Holiness

The Attributes That Are True of God and (in a limited way): Holiness

Holiness means that God is free from all moral evil. He is moral perfection, and absolute purity. He is the center and essence of high moral character. His holiness is: active, intrinsic, un-created, and untarnished.One may ask, "But what is holiness?" Holiness is the eternal conformity of His being with His will. It becomes the basses for all ethical, and moral standards in man. We, of course, have all fallen short of this standared.

Positive and Negative

Some will say, "Brother John you are so negative." My friends the Bible is both positive and negative.

Holiness is Positive: God loves holiness and desires it for His people (see Proverbs 15:9).

Holiness is Negative: God hates sin and all evil (Habakkuk 1:13).

Ever try starting a car after you remove the negative cable?

The Scope

The Scope of Holiness: Holiness is co-extensive with all the other attributes, it is involved with all of them. All of them in one way or another reflect His holiness. His love is holy love, His wrath is holy wrath, His goodness is holy goodness, etc. etc.

Scriptures

Where God is, is holy ground (Ex. 3:5).

God's people are to be holy people (Lev. 11:44-45; 19:2; Josh. 24:19).

There is none holy as the LORD (1Sam. 2:2; Ps.22:3; 47:8).

God makes oaths based on His own holiness (Ps. 89:35).

His holiness is the motive for worship (Ps. 99:9).

His name is holy (Ps. 111:9).

He is holy, holy, holy (Is. 6:3; Is. 41:14; Hab. 1:12; Rev. 4:8; Rev. 6:10; 15:4).

Applications

There is a chasm between God and man (Is. 59: 1-2).

Man must approach God in holiness. Since he cannot do this, he must rely on the merits of another, the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5: 1-2; Eph. 2:18; Heb. 10: 19-23).

God is to be addressed with reverence and godly fear (Heb. 12:28-29).

We are to live a holy life before God and man (Rom. 6:13; 1Tim. 6:11).

The question we must ask about any attitude, thought, word, or deed is, "Is it holy?" (Lev. 11: 44).

Now, I hope this dispels any fabricated myth that is often asserted that dispensationalists accept or excuse sloppy Christian living, we do NOT!

Stay salty,
brother John