THE HOLINESS OF GOD

Theology is the study of God and His relationship to the universe, mankind, etc.  Frankly, many have ignorantly created God in their own image. Here are two examples, “If God loved us so much, then why would He let people suffer,” or “If I am a good person and believe in God, then I am going to go to heaven because God is a God of Love.”

The problem is we can focus on God’s love and fail to understand there is something much greater to understand about God…His Holiness!!!

Perhaps God’s holiness has been ignored in recent years because of its necessary association with his justice.  If God is truly holy, He must also be just, punishing sin in order to keep His moral purity (Lev. 11:44; Deu. 18:13; 1 Pet. 1:14-16).  We must not ignore the holiness of God, because it is central to all other attributes of God.  The attribute of holiness is above all others, and is the only attribute in scripture to be raised to the level of triple pronouncement  (Isa.6:3; Rev. 4:8).

His love is a holy love. His grace is a holy grace. His anger is a holy anger. His justice is a holy justice. We can be certain when we all fall before Him and worship Him in the Great Day of judgment, we will be bowing down before a Holy God and confessing the name of His Son to His glory (Phil. 2:10, 11).

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory” – Isaiah 6:3.

- Shane