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Originally Posted by Aquila
Saying, "I am holy", is like saying, "I am loving." It speaks of an attribute. Now, if God said, "I am holiness", then it would be like saying, "I am love." Love is loving. Holiness is holy. Thus, the Word states that God is holy... but it doesn't say that the very essence of God's substance is "holiness". It states that the very essence of God's substance is love. God IS love.
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That's not how it's defined, but okay. Holiness is "the quality or state of being holy" - literal definition; that makes holiness the attribute, not holy.
We're just going around in circles.
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