Sinful housework

[n david]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Again, the Bible says that "God is love". Now, God is holy. But holiness isn't some metaphysical state of purity. Holiness simply means, separate. Distinct from everything else. God is holy. God is holy regarding His love, which is infinite. God is holy with regards to His omniscience. God is holy with regards to His omnipotence. God is holy with regards to His oneness. God is holy. But God isn't holiness. God is love.

You keep changing words from "Holy" to "Holiness," which IMO changes the meaning from an absolute to an attribute. God is Holy - an absolute. He is holy in justice. He is holy in love. He is altogether holy. Through that, His holiness is shown. Partly semantics, but I believe there to be a difference with you substituting an attribute for the absolute.

“Holiness” is derived from the same root word in both the Hebrew and the Greek; “holy, hallowed, holiness, consecrate, saint, sanctify, and sanctification.” While the basic idea of the word is the same, there really is some variant in the meaning of the word “Holy.”

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God said "I AM Holy." Seven times in the Bible it's written that God is holy. Only twice do you find where it's written He is love.

RC Sproul said it well:

“On a handful of occasions the Bible repeats something to the third degree. To mention something three times is to elevate it to the superlative degree, to attach to it emphasis of super importance…Only once in sacred Scripture is an attribute of God elevated to the third degree. Only once is a characteristic of God mentioned three times in succession. The Bible says that God is holy, holy, holy. Not that He is merely holy, or even holy, holy. He is holy, holy, holy. The Bible never says that God is love, love, love, or mercy, mercy, mercy, or wrath, wrath, wrath, or justice, justice, justice. It does say that He is holy, holy, holy, the whole earth is full of His glory.”21

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