An Important Note To Students And Teachers
Isaiah 6:1-3 In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another and said, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory."
Revelation 4:8-11 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come." And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."
1 Corinthians 15:28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.
The subject of this series, The Holy God, rarely is the subject of study in an adult class. Infrequently is it the central subject for most of the sermons delivered in congregations of the Church of Christ. That is most unfortunate.
Why is this unfortunate? For two primary reasons: (1) we never give God's holy nature much thought. The end result is that most of our concepts about God are built on assumption instead of complete biblical information. (2) We selfishly make the core of salvation about us. We may be shocked to discover that the core of salvation is about the rightful position of the Holy God.
If the creation had fulfilled God's intent and design when He brought life into existence, there would have been no fall and there would have been no need for a judgment. The Holy God always would have been in His rightful, honored position of the "all in all." The core of salvation is primarily about restoring God to His rightful position. His people honor Him as their "all in all." The life of every individual Christian allows God to teach him or her how to be the human God intended when He brought us into being.
Sin is destroyed in us by God's forgiveness so we can humbly honor His holiness. We are redeemed so that we can exalt God as the "all in all." We are justified through Jesus' blood so that we can forever journey closer to the nature of the Holy God. Our salvation is a wonderful consequence of seeking to restore God to His rightful position and role in our lives.
The Holy God seeks our eternal good. We are the "best we can be" when God's position in our lives is the "all in all." We get glimpses of who we can be only if we see God in His holiness. It is in His holiness that we can find purity.
