Passage
Romans 6
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Doctrine
Christian Identity in Christ
Identity is found in union with Christ while remaining a distinct person in relationship with him, not caste, community, or progress toward eventual dissolution of the self.
ROM.6.1-11
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Doctrine
Grace
Unmerited favor stands against both the karma-merit economy of popular Hindu devotion and the Lingayat kayaka-dasoha ethic, where right standing is demonstrated through disciplined sacred work and generous sharing; grace must be taught as favor received, not effort or service rewarded.
ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15
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Glossary Term
Grace
Unmerited favor apart from human merit.
ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15
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Glossary Term
Holy
Set apart for God and morally pure; ಶುದ್ಧ leans toward ritual purity rather than relational holiness.
ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22
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Glossary Term
Holy Spirit
CRITICAL: never ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ (the impersonal or monistic Universal Self of Vedantic usage).
ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22
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Glossary Term
Resurrection
CRITICAL: NEVER ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ.
ROM.6.4-5
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Doctrine
Resurrection of Christ
CRITICAL: bodily, historical, once-for-all.
ROM.6.4-5
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Doctrine
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; not the disciplined, self-directed ascent through the Lingayat shatsthala stages, however much the outward ethical behavior may overlap.
ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22
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Glossary Term
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinct from ritual purification and from the disciplined stage-by-stage self-cultivation of the Lingayat shatsthala path.
ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22
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Doctrine
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.
ROM.6.22