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GojuBrian said:BTW, Paidon has agreed with me on more than one occasion.
I'll take your word for it, I've never seen him agree with anything or anyone.
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I'll take your word for it, I've never seen him agree with anything or anyone.
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'holier than thou' seems to mean self-righteous to me. I don't think we should ever be self-righteous, because He has given us life and we did not do it for ourselves. Self-righteousness is pride, and we do not want to fall into presumptuous sin. We don't have to condemn others in order to be jealous for God's truth in our own walk...we are free, and we are no longer slaves to sin. So, in our liberty we can go forward, gaze into the glory of God, and be conformed to His image. We can be holy as He is holy, and this happens from the inside out when we have a belief unto righteousness. We love Jesus and keep His commandments and we should fear God and flee from evil.
'holier than thou' is something done in my own strength to appear holy and be able to arrogantly lord things over others.
'be ye holy as He is holy' is to walk in full knowledge of who God is and who I am, and walk with a heart, mind, and soul set on Him, and on sharing His love and Word here through a life that is given over to His will alone, and in service to His holy Way.
The Lord bless you.
'holier than thou' is something done in my own strength to appear holy and be able to arrogantly lord things over others.
'be ye holy as He is holy' is to walk in full knowledge of who God is and who I am, and walk with a heart, mind, and soul set on Him, and on sharing His love and Word here through a life that is given over to His will alone, and in service to His holy Way.
The Lord bless you.
I won't quote anyone here, but if anyone wants to take this personally they're welcome to do so.
Like everyone else, I agree with anyone who believes the same as me. However, I am never so arrogant as to think I'm always right. Yes, I agree with those who I think are right, but how do I know I'm right? Sometimes it's obvious by the word of God, but then everyone says, "It's all a matter of interpretation."
If that is true, then how can anyone be absolutely positive beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are right on anything? Yet, many people ARE positive they are always right. I'm not one of them.
To the unsaved, any Christian who refuses to pollute him/herself with the sins of this world is acting "holier than thou" without actually meaning to do so. I don't drink, smoke, do drugs, and have never had sex with anyone to whom I'm not married. A lot of people have thought me weird just for that fact. We are told in Titus 2:14 and 1 Peter 2:9 that we are a "peculiar people". So what does that mean exactly?
Add the fact that I try to live as God commanded, and I become a "religious fanatic". I was called that one time when a man saw me reading my Bible. Personally, I don't care what the world thinks about me; I only care what they think about my Saviour.
When people claiming to be Christians can't agree or even get along, how can we expect non-Christians to desire what we claim to have?
Can we be like God? Well, I believe that Jesus IS God; He is the Second Person of the Godhead and therefore God. Now, in 1 James 3:2 we read "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." Unfortunately, that isn't until we see Him that we shall be like Him.
Still, God does not command us to do something without providing the means to do it. He sent His people to war and gave them the means to be victorious over insurmountable numbers. Unfortunately, instead of availing ourselves of the power of God that is at our disposal as "sons of God", we sit back and say, "I'm only human, and I can't be holy." If God said to be it, He will make it possible. Am I holy? Not even by human standards--let alone God's standards, but fortunately "He's still working on me."
Like everyone else, I agree with anyone who believes the same as me. However, I am never so arrogant as to think I'm always right. Yes, I agree with those who I think are right, but how do I know I'm right? Sometimes it's obvious by the word of God, but then everyone says, "It's all a matter of interpretation."
If that is true, then how can anyone be absolutely positive beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are right on anything? Yet, many people ARE positive they are always right. I'm not one of them.
To the unsaved, any Christian who refuses to pollute him/herself with the sins of this world is acting "holier than thou" without actually meaning to do so. I don't drink, smoke, do drugs, and have never had sex with anyone to whom I'm not married. A lot of people have thought me weird just for that fact. We are told in Titus 2:14 and 1 Peter 2:9 that we are a "peculiar people". So what does that mean exactly?
Add the fact that I try to live as God commanded, and I become a "religious fanatic". I was called that one time when a man saw me reading my Bible. Personally, I don't care what the world thinks about me; I only care what they think about my Saviour.
When people claiming to be Christians can't agree or even get along, how can we expect non-Christians to desire what we claim to have?
Can we be like God? Well, I believe that Jesus IS God; He is the Second Person of the Godhead and therefore God. Now, in 1 James 3:2 we read "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." Unfortunately, that isn't until we see Him that we shall be like Him.
Still, God does not command us to do something without providing the means to do it. He sent His people to war and gave them the means to be victorious over insurmountable numbers. Unfortunately, instead of availing ourselves of the power of God that is at our disposal as "sons of God", we sit back and say, "I'm only human, and I can't be holy." If God said to be it, He will make it possible. Am I holy? Not even by human standards--let alone God's standards, but fortunately "He's still working on me."
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It's rather funny the way this thread has gone.
Honestly....no. For there is not one of us without sin. Jesus, Himself, told us not to judge one another lest we be judged. So too are we as believers implored to take the plank (sin?) out of our own eyes (lives possibly?) before seeking to do so in that of our brethrens.
Though cannot deny that I, amongst others are more guilty of it than we would like to be at times.
Though cannot deny that I, amongst others are more guilty of it than we would like to be at times.