‘Holiness in the church reveals the beauty of God’ Bill Johnson
Holiness is a beautiful thing and as we worship God in holiness his beauty is revealed. How the world needs to see a beautiful, holy God and a beautiful, holy people of God!Too often holiness is confused with righteousness and good behaviour. Holiness though means being set apart. God is set apart from all that is evil and unto all that is good. We too as holy people are consecrated and set apart to him. In Leviticus 11:44 God exhorted his people to be holy – set apart – as he is holy.
This does not mean living in ‘holy huddles’ – irrelevant to the world and unable to relate to people. It means a people who have dedicated their lives to God, who seek to honour him in all they do whether that is at home, work or school. As we seek to not be of the world though we are in the world, our witness to others will be startling different but attractive.Holiness is beautiful. God is holy – he is nothing like anything or anyone else. When Daniel and John had visions of the 'Son of Man' they were overwhelmed by what they saw and struggled to find words to describe him. He was truly awesome but also amazingly beautiful. That is the beauty of holiness.
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