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MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2008
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I have been reading a history of the year 1776 in the American Colonies. After the British had left Boston, George Washington expected they were heading for New York. Therefore, Washington moved a contingent of the Colonial Army there in order to defend the city. One gentleman, Lt. Isaac Bangs, sought as much information about the city as he could discover. In order to investigate the seedier side of New York City, Bangs went to a place called the Holy Ground. It was a foul slum in which every debauchery imaginable could be indulged. It was called “The Holy Ground” because a great deal of it was owned by the local church. It was commented that, “If there was trouble after dark in New York, it was nearly always in the Holy Ground. . . Less than a week after the continental army moved into the city, all hell erupted in the Holy Ground.”

My first thought was, “Isn’t that the way it always is with things that man calls holy.” I have yet to know of a church where “holiness” was the primary focus that such holiness did not just prove a thin veneer over all manner of evil. Let a church lay claim to a place and call it holy; it will not be long until the place will be known for great wickedness. Once again it is proven that the things which are highly esteemed among men are an abomination to God.

The Bible calls some things holy. God is Holy. “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty. The whole earth is filled with His glory.” He is set apart from all His creation as the one God over all. Jesus Christ is Holy: “So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.” “You are the Holy One of God.” He is set apart from the rest of humanity as the only one essentially born of God and having a Divine nature and the one chosen of God to save His people. And God’s church is Holy. Her members are called “saints” which is from the same Greek word as “holy.” The church, herself, has not designated herself to be holy: “Holy” is what God has called her. She recognizes that the term “holy” does not describe some virtuous character about her but signifies that she has been chosen, redeemed and called by God; set apart from the reprobate, condemned and dead world. She has been set apart by God, to God and for God. She is no better than the rest of the world, just greatly privileged. In these holy things, there is goodness, purity, and decency. -Joe Terrell

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