Page 6 - The Holiness of God

others. To know God is the foundation of all

blessings, truth, and life. An unknown God

cannot really be worshiped, served, or trusted.

In the book of Acts in chapter 17 and verse 23,

the apostle Paul said, “I found an altar with this

inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom

therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I

unto you.” Paul was in Athens, Greece, on

Mars’ Hill with many idols and many idolaters,

and he said, “Your worship is in ignorance

because you do not know the God of the Bible,

the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” And

then the Lord Jesus said in John 17:3, “And this

is life eternal, that they might know thee the

only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou

hast sent.” It is important that we know the

God who we claim to believe in and who we

follow and who we tell others about. So any

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