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Originally Posted by Luke
Why can God not be holiness?
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Because Scipture states that God is holy... yet it doesn't make any ontological statement saying that God "is" holiness itself.
For example, a human being can be loving... but we are not love itself.
Now, Scripture testifies that God "is" love. God is not only loving, but God is love itself. Now, this love is "holy". In that, I agree.
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Where does the Bible in any more specific language than:
1Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
say that God's nature is love?
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Saying that God is holy speaks of an attribute. But it doesn't say that God "is" holiness itself.
Besides, the state of being holy only speaks of separateness or distinction from all else. He is indeed otherworldly. He is "holy". But what is the nature of that holiness? The nature of that holiness would flow from the essence of His very substance... which is love itself.
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