We take what God called good and remove a letter. You may be tempted to believe that God has changed because your circumstances have, but if that were the case, he wouldn’t be God. That is not to say that all unbelief is emotional, but it is to say that our decision-making in regards to what we believe about God is never isolated from our affections. The problem with our nature is that it corrupts our minds, inflates our ego, meddles with our vision, and darkens our understanding so that when God decides to tell us anything, we determine its integrity by how we feel over who God has revealed himself to be. To her, God-not the serpent-was the liar among them. (42)Īt the moment Eve believed the word of the serpent, rebelling against the word of God, her misplaced faith reflected what she believed about the holiness of God.

Especially when that culture’s ideas are so easily influenced by the deceitful hearts within it, as well as its overall mutability, taking different shapes in conformity to its era. Holiness (and goodness) should never be determined by the whims, wishes, and standards of a created thing or even a whole culture. Holiness is what makes real love possible. It’s not until the law is put before us that in its mirror, we see that we haven’t become like God at all. We lust after ultimate authority, plant our flag in shallow soil, and claim ourselves, and others, as our property. The serpent still incentivizes unbelief by promising that it will make us “like God,” but our motive has never been to be like God in terms of righteousness but of rights. (30–31)Īt the point when we begin to think of God as being anything other than holy is the moment we are imagining a completely different god altogether. When by the throne of the Holy One, the supreme virtue of his very being forced everything in Isaiah that didn’t look like God to come out of hiding. Isaiah did neither, and he couldn’t even if he tried. Others manufacture half-truths about God or refuse orthodoxy as a way to keep the Son out.

The contemporary man keeps his Bible closed in an attempt to quench its light. To want God to withhold justice is to want God to make himself an abomination. His attributes are never at odds with one another, nor do they switch places depending on God’s mood they are him.

Holiness is not an aspect of God holy is who he is through and through. To say that God is holy is to say that God is God. Of all the things the serpent could come for, it is our faith he attacks most.

Holier than thou perry