Holiness Of God Quotes

• Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.

  J. C. Ryle

  Hate, Mind, World

  J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

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• The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Holiness, Mourn

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• Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin.

  Billy Graham

  Forgiveness, Depth, Holiness

  Billy Graham (2007). “The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.

  Jerry Bridges

  Christian, Character, Holiness

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• If you don’t delight in the fact that your Father is holy, holy, holy, then you are spiritually dead. You may be in a church. You may go to a Christian school. But if there is no delight in your soul for the holiness of God, you don’t know God. You don’t love God. You’re out of touch with God. You’re asleep to his character.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Father, School

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• When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.

  Oswald Chambers

  Holiness, His Love, Firsts

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “Biblical Ethics / The Moral Foundations of Life / The Philosophy of Sin: Ethical Principles for the Christian Life”, p.314, Discovery House

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• God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy.

  Oswald Chambers

  Blessing, Men, Saint

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.499, Discovery House

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• What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.

  John Piper

  Greatness, Wrath, Justice Of God

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• If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Mistake, Thinking

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2015). “Gleanings Among The Sheaves”, p.16, SHELDON AND COMPANY

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• The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.

  R. C. Sproul

  Holiness, Modern

  R. C. Sproul (2013). “The Holiness of God”, p.183, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.

  George Whitefield

  Doctrine, Holiness, Christianity

  George Whitefield (1958). “Select Sermons of George Whitefield”, Banner of Truth

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• The holiness of God is traumatic to unholy people.

  R. C. Sproul

  People, Holiness

  Twitter post from Feb 14, 2015

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• When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.

  Henry Blackaby

  Spiritual, People, Profound

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• Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God

  Jerry Bridges

  Character, Holiness, Conformity

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Holiness Day by Day: Transformational Thoughts for Your Spiritual Journey”, p.75, Tyndale House

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• The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so live, you do not live in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Israel, Holiness, Way

  Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Would Be, Holiness

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• Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Majority, Holiness, Want

  Elisabeth Elliot (2006). “Discipline: The Glad Surrender”, p.42, Revell

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• No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Happiness, Laughter, Men

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• When your humanness is confronted by the magnificence and holiness of God, you are made SO aware of your need for God’s grace...Romans 12:1 teaches us how to live this life of worship and love.

  Darlene Zschech

  Humanness Is, Grace, And Love

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• If I had my way, I would declare a moratorium on public preaching of 'the plan of salvation' in America for one to two years. Then I would call on everyone who has use of the airways and the pulpits to preach the holiness of God, therighteousness of God and the law of God, until sinners would cry out, 'What must we do to be saved?' Then I would take them off in a corner and whisper the gospel to them. Such drastic action is needed because we have gospel-hardened a generation of sinners by telling them how to be saved before they have any understanding why they need to be saved.

  Paris Reidhead

  God, Christian, America

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• Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Baby, Jesus

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.190, Penguin

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• Anything that belittles or obliterates the holiness of God by a false view of the love of God, is untrue to the revelation of God given by Jesus Christ.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Views, Holiness

  Oswald Chambers (2014). “Love: A Holy Command”, p.87, Discovery House

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• To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God.

  William Temple

  Heart, Imagination, Mind

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• The most violent expression of God's wrath and justice is seen in the Cross. If ever a person had room to complain for injustice, it was Jesus. He was the only innocent man ever to be punished by God. If we stagger at the wrath of God, let us stagger at the Cross. Here is where our astonishment should be focused.

  R. C. Sproul

  Jesus, Men, Innocent Man

  R. C. Sproul (2010). “Classic Teachings on the Nature of God”, p.89, Hendrickson Publishers

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• I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Winning, Two

  Charles Spurgeon (1997). “God's Grace to You”, p.7, Whitaker House

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