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September 11th, 2025
"The Holiness of God and Why it Matters"
Exodus 3; Isaiah 6 and Psalm 145:17-21
The Holiness of God signifies His absolute moral purity, supreme greatness and unique separateness from all creation. This characteristic is central to God's very being and involves not only moral perfection but also a transcendent nature that sets Him apart; He is the Great I Am. His Holiness inspires awe and reveals humanity's own sinfulness,
Rather than being encouraged to live up to His holy moral and ethical standard by the help of the Holy Spirit that now lives inside God's chosen children, thousands of worshipers this week will be taught to merely do their best, for God loves them. We are told today that if our "superego" (which is our desired self) is out of the reach of our "ego" (which is our real self), then we are maladjusted and can therefore never be happy.
The message of the Gospel of Grace is that in order to be at peace and possess joy and contentment, we must conform to Christ. I will let God judge the intent of these modern false teachers but the result is evident. When the God of this universe is lowered to a standard that we can achieve without any spiritual help, everything in society crumbles. We have witnessed it just this week. When God is not feared, then the life of your opponent means nothing. I am not suggesting that the assassin who took Charlie Kirk's life claimed any faith in Christ, but I guarantee you that millions who opposed his work devolved to the point of no longer seeing him as a human being with intrinsic value to God and others.
The horrible thing is they feel the right to hate because God gets them. They have convinced themselves that because God is Love that He sees things the way they do, instead of them feeling the need to see things the way He does. So if they hate a person or their message, then God must as well.
God is Self Defining. We are made in His image, not Him in our image. He sets the standard for humanity.
Let us be holy as He is Holy and thus see all of life, including sin, and every human being the way God sees them.
See you Sunday
In Christ,
Pastor Todd
"The Holiness of God and Why it Matters"
Exodus 3; Isaiah 6 and Psalm 145:17-21
The Holiness of God signifies His absolute moral purity, supreme greatness and unique separateness from all creation. This characteristic is central to God's very being and involves not only moral perfection but also a transcendent nature that sets Him apart; He is the Great I Am. His Holiness inspires awe and reveals humanity's own sinfulness,
Rather than being encouraged to live up to His holy moral and ethical standard by the help of the Holy Spirit that now lives inside God's chosen children, thousands of worshipers this week will be taught to merely do their best, for God loves them. We are told today that if our "superego" (which is our desired self) is out of the reach of our "ego" (which is our real self), then we are maladjusted and can therefore never be happy.
The message of the Gospel of Grace is that in order to be at peace and possess joy and contentment, we must conform to Christ. I will let God judge the intent of these modern false teachers but the result is evident. When the God of this universe is lowered to a standard that we can achieve without any spiritual help, everything in society crumbles. We have witnessed it just this week. When God is not feared, then the life of your opponent means nothing. I am not suggesting that the assassin who took Charlie Kirk's life claimed any faith in Christ, but I guarantee you that millions who opposed his work devolved to the point of no longer seeing him as a human being with intrinsic value to God and others.
The horrible thing is they feel the right to hate because God gets them. They have convinced themselves that because God is Love that He sees things the way they do, instead of them feeling the need to see things the way He does. So if they hate a person or their message, then God must as well.
God is Self Defining. We are made in His image, not Him in our image. He sets the standard for humanity.
Let us be holy as He is Holy and thus see all of life, including sin, and every human being the way God sees them.
See you Sunday
In Christ,
Pastor Todd
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