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4. Glimpses of Our God Contents 1 The Triune God 2 In the Beginning 3 God as Redeemer 4 The God of Grace and Judgment 5 The Holiness of God 6 God the Lawgiver 7 Lord of the Sabbath 8 Creation Care 9 The Bible and History 10 The Promise of Prayer 11 God as Artist 12 Love Stories 13 The Promise of His Return

5. Glimpses of Our God Our Goal {5} How grateful we should be for every bit of light He casts our way. We’ll look at some of that light. How faithfully we walk in it, is up to each of us individually.

6. Glimpses of Our God Lesson 5, February 4 Glimpses of Our God Lesson 5, February 4 The Holiness of God

7. Key Text Psalm 99:9 “Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.”

8. The Holiness of God Initial Words {55} According to Scripture, fundamental to our understanding of God is His holiness. What does it mean to say that God is holy? How does the Bible depict His holiness? And how do we, as unholy beings, relate to a God like this?

9. The Holiness of God Quick Look 1. What is Holiness? (Genesis 2:3) 2. O. T. Reactions to Holiness (Job 42:5, 6) 3. N. T. Reactions to Holiness (Luke 5:8, 9)

10. The Holiness of God 1. What is Holiness? Genesis 2:3 NKJV “Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”

11. 1. What is Holiness? To Be Set Apart {57} This text shows that something, in this case time, is “set apart” from that which is around it. The seventh day itself is no different from any other 24-hour, sunset-to- sunset period; what makes it different, “holy,” is that God declared it that way. He set it apart from the rest of the week.

12. 1. What is Holiness? To Be Set Apart {57} The Hebrew word there for “sanctified” means to “make holy” or to “declare holy.” Holiness then implies that something is special about whatever is “holy,” something that sets it apart from what isn’t holy.

13. 1. What is Holiness? To Be Set Apart {57} God is set apart from anything else in creation. He is transcendentally separate, far above and beyond anything that we can truly grasp. To be holy is to be “other,” to be different in a special way, as with the seventh-day Sabbath.

14. The Holiness of God 2. O. T. Reactions to Holiness Job 42:5, 6 NKJV “I have heard You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”

15. 2. O. T. Reactions to Holiness The Blood of the Prophets {58} Job’s response to God’s holiness in contrast to human sinfulness. Ezekiel (1:28): “I fell on my face.” Jacob (Gen 28:16, 17): “Was afraid,…‘How awesome is this place!’” Moses (Exo 34:8): “Made haste and bowed his head…and worshiped.” Daniel (10:8): “No strength.”

16. 2. O. T. Reactions to Holiness The Blood of the Prophets {58} Even though these men were faithful, godly, and righteous—their reactions to the presence of God were fear, trembling, and worship. No doubt that was because, among other things, they understood their own unworthiness and sinfulness in contrast to the holiness of God.

17. The Holiness of God 3. N. T. Reactions to Holiness Luke 5:8, 9 NKJV “When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!’ For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken.”

18. 3. N. T. Reactions to Holiness Depart From Me {59} “This miracle, above any other he had ever witnessed, was to him a manifestation of divine power.... Love for his Master, shame for his own unbelief, gratitude for the condescension of Christ, above all, the sense of his uncleanness in the presence of infinite purity, overwhelmed him.” — Desire of Ages 246.

19. 3. N. T. Reactions to Holiness When Demons Speak {60} Demons [Luke 4:31-34], who are fallen angels, remember who Jesus really is, and even they—in their nastiness, hatefulness, and rebellion—are constrained to acknowledge Him and that He is holy. So full of sin, even demons fear before the presence of God’s holiness.

20. 3. N. T. Reactions to Holiness Heavenly Beings {60} Although God is love and all heavenly beings adore Him, we can see that, around the heavenly throne of God, the worship anthem is not “God is love, love, love.” Nor do the heavenly beings cry out, “God is good, good, good.” Instead, day and night these mighty beings exclaim, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.”

21. The Holiness of God Final Words {60} How different our words, our lives, and our actions would be were we all to live with the constant sense not only of God’s presence but of His holiness, as well.