Be Ye Holy
Chapter 1: Holiness — The Foundation of Separation

Notes

¹Samuel P. Tregelles, Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, n.d.), p. 725. (return to article)

²Ibid. (return to article)

³Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979), p. 871. (return to article)

⁴Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, Lexicon In Veteris Testamenti Libros (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1951), pp. 825-27. (return to article)

⁵Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1941), p. 73. (return to article)

⁶Koehler and Baumgartner, p. 825. (return to article)

⁷Julius Fuerst, A Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament (London: Williams and Norgate, 1871), p. 1221. (return to article)

⁸For a detailed discussion of the meaning and usages of the Old Testament and New Testament words for holiness, see Appendix A, pp. 105-15. (return to article)

⁹W. E. Vine, Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (McLean: MacDonald Publishing Company, n.d.), pp. 565-67. (return to article)

¹⁰Robert Baker Girdlestone, Synonyms of the Old Testament (Reprint ed., Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976), p. 179. (return to article)

¹¹Richard Chenevix Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963), p. 331. (return to article)

¹²See Appendix I. (return to article)

¹³Charles C. Ryrie, Basic Theology (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1986), p. 38. (return to article)

¹⁴Augustus Hopkins Strong, Systematic Theology (Valley Forge, Pa.: Judson Press, 1907), p. 268. (return to article)

¹⁵George Christian Knapp, Lectures on Christian Theology (Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1851), p. 116. (return to article)

¹⁶Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity (Reprint ed., London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1970), p. 83. (return to article)

¹⁷William G. T. Shedd, Dogmatic Theology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, n.d.), 1:362. (return to article)

¹⁸Carl E. Armerding, "Habakkuk," Frank E. Gaebelein, ed., The Expositor's Bible Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1985), 7:505. (return to article)

¹⁹Louis Goldberg, "chalal (transliteration)" R. Laird Harris, ed. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980), 1:304. (return to article)

²⁰John Randolph Jaeggli, "An Historical-Theological Analysis of the Holy One of Israel in Isaiah Forty Through Sixty-Six" (Ph.D. Dissertation, Bob Jones University, 1987), p. 155. (return to article)

²¹Strong, p. 273. (return to article)

²²Watson, p. 83. (return to article)

²³The glory of God is a subject all its own, but one which must be comprehended. Thomas L. Zempel. "A Biblical Approach To Understanding the Physical Handicap of Down's Syndrome" (D.Min. Project, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1990), pp. 16-19, shows that the Old Testament meaning of glory is "heavy" or "weighty." Applied to a person it speaks of "substance," thus the honor or dignity which gives a person importance. Therefore, God's glory is His honor, or His worth. Beyond Zempel's study, there are several salient facts to note: (1) God's glory is the manifestation of His presence with men. This presence is usually revealed in Scripture by a brilliant light (see Exod. 24:16-17; 33:18-23; 34:29-35; II Chron. 7:1-3; Luke 2:9; I Tim. 6:16; Rev. 21:3, 23). (2) God's glory is the honor, or praise that is due His name (Isa. 42:8). (3) Man's sinfulness is directly related to his failure to glorify his Creator (Rom. 1:21, 24). (4) God revealed His glory in the incarnation of Christ (John 1:14; Heb. 1:1-3). (5) The glory of God, revealed in Christ, comes through the gospel to save men (II Cor. 4:3-6). (6) Redeemed man is to live for the glory of God (Matt. 5:16; I Cor. 10:31; I Pet. 4:11). (7) Eternal glory awaits the redeemed (II Cor. 4:17). (return to article)

²⁴Girdlestone, p. 178. (return to article)

²⁵J. Stanley Chestnut, The Old Testament Understanding of God (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968), p. 133. (return to article)

²⁶Ibid. (return to article)

²⁷John Miley, Systematic Theology (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1892), 1:199. (return to article)

²⁸Jaeggli, p. 46. (return to article)

²⁹William Burt Pope, A Compendium of Christian Theology (New York: Phillips and Hunt, n.d.), 1:334. (return to article)

³⁰Henry C. Thiessen, Lectures in Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1949), p. 124. (return to article)

³¹Lindsell, p. 11. (return to article)

³²Ernest Pickering, Biblical Separation: The Struggle for a Pure Church (Schaumburg: Regular Baptist Press, 1979), p. 173. (return to article)