Without Holiness

Before I say anything else I must say that it is true that without holiness no one will see the Lord.  The writer of Hebrews makes that clear.  However, it cannot be our holiness.  There are holy men who are not Christians who will not see the Lord because they have trusted in their own holiness.  We must be holy, we are called to be holy but while we know that we must be holy we fail over and over again.  We fail in so many ways so does that mean will not see the Lord?
The holiness we need is His holiness.  Now you may quote Peter who says, "Be holy, because I am holy".  1 Peter 1:16.  Remember a holy God will have a holy people. 
The writer of Hebrews says, "And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."  Hebrews 10:10.  We have been made holy not by what we have done but by what He has done for us.  Therefore, we can be holy.
So what about those that fall into habitual sin?  Are they a holy people?  Again let me ask you, are you a holy person apart from Jesus Christ.  We can admonish those who fall into habitual sin not to do it again but once again they fail.  We can pray for victory but what they really need is to have such a love fro the Lord that they will no longer want to sin.
It is true that we cannot see God without being a holy people but the myth is that we can make ourselves holy.  Only God can do that.