The Gospel in Ten Words Quotes

“Holiness means wholeness. To say “God is holy” is to refer to the wholeness, fullness, beauty, and abundant life that overflows within the Godhead. God lacks nothing. He is unbroken, undamaged, unfallen, completely complete and entire within himself. He is the indivisible One, wholly self-sufficient, and the picture of perfection. When the angels sing “Holy is the Lord,” they are not admiring him for his rule-keeping or sin avoidance. They are marveling at the transcendent totality of his perfection. To worship God in the beauty of his holiness is to be awestruck by the infinite sweep and scale of his sublimity. It is to become lost in the limitless landscape of his loveliness. Holiness is not one aspect of God’s character; it is the whole package in glorious unity.”
― Paul Ellis, The Gospel in Ten Words

“When the writer of Hebrews said, “Without holiness no one will see the Lord,” he was not making a threat but describing a fact (Hebrews 12:14). Our experience in a sick and broken world has not equipped us to relate to One who is healthy and whole.”
― Paul Ellis, The Gospel in Ten Words