“Holiness” is God’s theme for me lately.  This passage in Romans is just one of the many examples of “holiness” surfacing in my readings. Here the Holy Spirit is referred to as the “Spirit of Holiness.”  It seemed like an interesting twist of semantics at first.  But actually, their word choice was deliberate.  And it adds weight and significance to the passage.

If we say “Holy Spirit,” that indicates that the Spirit of God, Himself, is Holy.  We are saying that Holiness as His nature.  “Holy” is who He is.  But if we say “Spirit of Holiness” that indicates . . .