The Attributes of God: The Holiness of God, Part 3

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3. Manifestation of God’s holiness.

a. By . Everything that God has created and made is perfect, holy. God did not create sin. God did not create which is in the unsaved man. God created man, who, has sinned. Man, by sinning, has passed on to man that perverted nature, that , or as we have called it, that “sinful” nature. Yes, God created man who was . If God had created man so that man could not have sinned, then He would have made a rather than . And if God had created man so that man could not sin and yet was not a machine, man would not only have been like God, but he would have been God Himself. God does not make God. Man is inferior to God. God cannot sin; that is His nature. Man would be God if he could not have sinned.

b. By . All the laws are right — they are truth. There is not a single untruth in the whole of God’s laws. Thus God’s laws .

c. By . Do you know one reason why fellow Christians are tolerant toward the sins of another, or toward the sins of the unbelievers? It is because they do not hate sin as God hates it. Often we say that God hates sin, but He doesn’t hate the sinner. That is not true. God does hate the sinner; “The : thou hatest all workers of iniquity” (). This may be a revelation to some of us. God hates the sinner , and not . God hates the sinner, but He loves him, too, because He knows that man is , although . Why does God punish the sinner? Because of the sinner’s sins! God thus hates sin, no matter where it may be found, whether in the life of , or in the life of ! God’s attitude and conduct toward sin reveal the .

d. By . God loves righteousness as much as He hates sin: “Hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and , to give him according to his righteousness” (); “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows... For God is to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister” ().


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