The holiness of God is the source of divine power to bring about ____.

• A. Sanctification
• B. Transformation
• C. Redemption
• D. Restoration

Answer: (C)

The main idea is that salvation flows from God's holy nature. God’s holiness means He is perfectly pure, just, and righteous, and sin cannot stand before Him. Yet His holy character also provides a perfect solution to the problem of sin: redemption. Redemption is the act of delivering and buying back people from sin and its penalty, accomplished through Christ’s atonement and applied to believers by faith. Because God’s holiness demands justice, He can’t simply overlook sin, but He can and does provide a just, powerful means of rescue—restoring the relationship between God and humankind. The other terms describe aspects or results that follow redemption—sanctification as the ongoing making holy, transformation as internal change, and restoration as broader renewal—but redemption is the decisive act effected by God’s holy power.