Sentences with phrase «perfect in holiness»

The souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies; and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day.

One widespread theory held after the Reformation is that the souls of the righteous are made perfect in holiness at the point of death.

Not exact matches

All the justice that was well deserved (consumed by eternal burning holiness) is covered in perfect love taking onto self the pain (consequence) of sin up to the maximum evil could imagine.

But it sounded to me like he is saying that Christians do NOT have a part in «perfecting» holiness.

In the Pentecostal Holiness church, one almost has to be perfect to make it to heaven.

The nearest approach in the Old Testament to the saying about being perfect or merciful is the basic principle of the Holiness Code of Leviticus (19:2 etc.): «You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.»

Whether or not we shall ever come to «perfect love and holiness in this life» is a question on which many Christians differ.

Call him a saint and he will protest, for in his Christian humility and knowledge of himself he knows very well how far short he falls of perfect Christlikeness and holiness.

In his Plain Account of Christian Perfection, Wesley defined holiness not as achieving sinless perfection but as having one's heart fully fixed on God, setting aside all other affections — «perfect love.»

Sin just means missing the perfect mark (in this case, God's holiness; in our justice system's case, breaking the law of the land).

While Catholicism presents a «linear» framework in which the Christian journeys in progress toward holiness, Lutheranism posits a «dialectic» one which precludes any self - perfecting tendencies.

As the human nature of Christ is the perfect image, in the Son of Man, of our own identity and holiness, our wholeness in body and soul through God, so in the order of the spiritual soul, the Divine Being itself, as pure and perfect spirit, is the mirror image of our spiritual perfection, now and unto the beatific vision.

In spite of the unquestionable fact that saints of the once - born type exist, that there may be a gradual growth in holiness without a cataclysm; in spite of the obvious leakage (as one may say) of much mere natural goodness into the scheme of salvation; revivalism has always assumed that only its own type of religious experience can be perfect; you must first be nailed on the cross of natural despair and agony, and then in the twinkling of an eye be miraculously releaseIn spite of the unquestionable fact that saints of the once - born type exist, that there may be a gradual growth in holiness without a cataclysm; in spite of the obvious leakage (as one may say) of much mere natural goodness into the scheme of salvation; revivalism has always assumed that only its own type of religious experience can be perfect; you must first be nailed on the cross of natural despair and agony, and then in the twinkling of an eye be miraculously releasein holiness without a cataclysm; in spite of the obvious leakage (as one may say) of much mere natural goodness into the scheme of salvation; revivalism has always assumed that only its own type of religious experience can be perfect; you must first be nailed on the cross of natural despair and agony, and then in the twinkling of an eye be miraculously releasein spite of the obvious leakage (as one may say) of much mere natural goodness into the scheme of salvation; revivalism has always assumed that only its own type of religious experience can be perfect; you must first be nailed on the cross of natural despair and agony, and then in the twinkling of an eye be miraculously releasein the twinkling of an eye be miraculously released.