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I, the writer of this blog post, am Holy.
Holiness, let’s talk about it. What does it mean to be holy and how did I just make a bold statement claiming to be holy? These are questions I did not have intentions of tackling in my devotion time recently. In fact, I find most times that I hear God’s answers; it’s to questions I have yet to even ask.
This answer began when I heard a statement made at a college ministry I am involved in. The statement was “nothing unholy can be in the presence of God.” I don’t remember who said it, what prompted it, or really any significant detail. I do remember wrestling with the phrase for multiple days after. It felt like something I had heard before– something generic. But God made it clear that I wouldn’t stop thinking about it until I dove headfirst into this statement’s depth.
My thought process began with the biblical history of God’s presence. Adam and Eve were in the physical presence of God…until sin. Satan was an angel in the presence of God…until sin. So, because God is holy; he can only be in the presence of holiness. The two biblical examples above were both holy until sin. That is still true today: every human being is created holy by God…until sin. This made me realize that it is physically impossible for God to be in the presence of sin. God is perfect and perfection is without sin. If we are to believe God is perfect, then the concept of sin is impossible in the holiness of God.
I however am far from perfect. I have sinned my whole life, sometimes completely ignorant of the sinful nature of my actions. But I stand by my first statement of holiness. This is because of a really cool guy you might’ve heard of before. This is the entire reason for Jesus! How is it possible to be in God’s presence without salvation? Easy, It’s not. In the Old Testament, there is a constant theme of the first Jews messing up, God making more laws, and sin.
God loves all of his children. I am not a parent (yet) but the feeling of being separated from your children and watching their choices cause them hurt and suffering is one I hope I never feel. God had to watch the human heart be grasped by sinful nature, causing him to become further and further from his children. I have an image of God weeping every time one of his children says no to salvation. He’s lost them forever to hell.
God is Holy. His wisdom is not able to be understood by humans. It is impossible to live a life of perfect holiness. God misses his children.
Jesus is God. He showed wisdom in parables. He lived a life clean from sin. He came and taught God’s wisdom to his children in a way to be understood. And then he died. He bleed and suffered a long death. He rose and defeated the grave.
Why? For our holiness. If we can be holy, then we can be in the presence of God. God desired to be in the presence of his children and that required a savior.
I, the writer of this blog post, am Holy. I am not perfect. I am a sinner. But I am Holy because I have salvation, wisdom, forgiveness, righteousness, and holiness through the teaching, sacrifice, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

May the Spirit fill you,
A Vessel.

Scripture: Matthew 13, Philippians 2:5-11