Chapter 7 Flashcards
Holiness is neither ________ or passive. It is a state of increasing love to God and one’s neighbor, and love is precisely a matter of doing what honors and benefits the loved one, out of a wish to raise that loved one High.
Static
Intense distress at one’s continuing ____________, in the context of an intense love of goodness as God defines it and intense zeal to practice it, is the clearest possible sign of the holiness of heart that is central to spiritual health.
Imperfection
The power of God is shown most fully in __________.
Human Weakness
God does not value us primarily in terms of what we can do, but of what ______________ character-wise, as he conforms us to Christ by his grace.
He makes us