Salvation means that the love of
God accepts us as we are and enables us, not indifferently or self - righteously, but humbly, penitently, and with new dedication of will, to accept ourselves.
Not exact matches
Undoubtedly, Jesus still loves us all more than either of us could ever fathom but the only way you, me, we
're going to
be able to live fulfilled and victorious lives
is by
accepting God's truths
as they truly
are in the bible and by leaning on His grace for empowerment to walk in them in our personal relationships with him.
Now if you don't want to
accept this, that
's Ok, you
are a creature of free choice and you can do
as you want, just remember what I tell you today when you stand before
God on judgement day; the only problem then
is that it will
be too late to change your mind and do differently.
If you
are willing to do the right thing and
accept the results
as being right for you (
God's will, not yours), then I think you
're on the right track.
There
are a lot of «
accepting» Christians who think,
as Christine posted earlier, that eventually we gays will «see
God's way for [us]», i.e., eventually we'll see that
God has a better way for us than to
be practicing gays and lesbians.
It
is my personal belief that the only way to know
God is by
accepting Jesus
as their Savior.
Children who
are not baptized, worship other
gods, and never
accept jusus
as their savior
are going to burn forever according to youe perfect word of
god.
So
as Chirstians when we ask Mormons if they
accept Jesus Christ
as their Lord and Savior, that they believe Jesus died and rose again on the third day to take away our sins and they say yes, they
are not saying that they believe by confessing this that they automatically will live in the mansion where
God the Father and Jesus Christ
are and when they acknowledge our faith they don't believe that we will automatically
be there based only on the blood of Jesus alone either.
The phrase
as well
as in
God we trust
was commonly
accepted as American values for over 200 years
You said, «Their anger may come from the fact that they do not like the idea that they might have to
be accountable to a higher authority (
God) when they die and our witnessing to them reminds them of this event that they have to look forward to unless they repent and
accept Jesus
as their Savior before they die» Make sure that you also
accept Thor, Zeus, Ra, and tens of thousands of other
gods ever invented by man.
if
god is omniscient, he knows who will
accept his son (himself)
as a savior before they
are born.
This
is why I
am trying to understand how you and Dawkins both take a work that you both claim to
be fiction yet you reject the main character (
God)
as defined,
accepted and understood by the writer and the audience of that day.
You speak
as if you have done so yourself... or have you
accepted at face value what Dawkins and many others claim: that there
is no evidence of
God?
I said it to hotair already, but I will expand it a bit for you: what
is evidence for some
is not
accepted by everyone; just
as in a court case, some jurors
are convinced with very little evidence while some people can not
be convinced of something no matter how much evidence there
is... much of this comes from how you
were raised and your own personal world view, for many people
God does not fit into their world view so whatever evidence there
is they close their eyes and say, «No, I don't believe that!»
faith goes against science itself; faith means no proof, in science without proof nothing
is accepted to
be fact (aka theory)
as far
as a
god, which one?
I've prayed for those families, for the souls that died... that they did in fact believe in
God,
accepted Jesus Christ
as they
're savior and asked
God to forgive them for their sins so that they may
be welcome into the gates of Heaven.
The theory of evolution
is also embraced by many who claim to
accept the Bible
as the word of
God.
People don't really believe that if you haven't
accepted Christ
as your Savior you
are eternally damned to an existence of complete and total separation from
God.
As for the one god being more valid than any of the other thousands, that things you attribute to him (technically to Jesus), still haven't been proven in anything outside of the bible, which no one of a scientific mind can accept as convincing proo
As for the one
god being more valid than any of the other thousands, that things you attribute to him (technically to Jesus), still haven't
been proven in anything outside of the bible, which no one of a scientific mind can
accept as convincing proo
as convincing proof.
Do you think that if I don't
accept your
god as my savior that I deserve to
be tortured after I die?
And, unlike Islam, it
accepted that source of its moral teaching precisely because it
is God's revelation to his people Israel, and it
is as Israel has preserved it in Scripture.
This means you have a concept «
God» and that you
accept it
as being «true».
But no matter what the commercialized idea of Easter
is, to Christians it
is still regarded
as a holy day to remember the salvation
God extends to all who believe in and
accept Him.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this reason we also constantly thank
God that when you received the word of
God which you heard from us, you
accepted it not
as the word of men, but for what it really
is, the word of
God, which also performs its work in you who believe.
I see no evidence to support your
god or any
gods existence and until I do see said evidence, there
is no reason to
accept it
as anything more than fiction.
Without
accepting Christ in your heart
as your Lord and savior then there
is no other alternative but hell and separation from
God for eternity.
