Holiness begins with God

• Greek: hagios – sacred, physically pure, morally blameless, ceremonially consecrated, set apart
• The Bible uses the word “holy” in two different ways:
  • Holiness of God – refers to unmatched majesty of His incomparable being
  • Holiness of anything else – something / someone that has been separated from the “common.”
• The word “saint” comes from hagios.

Holiness: Its expression in scripture

• “Holy, holy, holy” – Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8
  • All of God’s attributes come from His holiness.
• God is set apart – I Samuel 2:2
  • Hannah’s prayer points out how no one is holy like God. There is one God and no one is like Him.