Tracing Orthodoxy - The God We Worship
The Holiness of God
There is no other attribute of God that is repeated 3 consecutive times.
The bible never says God is “love, love, love”. The bible never says that God is “wrath, wrath, wrath”. The bible never says that God is “truth, truth, truth” or “light, light, light”. But the bible does, in multiple places, say that God is “holy, holy, holy”.
THE HOLINESS OF GOD, I AM CONVINCED, IS HIS SINGLE MOST DEFINING ATTRIBUTE.
So, what does it mean? What does it mean that GOD is holy, and what does this have to do with us? I’m glad you asked.
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