If God can't sin, then He can't sin against me. In Holier Than Thou: How God's Holiness Helps Us Trust Him, she writes, "If God is holy, then He can't sin. How does she approach it? Through the lens of God’s holiness. Jackie Hill Perry has a new book coming out and it’s all about helping us learn to trust the Lord. And we can never be reminded enough of who God is and what that means for us. Our perverse sexual ethics, wild tongue, religious superiority, dark thoughts, legalistic posture, mean ways, impatient moods, greedy antics, intellectual arrogance, and rebellious tendencies come out of what we believe about the living God." He can and will be trusted." "he foundation of our idolatry, the sin begetting all others, is a specific belief about God. "One goal of this work you're holding is to prove that 'if' doesn't belong in front of 'God is holy.' Since He is. Being full of the Bread of Life means we have no room for idols, including those not-God gods of our own wishful thinking. Succinct and yet piling image upon image Perry makes sure we GET it. It's 100% scripture and even quotes from those other books/theologians I've read and yet is fresh, poignant, and gut-wrenching in Perry's beautiful wordsmithing. I've read several books about the holiness of God and sure, JHP is always good but. I'm not going to lie: I went into this a little 'meh'. I took too long to review this because I had to sip slowly from the richness of this beautiful truth. We know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. From now on, this title will also be at the top of my recommendation list on this topic. Sproul's The Holiness of God to those who desire to know God better. Until now I would have recommended just R.C. If He can't sin against you, shouldn't that make Him the most trustworthy being there is? If God can't sin, then He can't sin against you. This book is full of pithy bits from her pen and is one that could be read multiple times to mine the riches inside. But how do we make that transition from just viewing to actually believing? With her signature JHP style and lyrical prose, Jackie Hill Perry lays out a case for starting with God's Holiness. As we Behold God through His word and creation, we Believe, and then we Become like what we Behold. Psalm 73:25-26Īs believers, this quote from Asaph is our aspiration.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
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