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Part 1: God is Holy - Through and Through!Because GOD IS HOLY (Perfect and Clean),
He is able to make my dirty heart clean. I want Him to help me keep it that way.
God is Holy. He is perfect in every way, totally pure with no evil in Him. No other religion worships a Holy (perfect and clean) God. Listen to a story about two false gods people believed in a long time ago: Who's the Most Beautiful of All?
One day, rumors reached Mt. Olympus that there was a woman on earth whose beauty had captured the hearts of many men. Her admirers declared the mortal to be more beautiful than Aphrodite herself. The goddess of beauty and love did what any self-respecting, selfish, spoiled false god would do: she plotted her revenge. First, she chased away all the men who wanted to be the woman's husband. Next she went to her son, Cupid, and demanded, "Go to earth and shoot the ugly wench with one of your special arrows of love. Be sure it will make her fall in love with a wild animal - the most vicious one you can find!" The wicked love goddess laughed at her cunning scheme. "When she tries to get near the beast, it will attack her and kill her!" Cupid intended to do what his mother asked, but even though he was a god like his mother, he had one little problem. Cupid could be a bit... clumsy. Just as he was about to shoot the beautiful woman with his arrow of love, he accidentally nicked himself with the arrow. Instead of making the woman fall in love with a wild animal, the arrow made Cupid fall in love with the very woman his mother wanted dead! Poor Cupid! How did Aphrodite and Cupid show they were definitely NOT holy (perfect and clean) in every way? (They were mean, revengeful, and they couldn't even make their own plan work right. Aphrodite was afraid of someone being more beautiful than she was. God is perfect; He doesn't have to make others look bad so that He'll look good!) It's hard to imagine people would believe in such silly gods, but they did. The Bible says: Who is like You among the gods, O Lord -- glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders?Exodus 15:11, Discover God Bible, (NLT).
There isn't anyone who is like God because no one is perfect! The fact that God is Holy (Perfect, Clean and without evil) ensures that every attribute of God is Perfect, Clean, and without evil. Let's imagine how different God would be if He were not Holy. What difference would that make? For example, look at the following attributes:
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A | Activity … Family Fun Activities! |
B | Bible Times … Exploring God's Word together |
I | Influencing Others … how can you make a difference? |
D | Drawing/Drama … exploring your creative side! |
E | Experience … finding the teachable moments |