God of Holiness

The Hebrew word for holy is “qadowsh” or qadosh” meaning BRIGHTNESS or SEPARATEDNESS. Brightness suggests the unapproachable God who dwells in thick darkness & clothes in light (Ps. 104:2; 1 Tim. 6:16). Separatedness is the positive quality which distinguishes or defines God. He is beyond all things. No one can compare with the God who lacks nothing, yet overflow with all His excellencies. (Ex. 1511; Isa. 40:12, 18)


THE HOLINESS OF GOD
The radiance of all His attributes, working in perfect harmony, perfect purity, perfect potency & perfect gladness is His holiness. The holiness of God is not just an attribute of God, but it is the glorious combination of all His attributes into one perfect whole. As all His attributes proceed from the absolute, so all converge & meet in holiness.


THE BEAUTY OF GOD
Beauty is the combination of elements according to the laws of harmony. The more beautiful the parts or elements, & the more perfect the harmonious, the higher the beauty. As the beauty of God is the perfect combination of all of God’s infinite perfections, how high & glorious, therefore must be the beauty of God!


A HOLY GOD DRAW NEAR
God’s Personality is filled with infinite splendour, majesty beauty & sovereign power. God wants us to know certain aspects of His Personhood. The Scriptures teach us that knowing God’s glorious Personality profoundly impacts our lives by changing the way we think & feel about Him. This change will impact every area of our lives.

God is a real Person with a real Personality. His Personhood is the CENTER of all created purpose & order. Nothing could be more essential than to intimately know this Person n His infinite beauty & majesty splendour. It is the gift of God for the Holy Spirit to reveal the deep things of God to the Body of Christ. (1 Cor. 2:10)

The basic premise of the 1 John 3:2 principle – seeing aspects of God’s infinite splendour & beauty has a powerful transforming impact in our lives. God subdues & conquers the heart of His people by simply letting them see a small glimpse of Himself (Col. 3:10; 2 Cor. 3:18; Isa. 6:1-8; Rev. 1:12-18; 4:1-11; Ezek. 1:1-8). God’s Personality is filled with divine excellence & perfection that can be known & proclaimed. (1 Peter 2:9; Eph. 3:8)


5 ASPECTS OF GOD'S GLORIOUS BEAUTY TO BEHOLD (2 Cor. 3:18)
1. God’s PASSIONS – His ravished heart of passionate affection in His relationships. E.G. Jesus, Holy Spirit & the Church

2. God’s PLEASURES – His exuberant happiness & delight over His works.
a. Concerning Jesus – His eternal exaltation, His incarnation, His ministry, His redemptive death, etc.

b. Concerning the Church – the progressive plan of maturity unto eternal partnership with Jesus.

c. Concerning the progressive triumph & reign of holiness in His eternal Kingdom.

d. Concerning His creation – angels, earth, etc.

e. Concerning the administration of His rule & leadership of History.

3. God’s PERSONAL SPLENDOUR – His infinite beauty concerning His Personhood.
a. Omniscience – infinite knowledge, wisdom & understanding.

b. The beauty of His infinite love, purity, faithfulness, holiness, justice & creativity in perfect proportion & harmony.

c. His incomprehensible condescension, humility & kindness.

4. God’s MAJESTY POWER – His sovereign Omnipotence that has no limit.
a. Omnipotence

b. Sovereignty

5. God’s TRANSCENDENT PRESENCE – His eternal Omnipresence.
a. His self-existence

b. His self-sufficiency

c. His eternal & infinite qualities

d. His immutability

e. Divine transcendence

f. His omnipresence

g. His self-disclosing knowability