Good question. -- I don't know entirely, but perhaps I can answer in part. The short answer is living in harmony with God, in timing, thinking, behaviour, practices, principles, rituals, conversation, etc.
"Be ye holy; for I am holy." (1 Pet. 1:16)
"And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. ...I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. ...And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine." (Lev. 20)
In the context of 2019, society at is present extremely individualistic, reflecting a selfish nature and the binary pov you refer to to
credit oneself. To do or not do what is right. It's evident on the news all around the world with people walking past, ignoring, and stepping over people who are dying on the street, stabbed in robberies, or in serious car accidents, etc, and whimpering and or crying for help.
It's a problem with
collective communal responsibility, social morals, ethics, and righteous behaviour as a human race, all being the children of God, all made in the image of God, all being citizens on the Lord's Earth, and the Lord's property. -- And in that sense, all situations share a sense of sameness, in the eyes of God. Where all have gone astray. No one is righteous not one.
The Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan demonstrates how one is expected to go
above and beyond in helping a stranger who is in clear need, obvious to by-passers bar religious hypocrites. Those who pray publicly (to broadcast their religiosity and piety to the world), but behind closed doors are horrible people. Hence, the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6 is behind closed doors, private and secluded, a terse doxology and petition to the Lord alone, not broadcasted to the world. It's also a summary of all the Jewish blessings.
Hence, Scripture outlines traits that are intrinsic, essential, qualitative, and elaborate, connoting time, energy, effort, and resources invested, all being summarised under the word 'love'. Traits such as
longsuffering (2 Pet. 3:9),
forbearing one another in love (Eph. 4:2), riches of his goodness and forebearance and longsuffering (Rom. 2:4), and
going the extra mile for others (Mt. 5:41), and all things work together for the good of them that love God (Rom. 8:28).
NT are premised on the Torah, being parallel in many ways.
"Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again." (Deu. 22:1-4)
Working for our older brother Jesus Christ, first born from the dead of many brethren (Hebrews 2:11; Romans 8:29; Mark 3:34)
This is good stewardship, being a good neighbour, a good brother, and at the same time
loving God, having taken care of his property. One meets the law through such loving behaviour, learned
through the law.
Hence,
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." (Ps. 1:1-3)
I hope that helps.
Blessings
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