Sentences with phrase «christians gave up their lives»

True Christians gave up their lives for Truth.

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The New Testament verse is held up by Christians around the globe because it neatly summarizes some key points of Christianity: «For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whosoever believes in him would not perish but have eternal life.»

christians today think when people are not living according to the bible then they have the authority to cast hell on whomever... its sickening... and can someone tell me that if a kid was gay and he was a full hearted christian that there preacher would look them in the eyes and say give up ur going to hell

And while we're at it, there are millions who had good lives, and then things fell apart, and that includes devote Christians; did your God give up on them?

However, in many modern Christian circles, practicing Lent — through fasting or giving up certain items or activities in day - to - day life — has fallen out of favor.

I must stress, as I sum up, that your very appellation, Christian Conference of Asia, obligates you to battle for the values of human rights, global and Asian, for which Jesus, the first spiritually non-violent but irrepressibly militant campaigner and founder gave his life.

Very prominent and incredibly smart people lived their lives with faith, notables LeMitri who proposed the Big bang theory was a priest, Galileo who despite everything he went through with the state and churchnever gave up on his Christian prpractices and look at the timeless legacy he left.

Some Christians gave up all their possessions and lived as hermits, and later as monks.

Dionysius is the one who gave Christian spirituality the term «mysticism» and set up a basic symbol - system for the «mystical life.»

This theoretical attitude, which comes so naturally to modern scientific humankind, is likely to be far more destructive to Christianity than any attack that the atheists might launch, because it can cut the very heart out of the Christian life — and in such a way that the individual does not at all think of himself or herself as having given up the faith.

Amando i do nt get the battle you either trust God to save you and live your life for him or wallow in self pity and despair.Do you want to be saved or just talk about it.Trust God and he will save you but give up your old lifestyle tell God you blew it and that it is hard for you to live a christian life you need his help.The holy spirit is the one who is our helper insteaqd of choosing sin we choose to walk in the spirit.You need to surrender your life to him because you are making a mess of your life living your way be sincere.If you are not serious about this discision walk away and live your life for yourself theres is no other options.You need to decide but choose to follow the Lord with all your heart that is the right decison you cant have both.

There are places where he resorts to the imagery of myth and speaks of Christ as if he were living an unseen life with God in a heavenly realm above, from which he would descend to appear on the earth at the imminent end - time.38 At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.»

* Believe in Jesus Christ, that he died for you This requires that you get rid of your old sinful ways If you TRULY believe, that is, love Him and give your life to Him, good works and fruit will come out, but these are not what make you a Christian, they are simply an indicator of your faith in Jesus Pray, Read the Bible, Love God, Love others, worship God (live for Him in all you do, take up your cross, and know that in all of this God is very patient and loving

its so amazing there people is this world are so caught up in living for themselves, what if the rapture happened while reading my text, what then, will you stil care what clothes you are wearing or what what car you are driving,, while GOD is removed from this earth, and now society will have to make a real decision if they want to contine to live in sin or realize they now understand the truth and the warnings given before, but now bc of the anti christ have to denounce GOD (take the mark of the beast) or be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OFliving for themselves, what if the rapture happened while reading my text, what then, will you stil care what clothes you are wearing or what what car you are driving,, while GOD is removed from this earth, and now society will have to make a real decision if they want to contine to live in sin or realize they now understand the truth and the warnings given before, but now bc of the anti christ have to denounce GOD (take the mark of the beast) or be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OFLIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIRE?

The fact that we live in that time in history when the Judeo - Christian synthesis is breaking up gives us the impression that religion is in for difficult times.

I'm afraid that your «so what, we'll just deal with it... somehow» doesn't quite represent or give credibility to an on - going and ever - evolving problem between the crazies, whether they be Christians or Muslims, who may very often value «death» more than life, and have no problem blowing themselves up and taking us and many other innocents with them.

Judaism comes from... all you atheists believe Christians didn't watch Body Heat... as Matty lives your lies... she knows the bottom line... never gives it up, she just keeps on coming.

Instead, it points a pseudo-sophisticated group of Christians toward a life in which self - glorying is given up.

Of course, this is not all that Christians believe, or even the major part of what Christians believe, about Jesus Christ; but for our purpose, it is enough now just to admit at least that much, to see here life given in love to the point of complete surrender of self, to agree that the ages witness that this is healthy life, this is wholeness, and then to turn to oneself and ask the very simple but very searching question, «How do I measure up to that standard?»

