Isaiah 6:3: “Holy, holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory“.
God can do nothing that conflicts with His holy character. Since He is holy by nature, all His attributes share in that perfection. Consider the following:
(1) As a holy God, He is perfect in His righteousness. We can surrender to His will because we are confident that the answer to Abraham’s question in Genesis 18:25, “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” is an unmistakable yes.
(2) As a holy God, He is perfect in justice. The believer will be judged ” according to what he has done”, ( 2 COR. 5:10) And at the Great White Throne, the wicked will be judged,”according to his work” (Rev.20:13).
(3) As a holy God, He is perfect in truthfulness. We can take Him at His Word. Numbers 23:19 says,” God is not a man, that He should lie … Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”.
(4) As a holy God, He is perfect in His faithfulness. We read, “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. (Lam.3:22-23).
After a glimpse of God’s holiness, Isaiah cried out, “Woe is me” (Isaiah 6:5). At the end of his suffering, Job humbly confessed, “Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes”. (Job 42:6). And John the Baptist said of the Messiah, “He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry”. A healthy sense of our unworthiness before God makes us rely on the worthiness of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We can have absolute confidence in our righteous, just, truthful, and faithful God. He is holy and, therefore, worthy of all our trust.
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see; Only Thou art holy – there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, in love and in purity.
Pastor Paul Okonkwo
Independent Baptist Bible Church (IBBC),
New Haven,
Enugu
