{
  "id": "MTOM-0032",
  "title": "Dumb Down 'Be Holy' to 'God Knows We Are Only Human'",
  "slug": "dumb-down-be-ye-holy-as-the-lord-is-holy-to-god-knows-we-are-only-human-lighten-up",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/dumb-down-be-ye-holy-as-the-lord-is-holy-to-god-knows-we-are-only-human-lighten-up/",
  "category": "Holiness and Obedience",
  "severity": 4,
  "severity_label": "Level 4 - Soul-endangering deception",
  "danger_type": "creatureliness_used_to_excuse_sin",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "Scripture acknowledges weakness, but it never uses human weakness to cancel the call to holiness. The command is grounded in God's character, not human convenience.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Lev 19:2",
    "1 Pet 1:15-16",
    "Titus 2:11-14",
    "Rom 8:12-13",
    "Heb 12:14"
  ],
  "key_terms": "qadosh [holy, set apart]; hagios [holy]; sarx [flesh]; thanatoo [put to death]",
  "related_topics": [
    "true-holiness-is-regarded-as-legalism",
    "true-obedience-is-regarded-as-works",
    "grace-without-discipleship",
    "respectability-replacing-holiness"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.067607+00:00"
}