Our Lord Is Holy

Lev 11:45

Our Lord Is Holy

        Our text tells us that God is Holy. This speaks of the purity of His Character. Holiness is His very Nature. Even the demons had to recognize His holiness.

        His Holiness is displayed in all His works Ps. 145:17, in His providence Rom. 8:28, and in His electing grace Eph. 1:4.

        In His Holiness He is omnipresent. In his address on Mars Hill, Paul declared that He was not far from any of us Acts 17:27. God's omnipresence is in collaboration with His holiness in Psa. 139:7-10. Jesus Himself spoke of his omnipresence in John 3:13 "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. " Our Lord not only tells us He has been in Heaven, and that He came from Heaven, but He tells us that while he stood talking to His disciples on earth, He was at the same time in Heaven. This is astounding.  It could only be so because He is God.

        In His Holiness he is also Omniscient. He knows everything, John 21:17. There is no cvreature that He does not know Heb. 4:13. He knows all the imaginations of Man's Heart, Gen. 6:5. He knows the future before it happens.

        Our Lord is also omnipotent in His Holiness. When the angel told Mary of the coming birth of Jesus, He said that nothing is impossible with God Luke 1:37. God challenged Jeremiah with that omnipotence Jer. 32:27. His omnipotence is seen in creation. It is seen in His upholding all things Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:17. That omnipotence is also seen in the success of the Gospel and the salvation of souls.

        Our Lord is holy in His nature and all His attributes.