GOD’S
HOLINESS

A true love for God must begin with a delight in his holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.

Jonathan Edwards

Before I begin to think and consider the love of God and the mercy and compassion of God, I must start with the holiness of God.

M. Lloyd-Jones

An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of all sin, was never invented by any of Adam’s fallen descendants.

A.W. Pink

We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the highest degree we are capable of. God’s holiness is not simply the best we know infinitely bettered. We know nothing like the divine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible and unattainable. The natural man is blind to it. He may fear God’s power and admire His wisdom, but His holiness he cannot even imagine.

A.W. Tozer