Holiness of God

I finally finished the book Holiness of God by R.C.

Sproul. It's been.... 6 months? since I picked up

this book with my small group and started reading

it. So long to read a pretty small book.

I loved this book. It brings about a new light of

the character of God being Holy and how every

other characteristics of God is Holy. For example,

God's Holy Justice is justified because He is God and

we are mere humans, unworthy to complain against

Him. Uzzah touching the Holy ark deserved that

death for disobeying God. Job and Jacob asked

questions that God did not answer, but instead

received rebuke. All this is justified because we

are of this sinful world, and God is a perfect being.

The last chapter of the book is called Holy Space

and Holy Time. This chapter was a great way to

end the entire book. Throughout the Bible, there

were many instances of a bridge being made from

"the merely profane to the holy, either through God's

appearance to people or through significant decisions

that set apart as holy". It is a sense of threshold from

the profane realm to the holy and pure realm through

dreams, altars, and burning bushes.

Sproul uses the example of his friend's daughter changing

from this talkative teenager to one who is in awe of the

church building she enters in. She was so in awe that she

did not even want to disturb the atmosphere of the church

with her footsteps and talking. She knew instantly when

she entered inside that she was on holy ground.

When I read that, I thought to myself, "Do I ever think that

when I step inside the church, that I am on holy ground and

an area that is so sacred that I am so careful not to be loud?"

I'm not saying that this is the only place that God will be

present, but that this is the place that every Sunday, I am

worshipping to a Holy God. Am I in such awe that it takes

much of my strength to keep me from falling on my knees of

God's presence in the church? Do I even notice the presence

of the Holy God in the church or am I too caught up in what

I have done this past week (or will do after service)?

Praise God for what He has taught me through R.C. Sproul

about His Holiness.

Thankful for:

- Mike Lee, senior guys, a place to read, water to quench my thirst, food to satisfy

my hunger