The flaw with your belief isn't that I can not prove your
god false, it
's that you
accept him
as true without the ability to prove him false.
As long as evangelism is the focus, God will continue to bless it... Shoe box gifts are distributed along with The Greatest Gift of All, an illustrated booklet that gives a clear presentation of the true meaning of Christmas... After the shoe boxes are distributed, we also provide follow - up materials to give children further opportunities to accept Christ and grow in their fait
As long
as evangelism is the focus, God will continue to bless it... Shoe box gifts are distributed along with The Greatest Gift of All, an illustrated booklet that gives a clear presentation of the true meaning of Christmas... After the shoe boxes are distributed, we also provide follow - up materials to give children further opportunities to accept Christ and grow in their fait
as evangelism
is the focus,
God will continue to bless it... Shoe box gifts
are distributed along with The Greatest Gift of All, an illustrated booklet that gives a clear presentation of the true meaning of Christmas... After the shoe boxes
are distributed, we also provide follow - up materials to give children further opportunities to
accept Christ and grow in their faith.
S.Lewis» «I
am here trying to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: «I
'm ready to
accept Jesus
as a great moral teacher, but I don't
accept his claim to
be God.»
Remember, to discuss the morality of the
God of Israel, you
are going to have to
accept free will
as possible for the purposes of the discussion.
I
am free in the fact that I do not have to
be like the majority to follow
God — I can
be me with
God (
as much
as I
am not the
accepted norm and all in Christian circles).
I
am not putting forth a concept of «No
God» and
accepting it
as being «true».
The idea of Jesus arose like so many other religious and mythical figures, particularly Classical Greece, and just
as the Greek
gods were revered and
accepted as real, so too
is this Jesus Christ figure.
because of this passage: «Religion that
God our Father
accepts as pure and faultless
is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from
being polluted by the world.»
I don't know that there
are no
gods anywhere in the universe, however I do not find any of the claims of
gods here on Earth compelling enough to
accept as factual.
That
being the case, it can only
be assumed that they extended this theological approval of Christianity on the grounds that Christianity
accepted the creator
God as he bas revealed himself in the Hebrew Bible.
It
is one thing to
accept Evolution, with its overwhelming evidence,
as proof of
God's work.
If i
was Hawkins, i would
be a bit more toughtful, and look deep into his own huiman condition and
accept he «
s a living miracle granted by virtue of
God, or, in scientific terms, Anti Matter, so,
as to try and figure out why
is he still alive, and what
is his real mission on earth.
Personally, I feel that if there
is a
god, and he wants me to believe he exists, he can come over here and tell me himself, I don't
accept the Bible
as «proof» of anything, because it
is self - contradictory and appears to
be heavily influenced by the governing culture of the time.
The members
are called Jesuits and
are also known colloquially
as «
God's Marines», [2] these
being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and members» willingness to
accept orders anywhere in the world and live in extreme conditions.
You
are a chaplain, representing
God, the person whose main role
is to guide them to
God and you let them leave this world without them
accepting Jesus
as their personal savior?
Mankowski finds it odd that bishops should
accept as self evident that the ministries of the Church, in service to the People of
God, should
be described
as «power structures.»
Heaven
is a place for peopeople that have
accepted Jesus Christ
as there savior and have
been baptisted in holy water and living a holy life style according to the word of
God in heven.
The Science behind the big bang has some gapping holes yet its put forward all the time to the public
as the only other option
is...,
as well
as Macro evolution but well we all know that they say its the only option... Could it
be that science doesn't
accept a concept of
God from the outset so then the big bang and evolution
are the only options.
I also love you because I
am commanded by
God to do so and I
accepted His commandments when I made the choice to
accept salvation
as I believe
God intended it.»
They do not believe that they still
are but they still
accept the teaching
as being from
God.
If Senator Bird
was pressed on his early involvement with KKK leaders, why
is Romney not pressed on his ongoing dedication to extreme racists like Brigham Young, who he
accepts as a true prophet of
God?
They count themselves
as Christian because they
accept Jesus Christ
as the son of
God and believe people
are saved through his atonement.
Most Christians don't understand how others might see it
as hate when they make the claim that their heaven & heII exists and that those not invited to heaven
are going to go to heII to
be tormented and tortured for eternity and the only way to salvation
is to
accept their
God as your Lord and Savior... They think to themselves that they
are just trying to help by condemning those they dislike and who don't worship the same way they do, but that doesn't change it from what it
is, «hate filled».
If its claims
are true then that
is good evidence for
accepting it
as the Word of
God.