REVELATION 4:8

2/8/09  Bro.Lee

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Before we can understand what it means to be holy, we must understand what it means to say that God is Holy. In many ways holiness is God’s Central Attribute. Holiness is that which makes God, God. How important is it? Holiness is the only attribute of God mentioned in Triplicate.

Two times the Bible tells us that God is holy, holy, holy (Isaiah 6:3, Revelation 4:8) Think about that for a moment If God says something about his character once, that’s enough to settle it. When he says it twice, that’s emphasis But when he says it three times, that means it’s of supreme importance The Bible never says that God is love, love, love or mercy, mercy, mercy, or justice, justice, justice But it does say that he is holy, holy, holy. We can go a step farther and say that anything is Holy that is "set apart for God." That’s why we call the Bible the Holy Bible, it contains the Word of God We call Israel the Holy Land because it is the land. He chose for his own people. The angels are holy angels because they belong to God the Sabbath is holy because. He set it apart for. Himself and when Moses stood before the burning bush, he was told to take off his shoes because he was standing on "holy ground," ground that God had set apart for Himself.Christians are called to be holy in all ways of life, set apart from the world (1Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;)