get the impression that the word "holy" has been used so frequently and so inappropriately that it has lost its real meaning. Holy means sanctified, set apart, consecrated, sacred, dedicated, devoted to and hallowed. God is Holy and only he can make us holy (Lev. 20:8). The righteousness that he requires for us to dwell with him for eternity is not something we can ever merit or earn but is imputed to us by his grace through faith. Our good works are a testament to others of the new nature that has been born within us and it comes from his very own spirit. These works do not cause the sanctification or holiness they are proof of his working within us. The blood of Christ alone sanctifies us, makes us holy in his sight.
Amen!!!
.. and of us choosing to walk in these works (Eph 2:10). He who enters heaven is holy, and the only way to heaven is to come out a sheep according to Matthew 25. Yes, I agree that all that sactification wouild not be possible without Christ being holiness itself. We "partake of his nature" (2 Peter 1:4)