Holiness Quotes
God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.
Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible.
Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ.
The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation.
autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.
The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure
As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
We punish the body and strip the earth. And we do it in pursuit of a so-called holiness that smacks of the bogus, that denies the gifts of God, that makes us marauders on the earth.
with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles, and practice.
Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God.
Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness.
Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.
The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective of who comes or goes.
In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness.
To sanctify God is to reverence Him in our hearts, and to represent Him in the glory of His holiness before men.
Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun.
Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.
The Garden is a metaphor for the following: our minds, and our thinking in terms of pairs of opposites--man and woman, good and evil--are as holy as that of a god. (50)
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.
The preaching that ignores the doctrine of Hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ.
Conflict, not progress, is the word that defines man's path from darkness into light. No holiness is won by any other means than this, that wickedness should be slain day by day, and hour by hour.
Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness.
Nietzsche, to the end of his days, remained a Russian pastor's son, and hence two-thirds of a Puritan; he erected his war upon holiness, toward the end, into a sort of holy war.
God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions.
Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.
The heads (Plural) of the Gods appointed one God for us; and when you take that view of the subject, it sets one free to see all the beauty, holiness and perfection of the Gods.
Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.
My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ.
The cross of Jesus Christ represents the intersection of God's love and God's holiness.
We fear extremes and shy away from too much ardor in religion as if it were possible to have too much love or too much faith or too much holiness.
Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness.
It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God.
He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven.
Holy writing must strive (by all means) for perfection and true holiness, that a door may be opened to him in heaven.
Holiness is happiness; and the more you have of the former, the more you will undoubtedly enjoy of the latter.
When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it.
Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.
