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by Russell Grigg Most Christians are familiar with the proclamation “God is love”, which the Apostle John wrote twice in his First Letter (1 John 4:8 & 16). Not quite so well known is John’s other pronouncement “God is light” (1 John 1:5), with light being a metaphor for God’s holiness and glory. Many Christians, if asked which attribute of God they consider to be the most important, might say God’s love. And no doubt the reason for this would be because they have experienced the expression of this love via God’s forgiveness of their sins because of Christ’s death and resurrection, and they are appropriately grateful. So how does this compare with the way God has manifested Himself to the world in His Word, the Bible? God’s holiness The attribute of God by which He is described in the Bible more often than any other is His holiness. Holiness is the infinite purity of God’s nature, and the infinite glory of all God’s perfections. Holiness is everything that God is. His name is a holy name (Psalm 103:1). His promise is a holy promise (Psalm 105:42). Because God is holy, His attributes of wisdom, love, justice, mercy, grace, goodness, etc., are …
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