We hear how Jesus helps us transcend our humanity and
live in holiness.
Not exact matches
In so doing, he has appeased His Holiness, Justice, and Wrath; He has conquered the enemy that we brought into the world by our rebellion, which is death itself, by rising from the dead and living and reigning as victorious King and Savior; and He has reconciled those who believe in Him to Himself that they may live life eternal with Him at the consummation of all perfection, for perfection will be restored as He has promise
In so doing, he has appeased His
Holiness, Justice, and Wrath; He has conquered the enemy that we brought into the world by our rebellion, which is death itself, by rising from the dead and
living and reigning as victorious King and Savior; and He has reconciled those who believe
in Him to Himself that they may live life eternal with Him at the consummation of all perfection, for perfection will be restored as He has promise
in Him to Himself that they may
live life eternal with Him at the consummation of all perfection, for perfection will be restored as He has promised!
1 Timothy 2: 1 - 4 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people — for kings and all those
in authority, that we may
live peaceful and quiet
lives in all godliness and
holiness.
It is above all a matter of growth
in holiness of
life.
«I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people — for kings and all those
in authority, that we may
live peaceful and quiet
lives in all godliness and
holiness.
These have been formulated
in different ways, but a typical list would cite
life (including health, safety, and procreation); knowledge (including appreciation of beauty);
holiness or religion (
in the sense of harmony with ultimate reality); self - integration, justice, friendship (including marriage); and the kind of exercise of skill
in work or play that enriches human
life.
First, they undermine obedience to God
in all areas of
life, and circumvent the suffering necessary for
holiness.
The verses says... 1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone — 2for kings and all those
in authority, that we may
live peaceful and quiet
lives in all godliness and
holiness.
If you are a Christian, and you are not actively pursuing a
life of
holiness in obedience to God, you are
living in a fire damaged house, and it's no wonder that this Christian
life isn't all you heard it would be!
And just as there are certainties we have learned from nature, such as the laws of science, gravity, and thermodynamics, there are also certainties we can learn from Scripture, such as the
holiness of God, our own sinfulness, and our need to believe
in Jesus for eternal
life.
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began, That we should be saved from our enemies And from the hand of all who hate us, To perform the mercy promised to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant, The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: To grant us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our
life.
The result is basically a «convertive piety» with its call to self conscious conversion, the experience of the «new birth,» and a
life of «
holiness» that is demonstrably and empirically distinct from the rest of the world
in its expression of «actual righteousness.»
Paul wants his readers to put off that old way of conduct, and
live their new
life in the Spirit with the new man which was created by God for righteousness and
holiness (Ephesians 4:22 - 24).
The bottom line is that the
holiness we need comes not from our own works, but from Jesus Christ Himself, who gives it to us freely when we believe
in Him for eternal
life.
Holiness for me was found
in the mess and labour of giving birth,
in birthday parties and community pools,
in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding,
in the repetition of cleaning,
in the step of faith it took to go back to church again,
in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks,
in the yelling at my kids sometimes,
in the crying
in restaurants with broken hearted friends,
in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think,
in the arguments inherent to staying
in love with each other,
in the unwelcome number on the scale,
in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading,
in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city
in Port au Prince,
in the beauty of a soccer game
in the Haitian dust,
in the listening to someone else's story,
in the telling of my own brokenness,
in the repentance,
in the secret telling and the secret keeping,
in the suffering and the mourning,
in the late nights tending sick babies,
in confronting fears,
in the all of a
life.
The Holy Spirit's involvement
in our
lives through the cultivation of
holiness, spiritual gifts, and worship.
In Christ alone does the feminine structure of
holiness become real: he literally pours his blood out for the sake of another, he literally lays his
life down to bring forth the
life of another, he literally opens up the table of his own body to feed and calm another.
He discerned
in holiness a feminine structure because he saw
in woman how all are called to turn toward God, receive the divine, and thereby give birth to the
life of Christ.
Sanctification (
holiness of
life) must be utterly distinguished from justification (God's decree that we are holy
in spite of our sin) and is to all intents and purposes irrelevant.
Someone Who Is Holy isn't pacing down the grocery store aisle with three tinies hanging off the cart and coupons
in her purse, she isn't running the dryer again to «fluff» the clothes that have sat
in there too long, she isn't snorting while she laughs at television shows on Netflix, she isn't on her hands and knees wiping up someone else's vomit, she isn't locking the bedroom door and throwing a saucy look of promise at her husband because clearly good sex isn't included
in the
holiness life, she doesn't sweat, she doesn't turn on cartoons for three - minutes - of - peace - for - the - love.
The document also insists, however, «that God has been present
in their seeking and finding, that where there is truth and wisdom
in their teachings, and love and
holiness in their
living, this, like any wisdom, insight, knowledge, understanding, love and
holiness that is found among us, is the gift of the Holy Spirit.»
Perhaps if we approach purity more holistically, if we talk about the importance of restraint and self - control
in other areas of
life, our feet will become more accustomed to the paths of wisdom, and sexual
holiness will just be another part of a lifelong journey.
Heb.12: 14 «Make every effort to
live in peace with all men and to be holy; without
holiness no one will see the Lord.»
