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Yesterday my son John sent me a note on Facebook, asking me
to present him with some scriptures describing the character of God. I was honored and humbled by the request—honored
that he would think I'd know, and humbled because I fall so very far short of
such wisdom. Knowing God is the diligent
pursuit of a lifetime, and here I am collecting baseball jerseys. Nevertheless, I will try to provide an
answer, because my heavenly Father would want me to. Understand that these thoughts are just the
jumping-off point, not the very depths.
God is holy.
"I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted
up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six
wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two
he flew. And one cried to another and
said: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His
glory!'" (Isaiah 6:1b-3 NKJV). The
scene in Heaven shows the angels constantly singing out to each other,
"God is holy!" This warrants
much thought; the holiness of God has been largely forgotten by this generation
in this land, which has found it much more comfortable to believe that God is
love, while ignoring the majesty of His holiness. With that said …
