The Meaning of Holiness

As I have said so often in my writings, “God’s Word (A.V. 1611 K.J.V.) is its own interpreter,” not the Church of Rome, or Greek scholars! Peter says, “Knowing this first, that no ...scripture is of any private interpretation.” That ought to settle it for a Roman Catholic. And a Protestant should know better. Ask Joseph who the Great Interpreter is (Gen.40:8,b)

Because of the fact that many saints have a misconception of what the word Holy means, much damage has been done to their spiritual lives.

Allowing scripture to explain itself, we find the following.

Lk.2:23, “As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)...Ex.13:2, Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel... it is mine...V12, thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix... [they] shall be the LORD'S...”

Notice, to be “Holy” simply means to be, “Sanctified,” or “Set Apart” for the Lord.  It is not speaking of moral value. Clothes, ground, days, and utensils know nothing of morality. Nor is holiness sinlessness; inanimate things can’t sin. Neither does our word mean perfection; Paul speaks of, “Perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” Holiness then, can be perfected.

It is not emphasizing what one is separated from, but what a person is separated to, that count with God. The more we experience the latter, the more it will be true of the former. The Pharisees were separated from the world, but not unto God. They missed out on what true holiness really is, separated unto God!

Richard. D. Sandlin