Isaiah 6:3 And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. We consider holiness as essential to the very being of God. Holiness is originally in God. If angels are holy, God made them so. If believers are holy, God made them so. But the holiness of God is not derived; it was eternally, originally and unchangeably in Him. Let us now produce some evidence of this truth. 1. The holiness of God appears from the positive, uniform, repeated testimony of the sacred writers. 2. We refer to the original state of all rational and immortal beings. When formed by God they were holy. 3. Consider the nature of the law, originally given to man in paradise, and, long after, renewed at Sinai. It is "holy and just and good." 4. Let us take a view of the holiness of God as awfully displayed in His anger against sin and sinners. 5. But we must visit Calvary if we would behold at once the most awful and the most engaging display of the Divine holiness. It was because He was infinitely displeased with sin that the Lord was pleased to bruise His Son and put Him to grief. 6. The holiness of God appears in the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of believers, and in all the means appointed for that purpose.Practical inferences — 1. Is God so holy? then how base and sinful is the hatred of holiness! 2. Is God so holy? then what cause is there for humiliation! 3. Is God holy? then let us also be holy. (G. Burder.) Parallel Verses KJV: And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. |
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