Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ???????????????????????????. 3
WHAT IS AN ATTRIBUTE? ??????????????????????... 3
Who is God? ??????????????????????????.. 4
Basic distinctions of his attributes ?????????????????.? 4
HOLINESS DEFINED ?????????????????????????.. 5
Definitions and quotes ??????????????????????... 6
Old Testament concept ??????????????????????.. 8
New Testament concept ????????????????????..?. 10
WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT HOLINESS ???????????? 10
God's words ??????????????????????????. 10
Key passages ?????????????????????????.... 13
THE IMPORTANTCE OF HOLINESS ?????????????????..? 15
What Holiness tells us about God ?????????????????? 15
The Beauty of God's Holiness ???????????????????. 16
The Challenge of God's Holiness ?????????????????? 17
THE RESPONSE OF A PEOPLE TO HOLINESS ?????????????? 18
CONCLUSION ???????????????????????????... 19
INTRODUCTION
The study of God, theology proper, is the very essence of Christianity. God as the supreme creator is without comprehension. He is the standard by which everything else is reviewed. His character is the essence of all that exists. Who He is, in our limited human understanding, can be found from a study of His attributes. His holiness is an attribute which demonstrates how he is separate from evil and from ?things of the world'.
God is a Holy God is taught throughout scripture. The purpose of this paper is to explore what it means to say "God is Holy". In Isaiah 6 the seraphim are found to be saying: "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty". Basic hermeneutics teaches that when a word is repeated then it is important. With a word bring tripled, then its importance ha ...