Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a standard. He is that standard. He is absolutely holy with an infinite, incomprehensible fullness of purity that is incapable of being other than it is. Because He is holy, His attributes are holy; that is, whatever we think of as belonging to God must be thought of as holy. God is holy and He has made holiness the moral condition necessary to the health of His universe. —Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
I. GOD'S HOLINESS IS TRANSCENDENT & PERVASIVE
God's holiness means He is “set apart” & uniquely distinct (transcendence) from all His creation. His holiness is consistent with every other attribute & pervades (is common to or widespread) in all His attributes. IOW, all God's attributes are HOLY.
II. GOD'S HOLINESS IN APPLICATION
A. Helps Us Understand Sin's Reality 1 Jn 1:8-9
B. Reminds Us of Our Abiding Responsibility Heb 13:5
C. Provokes Us to Be Separate from the World 1 Pet 1:15-16; 2 Cor 6:14-18
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Jon Cardwell was saved by God’s grace on June 3, 1985 while serving in the military as a deep sea diver in the U.S. Navy. The call to ministry came 8 years later when he was invited to serve the Lord in the Philippine mission field. Jon’s entry into pastoral ministry came...