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The Real GodHow He Longs for You to See HimThe Holiness of God(Part 4)Personal Study GuidePart 4 The Holiness of GodRead the following introduction then watch the video using pages 2, 3 & 4 to take notes. Usethe information on page 5 to dig deeper during the week and page 6 to discuss with a friend.Defining the Holiness of God:“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’spower and admire His wisdom, but His holiness he cannot even imagine.”A. W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy Root Word: to divide, to mark off, to set apart from all else; it’s the opposite ofprofane – or to be common or ordinary – to be holy is to be different, distinct, orunique from the common or ordinary. The Holiness of God is that which divides Him from everyone and everything else.It is the quality of God being different, distinct, unique – one of a kind.Who among the gods is like you, O LORD?Who is like you -- majestic in holiness,awesome in glory, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 God’s Holiness refers to both His majesty and moral purity. Holiness is the absoluteabsence of evil (1 John 1:5) and encompasses and defines all that is pure, whole,righteous, and healthy in the universe.For more resources, go to LivingontheEdge.orgCopyright 2017 Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge1
The Real GodHow He Longs for You to See Him(Part 4)The Holiness of GodWatch Session 4 of The Real God and Take notes below.How does God reveal His holiness to us? Through SUPERNATURAL ENCOUNTERSo Moses’ lifeo Isaiah’s crisis Through PLACESoooooo Exodus 3Isaiah 6The burning bushThe Red SeaThe TabernacleSolomon’s TempleThe Church gatheredHeavenThrough the LAWExodus 3Exodus 14Exodus 252 Chronicles 3Acts 3:23-31Revelation 4Exodus 20o 10 CommandmentsLeviticusDeuteronomy Through the PROPHETSIsaiahJeremiahZechariah Through His WRATH and JUDGMENTo Old Testament:AchanIsrael’s Diasporao New Testament: Ananias & SapphiraThe Church Disciplined Through His SONooooooo Joshua 7Nehemiah 1Acts 51 Corinthians 11a holy birtha holy lifea holy sneak previewan unholy deatha holy resurrectiona holy ascensiona holy priesthoodIsaiah 7:14John 8:46Mark 9:2-102 Corinthians 5:21John 20:26-31Hebrews 4:14-16Hebrews 9:11-28Through His PEOPLEo Then:o Now:For more resources, go to LivingontheEdge.orgCopyright 2017 Chip Ingram and Living on the EdgeIsaiah 6:1-61 Corinthians 6:18-202
The Real GodHow He Longs for You to See HimThe Holiness of God(Part 4)God’s holiness raises two important questions:1. If God is so holy that He cannot even gaze at sin, how can sinful people like us havea relationship with Him?For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for theungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man/ though perhapsfor the good man someone would dare even to die. But Goddemonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yetsinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justifiedby His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through thedeath of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall besaved by His life.Romans 5:6-102. If trusting in Christ’s work on the cross blots out our sin before God and we are holyin His sight, why do we keep on sinning? Justification: holiness Sanctification:holiness Glorification: holinessFor more resources, go to LivingontheEdge.orgCopyright 2017 Chip Ingram and Living on the Edgestatus with GodimprovementWe are like Him3
The Real GodHow He Longs for You to See Him(Part 4)The Holiness of GodHow must we respond to the holiness of God? It’s a we make.Hebrews 12:14 It’s a we obey.1 Peter 1:13-16Hebrews 13:4Prayer for the weekO Lord God, holy and pure, awesome in majesty, as I consider Yourperfection, grant that I might commit to holy ways, think holythoughts, live in holy obedience, and reject evil with a holy attitude.Let me hear the tender conviction of Your Spirit and help meremember that You are jealous for Your holiness. Because of Yourlove, You see the pain our sins will bring us, and You long torescue us. So that Your name never be profaned in my life, dowhatever You need to do to make me holy.In Jesus’ name, Amen.For more resources, go to LivingontheEdge.orgCopyright 2017 Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge4
The Real GodHow He Longs for You to See HimThe Holiness of GodThis section is designed to help you discover what God's Word says about the holinessof God.1.Take some time to look up and read some of the passages in these notes(be sure to include Isaiah 6).2.Make as many observations as you can about God's holiness. What is one thing you need to change to live a more holy life?For more resources, go to LivingontheEdge.orgCopyright 2017 Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge5
The Real GodHow He Longs for You to See HimThe Holiness of GodTALK IT OVERWe are better together because God created us for relationships.Work through the following questions with a friend.In your opinion, what comes to people's minds when they hear theword "holiness"? Is their understanding positive or negative?1.2.Hebrews 12:14 says, "Make every effort to live in peace witheveryone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord."How does a person's holiness help others see God?3. Since we are made holy through faith in Jesus, why do we still sinand make mistakes?For more resources, go to LivingontheEdge.orgCopyright 2017 Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge6
Part 4 The Holiness of God Read the following introduction then watch the video using pages 2, 3 & 4 to take notes. Use the information on page 5 to dig deeper during the week and page 6 to discuss with a friend. The Holiness of God
