Let me start this portion with a quote from this amazing leader in the church community -- A.W. Towzer
"Neither the writer nor the reader of these words is qualified to appreciate the holiness of God. Quite literally a new channel must be cut through the desert of our minds to allow the sweet waters of truth that will heal our great sickness to flow in. We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the highest degree we are capable of. God’s holiness is not simply the best we know infinitely bettered. We know nothing like the divine holiness. It stands apart, unique,
unapproachable, incomprehensible and unattainable. The natural man is blind to it. He may fear God’s power and admire His wisdom, but His holiness he cannot even imagine."
Seven out of every twelve references to the name of God in the Old Testament refer to Him as holy. In Him there is nothing that is untrue, destructive, or imperfect. There is an essential purity by which all else gains its definition of good and evil. He cannot lie and will not commit wrong.
We should strive to maintain an attitude that worships and represents God’s beauty of holiness and remember that the beauty of holiness associated with our right standing standing with God, were purchased by Christ at great cost - all because of God's grace and mercy.
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