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Friday, December 16, 2011

Holiness Of God

Holiness is God's central attribute. One writer actually defines it this way. "Holiness is that which makes God God.Holy means the pure, loving nature of God, separate from evil. To be holy means to be separate from evil. Therefore, we need to separate ourselves from evil, by not associating with evil. God is absolutely separated and is above from all his creatures and he is exalted above in infinite majesty."Who among the gods is like you, O LORD ? Who is like you; majestic in holiness, awesome in glory" (Exodus 15:11).


In Isaiah 6:3, the angels were calling to one another,
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."
This is the only time in the Bible an attribute of God being repeated three times. The Bible say that God is love, but not love, love, love. According to Jewish custom, when they wanted to emphasize a point they repeated it two times. Jesus said, "Truly, truly I say unto you" This mean it is absolutely truly what he was going to say. But here in Isaiah Gods holiness is repeated not to the second degree but to the third degree, which means he is infinitely holy.The holiness of God is somewhat different than all His other attributes, as God is holy in all His attributes. He is holy in His Goodness, holy in his Justice, holy in His Wrath, etc., He is majestic in His Holiness, because His name is Holy. In the past the name of a person reflects the character of that individual. Gods name is holy, that means all what he thinks and does is holy.We can never fully understand the holiness of God. It is immeasurable.

The holiness of God is directly related to His righteousness, God alone is to be worshipped. He alone is separate from evil, but He tells us to be holy like Him.Since God never tells us to do something we are unable to do, we have to commit ourself to separate from evil and trust that He will enable us to do just that.The holiness of God humbles our pride and unveils our hypocrisy, but demonstrates the absolute perfection of God. Repentance begins at the feet of the Holy God.

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