Catholicism today must leave the shallow and brackish waters of institutional maintenance, understanding that the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19 is addressed to each of us
in baptism, and
living the universal call to
holiness in such a way that the world meets Christ
in us — and thus meets the truth about itself.
The apostle Paul writing to the church
in Ephesus encouraged them «with regard to your former way of
life, to put off your old self... and to put on the new self, created to be like God
in true righteousness and
holiness.»
This
holiness — without which we can not
live — is not available upon request but arises
in and through practices that invite God to come dwell among us.
That we... Might serve Him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our
life.
If I seal up the entry into my heart I must dwell
in darkness — and not only I, my individual soul, but the whole universe
in so far as its activity sustains my organism and awakens my consciousness, and
in so far also as I act upon it
in my turn so as to draw forth from it the materials of sensation, of ideas, of moral goodness, of
holiness of
life.
God is not maniacally killing anyone
in the Old Testament, but is demonstrating the dire consequences of sin, the dire need for a Savior who has come, and the need for the indwelling power of His Spirit to transform the
life so that
living pleases God who is our righteousness,
holiness, and redemption (Gen. 3:15; Gal.
The
holiness and beauty and truth which belong to Christ begin to become incarnate
in our own
lives.
As
in Adam all men die so
in Christ are all men made alive (1 Cor 20:22), and that
life is a real, active regeneration and growth into perfection, not just an imputed
holiness.
As Selvaggi writes, «the nature of consecrated virginity [is]
holiness of body and soul, the one inseparable from the other, both for the glory of God
in humble service and modest
living in a stable way of
life.»
In his sermon on that day the Holy Father invited «everyone to bless the name of the Lord whose glory shines forth in the teaching and holiness of life of Blessed John, minstrel of the Incarnate Word and defender of Mary's Immaculate Conception.&raqu
In his sermon on that day the Holy Father invited «everyone to bless the name of the Lord whose glory shines forth
in the teaching and holiness of life of Blessed John, minstrel of the Incarnate Word and defender of Mary's Immaculate Conception.&raqu
in the teaching and
holiness of
life of Blessed John, minstrel of the Incarnate Word and defender of Mary's Immaculate Conception.»
One could turn to many artists for a precedent for a newly evangelised culture comprising imaginative activities that are open to the transcendent, a culture that integrates human creativity
in art, literature and science with the call to
holiness, to a
life that acknowledges truth, goodness and beauty as having their source
in the divine.
If we're looking for the way to get God to bless our sexual
lives, the solution to the problem of what it means to be a sexual being, we're only going to come up with false rules and standards, ways of being that force some people out and others
in, models of
holiness that may work for one season of
life but fall apart
in another.
... When God saves people
in this
life by working through his Spirit to bring them to faith and by leading them to follow Jesus
in discipleship, prayer,
holiness, hope, and love, such people are designed... to be a sign and foretaste of what God wants to do for the entire cosmos.
12:14 Make every effort to
live in peace with all men and to be holy; without
holiness no one will see the Lord -LCB- NIV -RCB-.
while Christ keeps the moral law that God's people failed to keep before, the moral laws continue because God's people are called to
live in Christ - like
holiness (because the moral law reveals God's character).
The secular society shall be a place where sinners can exist (note that mere existence is no
life in abundance)
in an organised way despite their sinful behaviour which damages others, themselves and God's
holiness.
Holiness and Pentecostal folk are busily engaged
in creating all those agencies and patterns of church
life that their maverick forebears found too confining.
Some choose paths that are so
in conflict with Kingdom values, their very presence would either pollute the Kingdom or the
holiness of the Kingdom would obliterate everything that was of an alien nature to the peace and joy of Kingdom
life.
And finally, realize that they don't have to profess Christianity, they don't need to call themselves Christian, they don't need to believe any theology or dogma to strive to attain the
holiness in their
lives that Jesus did
in his.
Holiness is also reflected
in a way of
life into which disciples enter more and more as,
in the power of the Spirit, they engage
in a struggle to conform their
lives to the pattern of
life they see
in Christ Jesus.
The
holiness of
life known to Christians is based first
in the alien righteousness that is imputed to them.
How about Prophesy ««Thus says the Lord GOD, «When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My
holiness in them
in the sight of the nations, then they will
live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.»
When the Holy Spirit is working
in our
lives to bring us back to a walk of
holiness, He may make us feel very uncomfortable until we are back under the covering of God.
The
holiness that serves the poor, prays without ceasing, redeems the arts, loves enemies, elevates community above corporate success, and preaches the
life - giving Gospel of a crucified and risen Lamb
in season and out.
The authenticity of the Christian
life is manifested
in the fruits of
holiness.
Spirituality was thought of as a form of
holiness derived from the acceptance of one's station
in life and
living in obedience to the civil and ecclesiastical powers.
The glory and the
holiness of the God of Mount Sinai calls forth
in the Covenant people awe, wonder, and fear, which is expressed, finally,
in their obedience to those principles through which God's presence is seen
in human
life, those principles through which
life, love, and the fullness of God's creation are finally achieved.