God's Attributes: Holiness

Systematic Theology - Lesson 33 - God's Attributes: Holiness. "God's holiness is His inherent and absolute greatness, in which He is perfectly distinct above everything outside Himself, and is absolutely morally separate from sin." – MacArthur, pg. 183 The Hebrew word for "to be holy" is derived from a root word which means to cut, or separate. It is one of the most prominent religious words of the Old Testament and is applied primarily to God. The same idea is conveyed by the word used in the New Testament, so we see that holiness is not primarily a moral or religious quality, but a matter of position or relationship existing between God and some person or thing. – Berkhof, pg. 60-61