Racheal i do nt believe that christians can commit the blasphemy of the holy spirit because the holy spirit has already taken up residence in our hearts.As christians we can greive the holy spirit but we cant blaspheme him otherwise we wouldnt have accepted Christ.When we ask Christ into our lives we are saved the holy spirit comes into our lives because we gave him permission to.We can sin and fall away from God but he is still there because nothing can separate us from the love of God.On the day we die we are saved why because when we were sinners he saved us it isnt dependent on what we do it is dependent on what Christ has done.Should we continue to sin of course not but we should follow him with all our heart.I think it is important to understand that Christ death has saved us from our sin the holy spirits role is to help us to overcome sin in our lives and to be come christlike.brentnz

New Life International's founding turned out to be part of a banner period of growth in a battleground that many Christians had given up for lost.

Yuri thats is what the world believes that we all sin and so why struggle just give in to it we are all sinners afterall.The truth is that is a lie we are overcomers not victims we have no power in ourselves to overcome sin however we have every power available in Christ through his holy spirit to be overcomers more than conqueres which means we crush the satan the serpent underfoot satan has no power over us if we walk in the spirit.If we walk according to the flesh satan has every right to trample upon our lives by causing guilt and condemnation because of our sin.In myself i am weak but in Christ i am strong.To many christians give up or give in because they try and live in there own strength and wonder why christianity is a struggle we can only live a christian life when we submit all our hearts and lives to Christ.brentnz

I live right up against the Yakama Nation, and the Church I am a part of have given thousands of dollars to the Christian Mission their, that until recently was guided by Tommy Blackeagle.

I have invited many others to share their stories and am excited to have coming up soon voices from African - American and Latino Christians who are faced with their own unique challenges as they embrace the lives they have been given to live.

Yesterday started Lent, a time leading up to Easter Sunday when many Christians give up things in their lives as a way of remembering Jesus» sacrifice.

Speaking of the relevance of the church to the life of Christians and the spread of the Gospel, the Conference pointed out that in spite of all its past and present failures to live up to its divine mission, the church is, and remains, the fellowship to which our Lord has given promises, and through which He carries forward His purpose for humankind.

In the Life and Work movement of the non-Catholic churches in their search for social justice and international peace (which is now part of the WCC) and in the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Church, Christian Ecumenism has given up the church's traditional pietist and negativist approaches to modernity and has been involved in the attempt to redefine the forces and values of secular culture within the framework of Christian anthropology.

The Christian calling is not only to service, not only to self denial, not only to a nature that is foreign to the status quo — it is a calling to life, abundant life — to express realities in the here and now that affirm the true value of creation and redemption as the work of the Father, Son and Spirit — to serve and give ourselves up in a manner that truly allows that to be made evident, that the world may become aware of the true fragrance of God — Jesus Christ.

The existing churches live up to their nature and mission to the extent that their life reflects the paradigm of the liturgical event: that is to say, to the extent that they give evidence of the unity of Christians based on their unity with God in one faith, one baptism, one eucharist.

That Christian might have the secret receipe to help all humanity yet they will not give up the idea of life after this one to be with an invented lie of a man that rose from the dead.

Converted Christians gave up completely all those evils of the frontier life.

During this time, many Christians give up specific foods or actions to reflect on Christ's life, suffering, and sacrifice.

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I was a christian for 99 % of my life and after much historical study I made a personal choice to give up my faith.

He was boldly honest, ruffling the feathers of both the music industry and his fellow Christians — at the peek of his career Mullins gave up fame and fortune to live on a Native American Reservation teaching kids music and the hope of the gospel of Jesus.

As the stoic Christian Grey, Jamie Dornan seems a little more life - like this go - round, being directed to loosen up somewhat, but he is still all abs and no substance, as the script has given up on trying to make sense of him or enlighten the viewer on his psychological issues.

All the situations feel contrived just to give them an excuse to argue, especially when Peter (Christian Kane, Life or Something Like It, Summer Catch), an ex-boyfriend shows up in Venice to try to win her back.

This is his baby so saying Sega can screw it up is a big understatement Christian is the ultimate old school Sonic fan and it is his persistence that gave this masterpiece life, NOT SEGA.

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