Sentences with phrase «because accepting a gift»

Because accepting a gift from someone means acknowledging their love for you.

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Because God is communicating to mankind through the Scriptures in the Bible in a style that reeks with an obvious understood implication that the hearer / reader, mankind, has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject His call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts (some folk briefly refer to it as man's free will), I let the concept of mankind having this inherent ability be the precedence.

Your sins are already forgiven, no one goes to Hell because they did not ask for forgiveness, a person goes to Hell because when they have passed the age of innocence, and have come to the Knowledge of the Gospel, or they have learned that Jesus died for their sins, and that He gives us salvation freely because He loves us more than we love ourselves, and we have to make a choice to accept or reject this free gift, if that individual accepts Jesus as their Savior, then they go to Heaven, and if that individual rejects Jesus, then they go to Hell.

Calvinists try to say that this verse supports their concept of total depravity (that fallen mankind does not have the inherent free will capacity to accept or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts) because they interpret the words «the natural man» to be all of fallen mankind.

Because God is communicating to mankind through the Scriptures in the Bible in a style that reeks with an obvious understood implication that the hearer / reader, mankind, has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject His call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts (some folk briefly refer to it as man's inherent - free - will capacity), I let the concept of mankind having this inherent ability be the precedence; and I interpret difficult passages that can possibly be interpreted to appear contradictory to that precedence (of mankind having inherent - free - will) in light of mankind having inherent - free - will capacity.

One minute you want to insist there is no works involved because God grants the gift of faith to some and not others as he sees fit (somehow without this meaning He has chosen who is hell - bound), and the next minute you want to insist that people who are going to hell are going there because they refused God (somehow without believeing in God, and the right God, and then accepting this God is someone not a work, even when it is someone a person who have to do in their own strength against their own inherent sinfulness).

He has not withdrawn from us but His presence can be a cause of fear, it's a threat, because to accept the gift of His presence is to admit that our self - sufficiency is a lie.

Because he loves you, he will if he hasn't already, give you an opportunity to accept his free gift.

God does not accept man's feeble attempt at repentance because it is just not good enough but repentance is still needed to have salvation and it is obtained as a gift the moment we declare Jesus Lord of our life.

just because someone gives you a gift doesn't mean you have to accept it, google the word Libertas and you will find it was a Roman Greek goddess that promised liberty for all the people and it looks identical to ours Statue of Liberty or Lady liberty, America can not claim to be a godly nation and embrace pagan idols.

But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated

I think that the manager will have to accept that it just simply isn't feasible to keep a player at the club that can hardly string 5 consecutive games together, it's a shame because he is a really gifted player and had a lot to offer the squad.

McDonnell's bribery conviction was tossed last month after the Supreme Court ruled that his conduct — accepting lavish gifts from a businessman in exchange for meetings and a lunch at the governor's mansion — fell short of bribery because the government could not prove he accepted the gifts in exchange for an «official act,» like legislation.

«I certainly made the decision when I was asked to participate in this program, not to accept it, because I knew it was a gift that I couldn't accept and I think the current comptroller should've done the same thing,» he said.

Bharara retweeted the offer and said he loved shish kebab — but graciously declined because he is prohibited from accepting gifts.

Because I connected his understanding of Santa — an elusive idea, to getting gifts — a direct sensory experience, it was more personal to him and he was able to comprehend and accept it.

I would love to include a MasterCard gift card in a «My Favorite Things» gift basket (because I LOVE gift cards and it can be used anywhere that accepts MasterCard).

But now that I am in high school, my peers accept my differences, and I accept theirs, because what it truly means to be «gifted» is not something that can be measured with standardized tests, as the school system naively believes.

This is something that Amazon offers to make it easy to give away review copies, but there is a caveat to it because the person accepting the «gifted book» could actually just exchange it for an equivalent gift card.

I'd accepted the gift with mixed feelings — and not just because it was a rusted - out eyesore that barely ran.

As a reviewer, I don't accept Kindle versions gifted through Amazon, because I believe Amazon DO consider them to be compensation — because a gifted Kindle book can be regifted, or exchanged for any product at Amazon.

They're also a popular gift - giving idea because recipients can use them for whatever they want, and they're widely accepted.

Just a few weeks ago, we accepted an owner» s surrender of an 8 week old purebred Peek - A-Poo (Pekingese and Poodle) puppy because it was a surprise Christmas gift that the receiver did not want.

Lee Huffman, a credit card expert who founded BaldThoughts.com, says his local grocery stores stopped accepting credit cards for gift card purchases because they haven't yet switched to the new chip card technology.

If you could get in heaven because of your good deeds, why would JESUS had to have gone to the cross, you will not go to hell because you sinned, the bible says we all have sinned, you will go for rejecting GODS free gift, his son, JESUS, SEE, HE TOOK YOUR PLACE IF YOU EXCEPT HIS OFFER BUT IF NOT YOU PAY FOR ALL YOUR SINS, KIND OF LIKE COURT, BETTER TO TAKE AN ATTORNEY THAN REPRESENT YOURSELF, sorry for caps, GOD loved you so much he sent his son to die for you as payment for sin, you will answer to GOD for everything you do, JESUS lived a perfect life which was accepted by GOD for payment of sins, thats up to you if you except it, is bible vs man made religions, thats alot of commeon since, there are man made laws you go by or suffer for, plus, there are so many religions you can make one up to best suit you, it do nt work that way, plus, excepting JESUS is the best way to heaven, why would you think you caould live perfect your whole life, you cant, the devil will use religion to lead as many people away from CHRIST as he can, even in the garden, eve was decieved.if the bible is not true than no man has anyright to even say whats right or wrong, things some people do they think is fine and so on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they right, think about it, salvation is simple, man makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOVED]