One of the most obvious and yet under-acknowledged doctrines of scripture is that our God is holy. This is to say that he is more than sovereign, majestic, powerful or different. He is holy. He is all of these descriptors as an ontological truth of his being. In this, he is set apart. Not simply set apart, but unattainably so. There is no power that can match him. If one was to try to progress toward him, every step forward would be as if he had never started on that journey. In fact, due to the nature of entropy and the effect of sin, he would actually only create a greater divide than if he had never started. When we call him holy, we acknowledge this truth. We call him powerful, we acknowledge that his power is a holy power. It is not merely a power. All aberrations to the natural order come from a misunderstanding or rejection of this truth. Salvation is gained by an acceptance of it. Sanctification is grown by a submission to it. It is not enough to merely acknowledge God as a god. We must call him The God if we hope to understand him and what he reveals about himself to us. We cannot achieve a meaningful understanding of what is holy, while rejecting or diminishing its essential nature.