Holy through Virtuous Living

We become holy through virtuous living. We are all called to one purpose in life; holiness, but the purpose is lived uniquely to each individual’s endowments, state and circumstance. We are all called to be equally holy but uniquely holy according to our own lives. Virtue is the fruit of faith. But we must actively pursue virtue that leads to holiness. Being holy is our response to God’s salvation. Once we have faith in Christ it our responsibility to be active not passive in that faith. We receive God’s life into our souls through faith and it is active through virtuous living. A living faith naturally leads to virtuous living that produces the fruit of the Holy Spirit. We cannot save ourselves or be virtuous or be holy without God. But neither will God force himself on to us. We have to do our part. We must have faith and open our souls to God’s life but also develop the disciplined cultivation of virtue in our lives. We receive God’s life through faith and live God’s live through active virtue in our lives. In fact if we do not live God’s life received through faith through active virtue, God’s life within us becomes stagnant and eventually dies. God calls; it is our responsibility to respond. God calls us to live our unique true identity, the true-self, and when we do we are holy because they mean the same thing in the eyes of God. We find our true identity through faith but we must also live our true identity through virtuous living. Both go hand in hand.