{"id":2866,"date":"2019-01-29T13:16:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T18:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2019-01-29T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T18:16:34","slug":"holiness-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2866","title":{"rendered":"Holiness: Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2866' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Vijay Chandra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOLINESS IN BIBLE: SET APART <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Old Testament, holiness is spoken of primarily in\nrelation to God. \u201cTHE LORD our God is holy\u201d (Psalm 99:9). Holiness is God\u2019s\nvery nature\u2014the very foundation of His being. Thrice, intensely holy is the\nLord (Isaiah 6:3). God is Holiness. Holiness is God\u2019s permanent crown. It is\nthe \u2018shining of all His perfection\u2019 as the Puritans used to say. Holiness is\nthe backdrop for all else the Bible declares about God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Old Testament concept of divine holiness\npresents three main truths about God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First, <em>it denotes\nthe <strong>separateness or otherness of God\nfrom all His creation<\/strong><\/em>. The most common Hebrew word for <em>holy <\/em>(<em>\u2018qados\u2019<\/em>) has its most fundamental meaning to be separate or apart.\nGod is above and beyond all His creation. Nothing is like Him (Deuteronomy\n4:35,39, 1 Kings 8:60, Isaiah 45:5-6, 14, 18, 22, 46:9, Joel 2:27). <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Secondly,\nit denotes God\u2019s total \u2018apartness\u2019 from all that is unclean or evil. God is\nmoral perfection. His holiness is total righteousness and purity (Isaiah 5:16,\nHabakkuk 1:13). <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Thirdly,\ndue to God\u2019s being set apart by nature and from all sin, He is unapproachable\nby sinners \u2018apart from holy sacrifice\u2019 (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22). Only\nwith bloody, life-giving sacrifice can the holy God justly dwell among sinners\n(Romans 6:23)\u2014and that for Christ\u2019s sake, the Sacrifice that was to come. In\nand through the coming Messiah, the unique and perfect God of Israel can live\namong His chosen people. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this threefold concept of God as the Holy One, it naturally follows that all associated with God [that is \u2018divine phenomena\u2019] must also be holy. God\u2019s instituted sabbath is \u2018holy sabbath\u2019 (Exodus 16:23), His home is \u2018holy heaven\u2019 (Psalm 20:6), His name is holy (Exodus 20:7). So too, his church is called to be a \u2018holy assembly\u2019 (Exodus 12:16). His covenant people is a \u2018<em>holy peopl<\/em>e\u2019 (Deuteronomy 7:6). Israel, God\u2019s <em>covenant people,<\/em> is called to <em>holiness by means of holy \u2018separation\u2019 from sin<\/em> (Deuteronomy 7:6),<em> holy<\/em> <em>consecration to God<\/em> (Leviticus 11:44), holy \u2018worship\u2019 and \u2018inner holiness\u2019 or cleansing (Leviticus 16:30, Psalm 24:3-4).<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2866' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><span class=\"fb_share\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2866\" layout=\"box_count\"><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Vijay Chandra HOLINESS IN BIBLE: SET APART In the Old Testament, holiness is spoken of primarily in relation to God. \u201cTHE LORD our God is holy\u201d (Psalm 99:9). Holiness is God\u2019s very nature\u2014the very foundation of His being. Thrice, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2866\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4036,160,4038,4257],"tags":[4483],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-living","category-doctrinal-discussions","category-principles-of-christian-living","category-vijay-chandra-articles","tag-vijay-chandra-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}