Ways “Holiness’ is used…Part 2

Of God’s dwelling

Psalms 48:1  

Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Isaiah 63:15  

Look down from heaven and see from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.

Jeremiah 31:23  

This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity, the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling, O sacred mountain.’

Of God’s revelation

Psalms 60:6  

God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

Psalms 108:7  

God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

Jeremiah 23:9  

Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble. I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD and his holy words.

Of God’s oath

Psalms 89:35  

Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—

Amos 4:2  

The Sovereign LORD has sworn by his holiness: “The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks.

Thought

It is a thing most wonderful,

Almost too wonderful to be,

That’s God’s own Son came down to earth

To die to save me child like me!