Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.

No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.

We see that the world seeks happiness instead of holiness. Therefore, we assume we should do the opposite. But we're wrong.

The Spirit's work is not to make us holy, in order that we may be pardoned; but to show us the cross, where the pardon is to be found by the unholy; so that having found the pardon there, we may begin the life of holiness to which we are called." —Horatius Bonar

Holiness is pleasing to God, beneficial to men, and essential to the promotion of our own happiness

Only when holiness and worship meet can evil be conquered. For that, only the Christian message has the answer.

God is perfectly holy and without sin. And to be in relationship with sin would be in violation of his nature.

Bad intentions toward others. Pretending to be someone you're not. Coveting what others have. Gossip, slander, and harsh criticism. Who could Peter be talking to? He must be referring to those who have never experienced the love of God. Sadly, no. He is calling out his brothers and sisters in Christ. They know God and have tasted His goodness. Speaking to and through Peter, God is again reminding us: "I am holy; you be holy.

Preferring the comforting messages of certain attributes of God, our lives have become a trifling with His holiness. We desperately need to regain this view of the highness and the holiness of God. His holiness is the ultimate clarity.

God's holiness … puts everything and everyone in their rightful place.

Only God is perfect! None of us comes within a country, not a country mile, but a whole country, in proximity to perfection.

The first step in personal revival is to get God in His rightful place. When God is recognized as being above me, beyond me, highly exalted, over me, and totally separate from me, I am getting in position for a downpour. When I embrace God for who He is and I understand who I am—when I know God's place, I can know my place—then things start to fall into place. That's what God's holiness does for us—it puts everything and everyone in their rightful place.