What makes a person "holy"?

Question

What does holiness really mean?

Answer 1

only God is holy...

Answer 2

Nothing!
The seers say that we're all divine beings...every one has origin from the same source called god. Some people try to 'be' holy...in an attempt to be something different...How can we be different from what we already are. But who or what are we? Both the saint and the sinner are manifestations in this supposedly 'divine' play....I remember a story of the realized king Janak who is approached by a renunciate ....cant write the whole story...you may find it on the web

Answer 3

holy for example is like holy land...i also born there its something that u cant make by money or sole it its something that u cant make in 1 day..its a culture.s and people who belived in god for many years been loyal and ture religion simple and peace giving there souls to help other people prying from deep there heart hoping for better world and no one can destroy this no matter what...and u cant be a holy person unless u live with those people and that hard to find this days bien holy isint simple u need to be virgin and pure ture and honest lovley and kindnes in ur heart should be white like snow....just wanna add notice for the first person who answerd holy person is a person is what i said and ofcourse all people can make mistakes but u still can be holy even if u make mistakes god as a forgivnes and god forgive people for there mistakes...its something u cant understand unless u know what ur talking about

Answer 4

The Grace God gives makes us holy. Holiness, according to dictionary.com, is: Living according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system; saintly: a holy person.

Answer 5

How they live there life. To begin a holy person loves God and treats others as he would himself. Such a person would also usually be: well versed in scripture, help the needy, pray often, attend religious services often, be full of wisdom, be worried more about the hereafter than this life and be very humble.

Answer 6

The word “holy” has been defined as being “1. . . . associated with a divine power; sacred. 2. Regarded with or worthy of worship or veneration . . . 3. Living according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system . . . 4. Specified or set apart for a religious purpose.” In the Biblical context, holiness means “religious cleanness or purity; sacredness.” According to the Bible reference work Insight on the Scriptures, “the original Hebrew [word] qo′dhesh conveys the thought of separateness, exclusiveness, or sanctification to God, . . . a state of being set aside to the service of God.
MOST of the major religions of the world have those whom they consider to be holy. Mother Teresa of Indian fame is often viewed as holy because of her dedication to the poor. The pope is called the “Holy Father.”
It follows that if a person is genuinely holy, he will pursue a course of holiness, cleanness, and moral uprightness. Christians are admonished to present their bodies to God as a sacrifice that is holy, just as acceptable sacrifices presented at the ancient sanctuary were holy. (Ro 12:1) Holiness in conduct is a command: “In accord with the Holy One who called you, do you also become holy yourselves in all your conduct, because it is written: ‘You must be holy, because I am holy.’”—1Pe 1:15, 16.

Answer 7

To be holy,i think,are mens who believe in God, respect the 10 rulles of God,live in true,when they are wrong they ask for forget from God,throw the church.In few words mens without sins.

Answer 8

Only God is Holy we can only hope to get closer to it by serving him and keeping our lives pure

Answer 9

To stay close to and follow God. Job was a good example of this. God called him a friend.
Jesus was the best example of a sinless man. Some say it was because he was a God, but he wasn't when he walked the earth as Mary's son. He was given A "God status" when he gave up his earthly life for us.
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Answer 10

Living according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system .

Answer 11

Pure and Righteous with out sin but Only love
none is righteous no not one we have all fallen short of the glory of God but thanks to the blood shed Of Jesus Christ we can be washed in his blood and made pure our sins washed away for this reason is why his blood was shed .