Weird Ideas: Holy ChurchНамуна

Let’s circle back around. Of all the things those early Christians could say about the Church, they chose the word “holy.” In the Apostles’ Creed: “the holy catholic church.” In the Nicene Creed: “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.” Strange to modern ears, but to God, his Church is holy.

God is holy. He is set apart from everything else. He is special above all things. He is different than his creation. The essence of God is holiness through and through.

What we see in the Bible is that the holy and unholy just don’t mix. But God is not content to be separate from his creation. While in the Old Testament that which was unholy defiled the holy, God does something amazing in the New. When the holy Jesus comes across unholiness, he makes the unholy holy. God’s holiness trumps unholiness through and through!

That includes you.

This is why we call the Church holy. Christ has given you a special calling, a special mission, a special mandate. He sets you apart as a people of his own. Don’t let a fear of personal unholiness keep you from God or his Church. Come to him who makes you holy.

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