God is holy in His essence as true God. When we meet Him as He intends us to do, we become holy to Him, isolated to His service. There are practical rules for belonging to the holy and when those rules are imbibed into our souls we begin...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
Christians often misunderstand what it means to call God holy and have a narrow understanding of our own holiness. God is holy in his very essence. Holy is the most precise word used by Scripture for deity. From this core understanding three other uses of “holy” emerge. That...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
God is holy in his essence… True Deity. His holiness is the terrifying manifestation of his divine power to create marking him as wholly other than all that He makes. In part 2, I continue discussing the meaning of calling God holy and distinguish this word from a...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
Words and symbols connected to the idea of the holy have over 4000 verses associated with them. It behooves us then to fully understand what the holy and holiness are. This first installment of four discussions lays down the nature of what it means for God to be...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
There are different ways to describe God. We will attempt to consider at least three in the rest of this book, but I’d like to introduce them here to prepare you for them. We can talk about the nature of God as God—Essence Attributes. Most are defended...
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September 28, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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Anyone who knows me knows that I enjoy the gastric freedom of gentile existence. Whether my arteries enjoy it is another discussion altogether. I love lobster, shrimp, and bacon, and though I have never actually eaten dolphin or alligator, I’d happily try them if you slathered them with...
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September 19, 2016 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Studies, HAGALAH, New Testament Studies, NT's Use of the OT
