We spend our entire lives veiling ourselves from the true character of God.

Because our natural bent is to hide ourselves from Him.

Because we know instinctively that as soon as the holy appears,

it exposes and reveals anything and anyone who is not holy by virtue of that standard.

How often do you think about the holiness of God?

When was the last time you heard a sermon on it?

As you heard yesterday, God's holiness

in scripture is elevated to the superlative degree. Yet, we often prefer to speak of his love

or his grace, but why? This is the Tuesday edition of renewing your mind, and I'm glad you're

with us as we spend this week hearing

messages from some classic series with R.C. Sprole. Today, you'll hear why we tend to shy away

from God's holiness, as Dr. Sprole considers the trauma of holiness. But before he does, remember you

can request this series, plus the 15-part extended edition, along with the study guide, when you give a gift of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.

The prophet Isaiah cried out, woe is me, for I am undone.

Here's Dr. Sprawl to explain why.

Not too long ago, a woman from Oakland, California, spoke to me, and she was angry.

She was very distressed.

And what she said was this. She said that she was angry. She was very distressed. And what she said was this.

She said that she was angry with her pastor.

And I said, well, why are you angry with your pastor?

She said, I get the feeling that for some reason my minister, every Sunday morning is doing everything that he can to conceal the true

identity of God from the congregation. She said, I come to church and I long to have an opportunity

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