Separation unto God’s Service

Interestingly, Lingayat kayaka theology (sacred, dignified work as worship, rejecting renunciation) is culturally closer to biblical ‘separation while remaining in the world’ than classic ascetic withdrawal is — but the risk is the opposite direction here: kayaka’s this-worldly diligence must not be read as itself the source of holiness, which in Romans is God’s declaration and the Spirit’s ongoing work, not the fruit of disciplined labor.