-religion:
Attention to that which consists of ceremonies
and various forms
of discipline done out of fear and/or reverence
for God. The word 'religion'
comes from a root
meaning 'to bind'. More
-repentance:
Means 'to change the mind'; to decide differently, the emotional
part of repentance being an appreciation of forgiveness, one of the high
consciousness things, consequently.inspiring
a change of mind affecting the heart. Affecting
it how?
Repentance means that we
give up the 'laws'
we have made and/or accepted for ourselves that keep us bound
at the ego level, the laws that we use in our relationships with one
another and replace them with pure service involving love,
compassion,
etc.
Repentance, or the willingness
to become like the Infinite's nature is, which is loving,
is
a gift from the Infinite.
See 'asking
for forgiveness'. See 'fruits
of repentance'.
-riot:
the fundamental idea of the original base as used in Titus
1:6 is 'wastefulness and riotous excess, lawless insolence
and wanton.caprice,
reckless and extravagant
expenditure, chiefly for the gratification
of one's sensual desires'.
It denotes
a dissolute,
profligate
course of life. There is included the idea of profligacy, often of lasciviousness,
but the fundamental
thought is the acknowledging of no restraints,
the insolent
doing of whatever one's caprice may suggest.