righteousness

Charles Hodge writes that " The subjective change wrought in the soul by the grace of God, is variously designated in Scripture " with terms such as new birth, resurrection, new life, new creation, renewing of the mind, dying to sin and living to righteousness, and translation from darkness to light .< ref name = Hodge1 > Hodge, Charles.

`` And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.

Elihu takes a mediator's path — he attempts to maintain the sovereignty and righteousness and gracious mercy of God.

When individuals repent and believe in Christ ( saving faith ), they are regenerated and brought into union with Christ, whereby the death and righteousness of Christ are imputed to them for their justification before God.

The content of " M " suggests that this community was stricter than the others in its attitude to keeping the Jewish law, holding that they must exceed the scribes and the Pharisees in " righteousness " ( adherence to Jewish law ); and of the three only " M " refers to a " church " ( ecclesia ), an organised group with rules for keeping order.

* Christ's righteousness is imputed to the believer: Justification is sola fide.

The narrative's coda mentions that the daughters each marry one of the sons of their uncles ; the gemara states that the daughters had demonstrated their righteousness in doing so, as these men were fitting for them, and hadn't married earlier as they were waiting for suitable husbands.

* Turning away: " Apostasy is also pictured as the heart turning away from God ( Jeremiah 17: 5-6 ) and righteousness ( Ezekiel 3: 20 ).

Other major ideas in the book of Amos include: social justice and concern for the disadvantaged ; the idea that Israel's covenant with God did not exempt them from accountability for sin ; God is God of all nations ; God is judge of all nations ; God is God of moral righteousness ; God made all people ; God elected Israel and then liberated Israel so that He would be known throughout the world ; election by God means that those elected are responsible to live according to the purposes clearly outlined to them in the covenant ; if God destroys the unjust, a remnant will remain ; and God is free to judge whether to redeem Israel.

He saw himself as a preacher of righteousness by an appeal to reason, applied frankly and without fear of the magisterium.

He also goes on to say that a righteousness from God has made itself known apart from the law, to which the law and prophets testify, and this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus to all who believe.

For Sikhs, the word Dharm means the " path of righteousness ".

:* they who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they will be satisfied.

And as soon as You remove Yourself from them, all the Names remain like a body without a soul ... All is to show how You conduct the world, but not that You have a known righteousness that is just, nor a known judgement that is merciful, nor any of these attributes at all ... Blessed is God forever, amen and amen!

Jack Kingsbury and Hans Dieter Betz see the sermon as composed of theological themes, e. g. righteousness or way of life.

But it is righteousness to believe in God and the Last Day, And the Angels, and the Books, and the Messengers ; To spend of your substance, out of love for Him, For your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves ; To be steadfast in prayer And give in charity ; To fulfill the contracts which you have made ; And to be firm and patient, in pain and adversity And throughout all periods of panic.

This concept of asha versus the druj should not be confused with the good-versus-evil battle evident in western religions, for although both forms of opposition express moral conflict, the asha versus druj concept is more systemic and less personal, representing, for instance, chaos ( that opposes order ); or " uncreation ", evident as natural decay ( that opposes creation ); or more simply " the lie " ( that opposes truth, righteousness ).

#* " Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.

Cultivating knowledge and sincerity is also important for one's own sake ; the superior person loves learning for the sake of learning and righteousness for the sake of righteousness.

The code of xia is composed of two main virtues-yi ( 義 ; righteousness ) and xin ( 信 ; honour ).

If so, according to, this incident resulted that the Bi officials inadvertently revolted against their own lord through Confucius ' doing, thus forcing Viscount Ji Huan's hand in having to dismantle the walls of Bi ( as it could have harbored such rebels ) or confess to instigating the event by going against proper conduct and righteousness as an official.

So, while we properly inveigh against the new poisoning, history is not likely to justify the pose of righteousness which some in the West were so quick to assume when Mr. Khrushchev made his cynical and irresponsible threat.

* Parents ' responsibilities toward their children include rearing them " in love and righteousness ," providing " for their physical and spiritual needs ," and teaching " them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens.

It was inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr .' s paraphrase "... we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

* Yifan Zhang: cat goddess who led a legion of cats to uphold righteousness before the Shang Era ; descendant of Huangdi