A proper concept of holiness terminates in the obvious-whatever belongs to a pure and righteous God must correspond with His nature, and be responsive to the uses of a pure and spiritual service. It matters little whether or not Christianity makes men rich; but it does matter that it make them truer, purer, and more noble. A character of this nature can only come about through a definite, instantaneous work of grace known to us as
The Character of Michael Hosea in Francine Rivers Redeeming Love Francine Rivers retells a story of God’s unfailing love as she writes a biblical love story. Michael Hosea the main male character in “Redeeming Love” is a representation of God’s real love for us. Michael Hosea seems to be a quite man and anything but soft. Michael is a Godly man, and he lives to serve his God. Throughout the story Michael’s will is tested, but he stands strong in what he believes and puts all his faith and trust in God.
(Matthew 22:37-39) From Jesus’ words we understand the importance of true love and the absolute necessity of its practice in the life of the Christian. Too often is seen the misinterpretation of love as a temporary occurrence that comes and goes in people’s lives and the true definition is lost. The Christian must humbly demonstrate love to God and others by offering their entire life as a living sacrifice. (Romans 12:1) The cold arguments in favor of the advancement cannot prevail against the love of Christ that is found evident in the life of the Christian. Love is the most important weapon in the arsenal of a believer (1 Corinthians 13), and it is vital that the true definition of love be communicated to Advancement thinkers by the life that we live and the Gospel we proclaim.
Situation ethics does have rules and principles to abide by. However, situationists are allowed to set these general rules aside if it seems more loving to do so. Situational ethics is a teleological theory as it is mainly concerned with the outcome and if this outcome is the most loving thing. Fletcher argued that “loves decisions are made situationally not prescriptively” this statement can be accounted for by the actions of Jesus Christ himself. Christianity teaches that people should not work on the day of Sabbath as God himself didn’t and that it should be the day of rest.
Also, christian love is self-giving making it right to go out and help others instead of avoiding actions. Next principle is “love wills the neighbours good, whether we like him or not”. The love that fletcher is talking about is called, agape love. Agape love isnt sentimental or erotic but rather a desire to dog good for other people. Your neighbour is anybody, agape love shuld go out to anybody, not jst to those we like but to those we don’t like aswell.
Christianity exalting love, self esteem, self-image and so does Psychology. God is heedful of how we view ourselves and He want us to live, interact and hold our lives as people who know who they are; and so does Psychology instruct. Life is precious and we got to give ourselves the best we can because there are resources within us that are meant to give us positivity towards life. Both parameter caution us about judging others, encourages us to be
Jesus taught us a new definition for greatness, the word servant. “Anyone can be great, because anyone can serve.” He gave of Himself. Jesus showed us all by example how to be great; by giving our lives in service to God. His service to humankind was motivated by Love. Mark Twain said, “Kindness (Love) is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” That is the language that Jesus spoke.
The bible teaches us this in Philippians 2:3 (“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”). Showing respect to those whom
The present dimension of faith is the life of obedience in which the believer demonstrates his or her faithfulness to God out of gratitude and love for the one whom he or she unconditionally trusts[2]. Theologically, it expresses the fundamental nature or response of the human person to God[3]. It is the assured knowledge that changes the believer and the means through which one
From a Christian viewpoint most ethicists criticize self-interest as a ‘narrow’ view that could ingeniously embrace harmful selfishness. Do we agree with them? Though we consider its importance as a primary motive for acting in market economical and political affairs, we argue that ethical standards basically require a moral outlook that goes beyond the dominant self-interest model. Since most people have both a benevolent and self-interested attitude, we view self-love as indispensable for cooperation and social behaviour. Christian love essentially unites persons with the ontological good – originated from God – and transforms the self to be concerned both for oneself and the good of others on the level of identity.