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God’s holiness is manifested at the Cross.
Wondrously and yet most solemnly does the Atonement display God’s infinite holiness and abhorrence of sin.
How hateful must sin be to God for Him to punish it to its utmost deserts when it was imputed to His Son!
Not all the vials of judgment that have or
shall be poured out upon the wicked world, nor the flaming furnace of a sinner’s conscience,
nor the irreversible sentence pronounced against the rebellious demons, nor the groans of the damned creatures, give such a demonstration of God’s hatred of sin, as the wrath of God let loose upon His Son.
Never did Divine holiness appear more beautiful and lovely than at the time our Savior's countenance was most marred in the midst of His dying groans.
This He Himself acknowledges in Ps. 22:1-3
When God had turned His smiling face from Him, and thrust His sharp knife into His heart, which forced that terrible cry from Him, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”
He adores this perfection—”Thou art holy,” v. 3(Stephen Charnock).
Because God is holy He hates all sin.
He loves everything which is in conformity to His law, and loathes everything which is contrary to it.
His Word plainly declares, “The froward is an abomination to the Lord” (Prov.
3:32).
And again, “The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord” (Prov.
15:26).
It follows, therefore, that He must necessarily punish sin.
Sin can no more exist without demanding His punishment than without requiring His hatred of it.
God has often forgiven sinners, but He never forgives sin; and the sinner is only forgiven on the ground of Another having borne his punishment; for “without shedding of blood is no remission” (Heb.
9:22).
Therefore we are told, “The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies” (Nahum 1:2).
For one sin God banished our first parents from Eden.
For one sin all the posterity of Canaan, a son of Ham, fell under a curse which remains over them to this day (Gen.
9:21).
For one sin Moses was excluded from Canaan, Elisha’s servant smitten with leprosy, Ananias and Sapphira cut off out of the land of the living.
Unregenerate sinners cannot conceive of God’s
holiness, much less begin to believe in it.
Many, then, presume that God’s character is one-sided, that His merciful disposition will override everything else, and thus there is no cause for much alarm.
“Thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself” (Ps.
50:21) is God’s charge against them.
They think only of a “god” patterned after their own evil hearts.
Hence their continuance in a course of mad folly.
Such is the holiness ascribed to the Divine nature and character in the Scriptures that it clearly demonstrates their superhuman origin.
The character attributed to the “gods” of the ancients and of modern non-Christians is the very reverse of that immaculate purity which pertains to the true God.
An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of all sin, was never invented by any of Adam’s fallen descendants!
The fact is that nothing makes more manifest the terrible depravity of man’s heart and his enmity against the living God than to have set before him One who is infinitely and immutably holy.
His own idea of sin is practically limited to what the world calls “crime.”
Anything short of that man palliates as “defects,” “mistakes,” “infirmities,” etc.
And even where sin is owned at all, excuses and justifications are made for it.
The “god” which the vast majority of professing
Christians “love” is looked upon very much like
an indulgent old man, who himself has no relish for folly, but leniently winks at the
“indiscretions” of youth.
But the Word says, “Thou hatest all workers of iniquity” (Ps.
5:5).
And again, “God is angry with the wicked every day” (Ps.
7:11).
But men refuse to believe in this God, and gnash their teeth when His hatred of sin is faithfully pressed upon their attention.
No, sinful man was no more likely to devise a holy God than to create the Lake of fire in which he will be tormented for ever and ever.
Because God is holy, acceptance with Him on the ground of creature-doings is utterly impossible.
A fallen creature could sooner create a world than produce that which would meet the approval of infinite Purity.
Can darkness dwell with Light?
Can the Immaculate One take pleasure in “filthy rags” (Isa.
64:6)?
The best that sinful man brings forth is defiled.
A corrupt tree cannot bear good fruit.
God would deny Himself, vilify His perfections, were He to account as righteous and holy that which is not so in itself; and nothing is so which has the least stain upon it contrary to the nature of God.
But blessed be His name, that which His holiness demanded His grace has provided in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Every poor sinner who has fled to Him for refuge stands “accepted in the Beloved” (Eph.
1:6).
Hallelujah.
Because God is holy the utmost reverence
becomes our approaches unto Him.
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all about Him” (Ps.
89:7).
Then “Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy” (Ps.
99:5).
Yes, “at His footstool,” in the lowest
posture of humility, prostrate before Him.
When Moses would approach unto the burning bush, God said, “put off thy shoes from off thy feet” (Ex.
3:5).
He is to be served “with fear” (Ps.
2:11).
Of Israel His demand was, “I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and before all the people I will be glorified” (Lev.
10:3).
The more our hearts are awed by His ineffable holiness, the more acceptable will be our approaches unto Him.
Because God is holy we should desire to be
conformed to Him.
His command is, “Be ye holy, for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16).
We are not
bidden to be omnipotent or omniscient as God is, but we are to be holy, and that “in all
manner of deportment” (1 Peter 1:15).
This is the prime way of honouring God.
We do not so glorify God by elevated admirations, or eloquent expressions, or pompous services of Him, as when we aspire to a conversing with Him with unstained spirits, and live to Him in living like Him (Stephen Charnock).
Then as God alone is the Source and Fount of holiness, let us earnestly seek holiness from Him;
let our daily prayer be that He may “sanctify us wholly;
and our whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess.
5:23)
THE MEANING OF HOLY
The word “holy” comes from the Hebrew word qadosh, which means, “separated, marked off, placed apart, or withdrawn from common use.”
With regard to God, the word has two important meanings:
God is transcendent above His creation and above His creation’s corruption.
God Is Transcendent Above His Creation
The word “transcendence” comes from the Latin verb transcendere (trans = over + scandere = to climb), which means, “to go beyond, rise above, or exceed.”
As Creator, God is above His creation and totally distinct from every created being.
The distinction between God and the rest of His creation is not merely quantitative (the same, but greater), but qualitative (God is a completely different Being).
Regardless of their splendor, all other beings on earth and in heaven are mere creatures.
God alone is God—separate, transcendent, and unapproachable.
Holiness is the preeminent attribute of God and the greatest truth that we can ever learn about Him.
Every other divine attribute that we have studied and will study is simply an expression of His holiness in that it demonstrates that He is distinct from His creation and absolutely separate—a completely different Being.
The triune nature of God is an expression of His holiness—is there any created being so incomprehensible, mysterious, and wonderful?
To say that God is spirit is to express another aspect of His holiness—is there any created being so free and unhindered?
God’s perfection, eternal nature, self-existence, immutability, omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience are all expressions of His holiness—is there any created being so great and worthy of reverence?
As we continue our study of the attributes of God and as we walk before Him, we must keep in mind this one great truth—God is holy, and all that He is and does is an expression of His holiness!
God Is Transcendent Above Creation’s Corruption
The holiness of God means that He transcends the moral corruption of His creation and is separated from all that is profane and sinful.
God cannot sin, cannot take pleasure in sin, and cannot have fellowship with sin.
It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of God’s holiness.
What we understand about this attribute will influence every aspect of our relationship with God.
As the Scriptures declare in Proverbs 9:10, “The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
THE HOLINESS OF GOD
It is important to understand that God’s holiness is intrinsic or inherent (i.e.
inward, essential, or belonging to His nature).
Holiness is not merely something that God decides to be or do; it is essential to who He is—He is holy.
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