On the cover of your Bible and my Bible appear the words “Holy Bible.” Do you know why the Bible is called holy? Why should it be called holy when so much lust and hate and greed and war are found in it? It is because the Bible tells the truth. It tells the truth about God, about man, and about the devil. The Bible teaches that we exchange the truth of God for the devil’s lie about sex, for example, and drugs, and alcohol, and religious hypocrisy. Jesus Christ is the ultimate truth. Furthermore, He told the truth. Jesus said that He was the truth, and the truth would make us free.
From Day by Day with Billy Graham, © 1976 BGEA
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The Bible is called “Holy” because it is the word of Holy God. Not the word of any other god or any other of creation.
Holiness, in its most fundamental sense, describes the unique, set-apart quality of God that distinguishes Him from all creation and from all that is sinful or impure. In Scripture, the word often translates from Hebrew (קָדוֹשׁ, qadōsh) and Greek (ἅγιος, hágios) terms conveying separation and moral purity. God’s holiness embodies both transcendence-He is infinitely above His creation-and absolute righteousness. Everything that exists is measured against His perfection, His righteousness. The word of God is His utterances and in Him there is no wrong, or unrighteousness.
Steve