1. What is God's holiness?
God's holiness is being set apart from His creation which means He is all powerful and perfect, while
man's holiness means to be set-apart for God's purposes. Man's holiness is based on the righteousness of God. Man can't be holy apart from the grace of God.
Common attributes of God that His creatures are not:
A. God is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful
Psalm 33:6 “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.” –
B. God Is Omniscient – He Is All-Knowing
Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please”
C. God Is Omnipresent – He Is Always Everywhere
Jeremiah 23:23-24“‘Am I a God at hand,’ declares the Lord, ‘and not a God afar off? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do I not fill heaven and earth?’ declares the Lord”
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
2. What happens when people experience or sees the holiness of God?
A. We recognize our sinfulness, weaknesses, and shortcomings.
and that God is holy, powerful, perfect and righteous and we're not!
Isaiah 6:1-8
6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Peter's confession, Luke 5:1-11
B. Leads to repentance.
Repentance is turning away from sins and turning back to God.
Luke 5:31-32
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
3. God is holy, and He wants His people to be holy as well.
Mans holiness is not being perfect, but set apart for God's purpose.
Leviticus 11:45
Verse Concepts
'For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'"
1 Peter 1:15
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
4. How can we be Holy?
It is through our faith/belief/trust in Jesus Christ, it simply means once saved we're called to holy living.
2 Timothy 1:9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
It's a big deal to God!
Holiness can be found 611 times
In the book of Leviticus it's mentioned 80 times
Illustration about Holiness:
Purity is More Precious Than Life
In the forests of northern Europe and Asia lives little animal called the ermine, known for his snow-white fur in winter. He instinctively protects his white coat against anything that would soil it. Fur hunters take advantage of this unusual trait of the ermine. They don’t set a snare to catch him, but instead they find his home, which is usually a cleft in a rock or a hollow in an old tree. They smear the entrance and interior with grime. Then the hunters set their dogs loose to find and chase the ermine. The frightened animal flees toward home but doesn’t enter because of the filth. Rather than soil his white coat, he is trapped by the dogs and captured while preserving his purity. For the ermine, purity is more precious than life. (Our Daily Bread, April 21, 1997).
Moody - Lighthouses don’t blow horns
D. L. Moody once said “A holy life will make the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine.” (Source unknown)
God's holiness is being set apart from His creation which means He is all powerful and perfect, while
man's holiness means to be set-apart for God's purposes. Man's holiness is based on the righteousness of God. Man can't be holy apart from the grace of God.
Common attributes of God that His creatures are not:
A. God is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful
Psalm 33:6 “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.” –
B. God Is Omniscient – He Is All-Knowing
Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please”
C. God Is Omnipresent – He Is Always Everywhere
Jeremiah 23:23-24“‘Am I a God at hand,’ declares the Lord, ‘and not a God afar off? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do I not fill heaven and earth?’ declares the Lord”
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
2. What happens when people experience or sees the holiness of God?
A. We recognize our sinfulness, weaknesses, and shortcomings.
and that God is holy, powerful, perfect and righteous and we're not!
Isaiah 6:1-8
6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Peter's confession, Luke 5:1-11
B. Leads to repentance.
Repentance is turning away from sins and turning back to God.
Luke 5:31-32
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
3. God is holy, and He wants His people to be holy as well.
Mans holiness is not being perfect, but set apart for God's purpose.
Leviticus 11:45
Verse Concepts
'For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'"
1 Peter 1:15
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
4. How can we be Holy?
It is through our faith/belief/trust in Jesus Christ, it simply means once saved we're called to holy living.
2 Timothy 1:9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
It's a big deal to God!
Holiness can be found 611 times
In the book of Leviticus it's mentioned 80 times
Illustration about Holiness:
Purity is More Precious Than Life
In the forests of northern Europe and Asia lives little animal called the ermine, known for his snow-white fur in winter. He instinctively protects his white coat against anything that would soil it. Fur hunters take advantage of this unusual trait of the ermine. They don’t set a snare to catch him, but instead they find his home, which is usually a cleft in a rock or a hollow in an old tree. They smear the entrance and interior with grime. Then the hunters set their dogs loose to find and chase the ermine. The frightened animal flees toward home but doesn’t enter because of the filth. Rather than soil his white coat, he is trapped by the dogs and captured while preserving his purity. For the ermine, purity is more precious than life. (Our Daily Bread, April 21, 1997).
Moody - Lighthouses don’t blow horns
D. L. Moody once said “A holy life will make the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine.” (Source unknown)
