Tuesday, January 26, 2021

what is righteousness? spirituality? holiness?

Righteousness, in human standards, is defined as “the quality of being morally true or justifiable” 




What's the difference between religion and spirituality? ... Religion is a specific set of organised beliefs and practices, usually shared by a community or group. Spirituality is more of an individual practice and has to do with having a sense of peace and purpose.
Www.ideas.org.au 




 1 : the quality or state of being holy —used as a title for various high religious dignitaries 
His Holiness the Pope. 
2 : sanctification sense 2. holiness. adjective, often capitalized.

Read below
“We instinctively sense that God’s holiness has dangerous overtones. His purity calls our sinful attachments into question, demanding that we forsake them in order to enjoy the greatest of all goods—belonging to a God of infinite love and power. To come casually with our hearts grasping tightly to the sins we cherish or to come lightly as though they are no big deal, might be like throwing ourselves onto a roaring fire with the expectation we will not perish. How, then, can we—sinful and broken human beings—hope to come into the presence of a holy God and survive the experience?“

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