Sentences with phrase «jesus comes to her defense»

What matters is that Jesus comes to her defense and turns the tables on her accusers — they are equally guilty of adultry, either in their lust for her naked vulnerability or in their perversion of the law, using the law, in their attempt to trap Jesus, for injustice.

What matters is that Jesus comes to her defense and turns the tables on her accusers — they are equally guilty of adultery, either in their lust for her naked vulnerability or in their perversion of the law — in their attempt to trap Jesus, they use the law for injustice.

Not exact matches

2) It's a picture of what we would do when God's ultimate representative would come (what we deserve) & what he would do for us... Jesus was the greater Elisha, who was taken outside the city, wrongly mocked — and yet no one came to his defense.

I proposed that much of what we say and do these days comes from a place of feeling frightened and defensive for a Jesus who is not afraid and does not need our defense; that this is a time to stand with Jesus rather than to stand up for Him.

In the prophets, in Jesus Christ, in the continuing life of the Church, and in all of life, God the Redeemer makes available to us resources which are our defense against the despair which comes when evil lays waste to life.

For this reason what happens to and with human beings makes the difference as to whether they are under the dominion of some demon or the dominion of God, who cares about human life and has, in Jesus Christ, demonstrated a willingness to come to its defense.

A paraclete is the one who comes to your defense, your rescue, your comfort, and Jesus has done that for his disciples.