'...the practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance.'
Miroslav Volf in Timothy with Kathy Keller, The Way of Wisdom, p.54.
Showing posts with label GOD'S HOLINESS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GOD'S HOLINESS. Show all posts
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS
'As the beauty of the divine nature primarily consist in God's holiness, so does the beauty of divine things. Herein consists the beauty of the saints, that they are saints, or holy ones: it is the moral image of God in them, which is their beauty; and that is their holiness.'
Jonathan Edwards in Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ, p.178.
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
OUR HOLY & LOVING GOD DEMANDS CHRISTMAS
'A God who was only holy would not have come down to us in Jesus Christ. He would have simply demanded that we pull ourselves together, that we be moral and holy enough to merit a relationship with him. A deity that was an "all-accepting God of love" would not have needed to come to Earth either. This God of the modern imagination would just have overlooked sin and evil and embraced us. Neither the God of moralism nor the God of relativism would have bothered with Christmas.
The biblical God, however, is infinitely holy, so our sin could not be shrugged off. It had to be dealt with. He is also infinitely loving. He knows we could never climb up to him, so he has come down to us.'
Timothy Keller, Hidden Christmas, p.47.
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