Sentences with phrase «personal righteousness»

I went on to argue that some branches of Judaism took this idea to an extreme, saying that some of the forefathers of Israel were such good people, that they had more «good works» than they needed, and so their good works could be credited to the account of later Hebrew people who came up short in personal righteousness.

Rather, it was used when something or someone had been set apart, regardless of the question of personal righteousness.

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It carried to fulfillment a long development of thought, disentangling persons from submergence in the social mass and giving to each one status, meaning, and rights of his own; it concentrated attention on the spiritual value of personality and its possibilities; it created a religion to be entered by free personal choice, regardless of race or nation; it set persons to building a social fellowship for the redemption of souls; and it proclaimed as the ultimate goal of divine creation and human hope the kingdom of God in «new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.»

(Isaiah 5:16) Then, in contrast with this view, having described the loose and cynical ways in which popular thought referred to «the Holy One of Israel,» (Isaiah 5:18 - 19) he went on to announce with vehement earnestness the real meanings of holiness in terms of personal morals and social righteousness.

For Abraham, the lesson could not be more pointed: His excessive preoccupation with God's personal promise, with his own merit and its reward — that is, with personal justice — is in fact at odds with the fulfillment of the purpose of God's promise that he become a great nation, steeped in righteousness, to become a blessing to all the others.

Though most, if not all, humans are guilty of thinking judgmental and hypocritical thoughts, those making up roughly 60 % 0f the population who are truly ignorant, narrowminded, with lack of a personal identity (easily manipulated by peers) tend to go to the extreme of blowing the horn of self - righteousness by pointing out the flaws in other groups instead of focusing on their own flaws, which is an increased epidemic in this day in age especially in the age groups of 15 to 33.

I can only hope that I have a front row seat as you explain to him that his righteousness has not measured up to your personal standards of morality and then assault Him physically.

They have frequently displayed a moralistic self - righteousness and a personal vulgarity that makes one wonder whether they are criticizing American character or exemplifying it at its worst.

Many Christians accepted the call to justice and righteousness in society without changing their views that social concern and action flowed forth in a secondary way from personal salvation.

And so, as an evangelical, I am deeply invested in my faith, at both a personal and communal level, and I believe that all scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, challenging, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that people faith are equipped to love God and their neighbors.

It is most important to recognize that the myth of the Last Judgment took root in Judaism to satisfy, not a longing for personal immortality, but a longing to be assured that this is not a meaningless topsy - turvy world, but one in which righteousness and justice are ultimately victorious.

In the message of the prophets there is a call to personal and social righteousness which stems from the sovereign rule of a righteous God.

The power which works this transformation is released in the depth of personal life just at the point at which man finds his own self - righteousness shattered.

The universality of the human regard for those higher qualities which the Hebrew gathered up in the concept of righteousness found rational explanation best in a cosmic origin which some modern thinkers describe as a Process; but, for the Hebrew mind, that Process was personal.

More specifically, the warnings and reproof of the succession of prophets through several centuries, often directed immediately toward personal conduct and always implying such application, had borne fruitage in a realization that the individual's righteousness depended, not on his membership in the nation, but on his response to the prophet's message.

For example, in our personal life we are commanded in the Qur» an to act with righteousness, to be straightforward in speech, to control our passions, and to purify our souls.

Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are those renouncing all claims to personal achievement, who wait for God's reign of righteousness.

However, it was a short leap for Paul to begin to use this word with regard to personal moral purity, in an attempt to help the church understand the difference between imputed and actual righteousness, a use which he did not have when he wrote Galatians (cf. 5.4), but initiated in his second letter, in 1 Thessalonians 5.23.

It makes human beings with the deepest personal identity responsible for their actions, successes and failures, without denying the urgency of the struggle for social, economic, and political pre-requisites of righteousness, equality, and brotherhood.

That this prophetic idea of Yahweh's character and of his demand for personal and social righteousness was a development and was not to be found in full flower in the original Sinaitic deity as the later legends pictured him, is clear.