First Impression, Lasting Impression

I remind you, what comes to your mind when you begin to think about God is the most important thing about you. The first thought to enter your mind should be His holiness. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord! Set apart from all His creation, He alone is truly transcendent, majestic, lofty, exalted, high and lifted up, pure, without sin, without error—in a word, perfect—perfect in His character, words, and deeds.

Of all His divine attributes, holiness is the one that most uniquely describes Him. In reality, it summarizes all His other attributes. So, no matter how other people may characterize Him, let us affirm His utter, absolute, perfect, infinite holiness. To perceive Him in any other way is to take the first step toward idolatry and worshiping a god of our own making. And a man-centered god, created in our own image and less than absolutely holy, is no god at all.

God is wholly, wholly holy!

Excerpt taken from Made in Our Image, by Steven Lawson.