{"id":38,"date":"2003-10-05T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2003-10-05T23:51:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-06-01T23:13:59","modified_gmt":"2007-06-02T04:13:59","slug":"the-holy-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Hulshizer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What comes to mind when we think of the word holy<\/em>? Dictionaries
\nhave great difficulty attempting to define it. Usually it is associated with divinity, but
\nnever really defined. Of course the religious world makes great use of the word, but as
\nwith many Biblical words they are but part of their jargon and empty ritual.
\n
\nMr. A.W. Tozer in his book, The Knowledge of the Holy<\/em>, makes the
\nfollowing comments in the chapter on the Holiness of God. “We know nothing like
\ndivine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible and
\nunattainable. The natural man is blind to it.<\/p>\n

“Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a
\nstandard. He is the standard. He is absolutely holy with an infinite, incomprehensible
\nfullness of purity that is incapable of being other than its is.”<\/p>\n

Ungers?s Bible Dictionary offers the following assistance.
\n“Holiness is one of the essential attributes of the divine nature. It is on one hand,
\nentire freedom from moral evil, and upon the other, absolute moral perfection.”<\/p>\n

Another has written, “The English word holy<\/em> is from the
\nAnglo-Saxon word for ?well, or whole.? Charles Ryrie asks, ?What does it
\nmean to be healthy?? It means more than not being sick. Likewise holiness is more
\nthan the absence of sin; it is a positive, healthy state of being right. This is what John
\nmeant when he said, that God is light (1?John 1:5)”<\/p>\n

Scripture informs us that in regard to absolute holiness that only God
\nis Holy (1 Sam. 2:2; Rev. 15:4). This is true of all the Persons of the Godhead. (Father,
\nJohn 17:11; Son, Acts 3:14; Spirit, Matt. 1:18). The Hebrew and Greek words used in
\nScripture would convey the idea of being separate<\/em> from impurity, sin, or moral
\nimperfection. The word sanctify<\/em>, which means “set apart” comes from one
\nof the Greek words for holy.<\/p>\n

The tabernacle is a vivid picture of this truth. When we think of the
\nsanctity of the Holy of Holies we get some small sense of God?s holiness. For one to
\nenter in a wrong fashion meant instant death<\/em> (Lev. 10:1?3). On the annual day
\nof atonement, the high priest must not enter within the veil without first making
\natonement for himself, less he die (Lev. 16:1?4).<\/p>\n

The prophet Isaiah provides us with what the natural response to the
\nholiness of God should be (Isa. 6:1?5). “Woe is me! for I am undone; because I
\nam a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine
\neyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.”<\/p>\n

We see that God Himself is pure, sinless, undefiled, and as such He is
\nthe Standard. Since God never changes, the standard will always be perfection. For God to
\nallow impurity in His presence would lower the standard and as such He would no longer be
\nholy.<\/p>\n

Being holy, God is not only separate from sin, He abhors sin and is incapable
\nof sinning<\/em>. He is opposed to sin as light is to darkness. Here we begin to fail in
\nattempting to describe one Who cannot sin. It is suggested that Adam was innocent, but not
\nholy as God is. Adam was without sin, but could, and did sin. God is without sin, and
\ncannot sin. This of course is true of God manifest in the flesh.<\/p>\n

In summary, when we think of a Holy God, think of an absolutely perfect
\nstandard, and as such, sin cannot be associated with Him. Sin cannot come into the
\npresence of God for He is Holy. It is His nature to abhor evil and delight in what is
\nright.<\/p>\n

In this regard, Darby writes, “Holiness, on the orher hand (in
\ncontrast to righteousness), is the abhorrence, in the nature, of what is evil, and delight
\nin what is good and pure.”<\/p>\n

Pink adds, “Because God is holy, acceptance with Him on the ground
\nof creature doings is utterly impossible. A fallen creature could sooner create a world
\nthan produce that which would meet the approval of infinite Purity. The best that sinful
\nman brings forth is defiled.”<\/p>\n

It is remarkable then, and a tribute to the redemptive work of Christ,
\nthat we read concerning those who have believed on Him, “Having therefore, brethren, boldness
\n<\/em>to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,?Let us draw near with a true
\nheart in full assurance<\/em> of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
\nconscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” (Heb. 10:19, 22)<\/p>\n

Amazing that we can come into the very presence of a holy God with
\nboldness and full assurance. What a Savior we have, and what a work He has done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve Hulshizer What comes to mind when we think of the word holy? Dictionaries have great difficulty attempting to define it. Usually it is associated with divinity, but never really defined. Of course the religious world makes great use of the word, but as with many Biblical words they are but part of their jargon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,5,4,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calvinism","category-godhead","category-spirit","category-the-father"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Holy God - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Holy God - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steve Hulshizer What comes to mind when we think of the word holy? Dictionaries have great difficulty attempting to define it. Usually it is associated with divinity, but never really defined. Of course the religious world makes great use of the word, but as with many Biblical words they are but part of their jargon […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-06-02T04:13:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/the-holy-god\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/the-holy-god\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"rey\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\"},\"headline\":\"The Holy God\",\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-06-02T04:13:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/the-holy-god\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":787,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\"},\"articleSection\":[\"calvinism\",\"godhead\",\"spirit\",\"the father\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/the-holy-god\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/the-holy-god\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/the-holy-god\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Holy God - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-06-02T04:13:59+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/the-holy-god\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rey Reynoso and The Bible Archive\",\"description\":\"Notes and Thoughts from An Unabashedly Plymouth Brethren Blogger\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\",\"name\":\"rey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\",\"width\":\"1000\",\"height\":\"288\",\"caption\":\"rey\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.biblearchive.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/reyreynoso\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/reybeez\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/biblerey\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Holy God - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Holy God - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","og_description":"Steve Hulshizer What comes to mind when we think of the word holy? Dictionaries have great difficulty attempting to define it. Usually it is associated with divinity, but never really defined. Of course the religious world makes great use of the word, but as with many Biblical words they are but part of their jargon […]","og_url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/","og_site_name":"Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso","article_published_time":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2007-06-02T04:13:59+00:00","author":"rey","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rey","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/"},"author":{"name":"rey","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa"},"headline":"The Holy God","datePublished":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-06-02T04:13:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/"},"wordCount":787,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa"},"articleSection":["calvinism","godhead","spirit","the father"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/","url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/","name":"The Holy God - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-06-02T04:13:59+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-holy-god\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/","name":"Rey Reynoso and The Bible Archive","description":"Notes and Thoughts from An Unabashedly Plymouth Brethren Blogger","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa","name":"rey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1","width":"1000","height":"288","caption":"rey"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.biblearchive.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso","https:\/\/x.com\/reybeez"],"url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/author\/biblerey\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbR50-C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}