Page 8 - The Holiness of God

God. For many people, the definition of God is

what they have conjured up in their own minds,

their own concept of God apart from what the

Holy Scriptures have to say.

Now, when we speak of holiness and the

holiness of God, holiness actually includes all of

God's attributes. For instance, love. When we

talk about holiness, we could talk about God’s

holy love. We could talk about His holy name.

Anger and wrath are a part of God’s attributes,

but we could talk about His holy anger and His

holy wrath. His mercy is holy. So when we

come to this subject of holiness, holiness is

connected with all of God’s attributes, and this

is very important when we think about this

subject of holiness.

Verse 11 of Exodus, chapter 15, speaks of

the redemption of the children of Israel out of

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