Will like the pastors and those savvy with the holy scriptures in here to shed more light to this topic ,tnxs and have a wonderful sunday.

No! i'm a perfect example... My sins full bucket remain, but still yet his grace and mercies coupled with blessings plus burku love just dey follow me everywhere i go like mtn...

Gbaghan:
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You must be an estate manager or anything close to it?

Gbaghan:
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You must be an estate manager or anything close to it?

Gbaghan:
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You must be an estate manager or anything close to it?

Maxcollins042:
You must be an estate manager or anything close to it?You must be an estate manager or anything close to it?You must be an estate manager or anything close to it?

Gbagam for you! your teeth complete, you nor get ebeke

Gbaghan:
Gbagam for you! your teeth complete, you nor get ebeke

Gini bu ebeke

Righteousness is the prerequisite not holiness

MizMyColi:
No.
For you have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the high places.

Holiness is an offshoot of a life that's deeply rooted in God.
When a man becomes aware of the God dimension in him, he starts living out the God life.

If God required our holiness and other doctrines to be good to us, then his love is conditional and has limit.
That would contradict what the bible says.

It's a No-Brainer.

Is it not?

If Holiness is a prerequisite for blessings ,considering my sins, I would be the most cursed person but as God would have it every tin is smooth, he's not a man.

MizMyColi:


Pray tell, what's the difference between righteousness and holiness?

Righteousness is a moral justification of ones action or ways, though may not have any spiritual backup. From the word Right

Holiness is a spiritual justification and guildiance of one's action or behavior. From the word Holy Spirit

grace and blessing is inbuilt, holiness only act as a stabilizer to ensure steady flow of it.

because sins can act as an hindrance to the free flow of grace and blessing..

just as sin made moses never to get to the promised land.

Yes!!! Holiness, Blessings and The Grace of Christ comprise in equal qualities and quantities the Righteousness of God and of Christ Jesus. Righteousness is The Issue!!

MizMyColi:


Pray tell, what's the difference between righteousness and holiness?

In regards to what Tolexander said, Righteousness is beyond morality

Doing what is right in the purpose and plan of God is righteousness
While living according to the established commandments of God and moral laws is holiness.

To avoid any confusion, Let's see an instance
Read 1 Sam 21:1-6
David was the hand of God in establishing God's purpose. He was a righteous man but not a holy man, that was why the priest (a holy man) was reluctant in giving him the Holy bread.
A righteous man may fall but by the grace of God he can stand again, after remorse and repentance, to wroth the work of God . David could kill, and take hard decisions because he was fulfilling God's work.
For a holy man, it is very difficult to be restored after desecrating your holy status. A holy man could not go to war or kill and is permitted into the sanctum.

Heb 12:14 collaborate rather than contradict this. ".... holiness, without which no man can see the Lord"
No matter the work of righteousness you do in fulfillment of God's purpose, whenever you seek the face of God, you have to keep thyself, thy vessel and thoughts holy unto God.
God needs righteous man to work his purpose.
Holiness is a 24 hour job for a holy man or a priest, that is why God would not use them in some instances.

Now finally let me ask you, God asked a man (Hosea) to sleep with a harlot and he did, which was a fulfillment of God's purpose.
Was that man righteous (doing God's work) or holy (remember he defiled his vessel)?

MizMyColi:


In other words, going by the bible's teachings....

Since Jesus Christ Became holiness, righteousness, justification e.t.c, for us unto the father, it then adds up that we are not to base God's love and acceptance of us, based on what we do right or wrong?

Ya right sister!

Morality isn't Spirituality

Morality is guided by mind, climate, culture and time. Therefore it is spatial, temporal and relative. I.e;
an Act may be right in Nigeria but wrong in the Russia. eg, media advertisement of Alcohol is wrong and illegal in Russia but not in Nigeria.
What was wrong in the past may not be wrong these days. e.g people were moving without being clothed in the past. It is wrong to do that now.
what is wrong to you may be right to me.

On the other hand, Spirituality is entire, general and universal because it is only set and back up by God and sustained by Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our salvation.

Holiness was not numerically used in the Old testament except when it is attached to God. New testament has the occurrence more cos of the presence of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Holiness is the result(Romans 6:22b) of the impact of Grace in our lives. Titus 2:11-12,"for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared . . . Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world." We may get blessings from God which are only given with the expectation that they will lead to repentance. Romans 2:4,5" or do you despise the riches of His goodness... not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But after the hardness and impenitence of your heart you keep for yourself wrath". This means if we fail to repent, receive the grace to live in holiness, judgement is sure. Like the church in Laodicea [Revelations 3:17] we may have all material blessings and still be filthy before God. God being a good God gives earthly blessings both to the good and evil but without Holiness no man shall see the Lord Hebrews 12:14b.