4. Holiness and Law

Holiness or in theological language, sanctification, is a difficult topic to discuss. Part of the reason is that we have held on to a secular understanding of the term rather than what is given in the Word of God. This understanding of holiness pertains mainly to personal righteousness and purity. So, we strive to be holy. We make every effort to be holy. This is not totally wrong. However, this cannot be our starting point. We need to dispel this approach. The idea of the holy as given to us in the scriptures is quite different. This is also complicated by several centuries of theological formulations. We will refer to some of these later in the studies.