View from the Treestand

Doing some preparation for our Men’s Fraternity, Gripped by the Greatness of God, by James McDonald. Series starts June 7…powerful stuff…can’t wait for our men to get into it!! Reading and studying Isaiah 6:1-7…when you think of holiness, what image does that conjure up in your mind? Take a few minutes and make your list…

McDonald says, “Possibly you think of holiness as a list of rules to freeze freedom and crush your creativity. Maybe you have known some people who claimed to be fired up about holiness, but there’s nothing appealing about their lifestyle or perspective on living a God-centered life. They live by black-and-white thinking that says, ‘this is holy, and that is not.’ Rule lovers, they delight to point out who is not making the grade on their latest checklist of absolute rules of holiness. That’s not God’s kind of holiness. God does not present His holiness as a horizontal prescription for human activity. God displays holiness as the central and defining essence of His character…chapter 1 “Gripped by the Holiness of God.”