Sentences with phrase «action in a sinful world»

«Now if one thinks this type of language is too strong, let him only remember that God the Warrior is simply the reverse side of God the Lover or of God the Redeemer... [Love] is power in action in a sinful world.

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This idea of Calling is full of eschatological tension and a daring which conquers the world; indeed we might almost call it a «divine audacity» and the reason is this: God takes over all responsibility for our action in the world which in itself is sinful, if we, on our part, will only do here and now that which the present situation demands from one who loves God and his neighbor.23

In other words, it is a governing rule that just as Jesus took the sin of the world upon Himself so that He might bear the sin and shame for all, so also God did this in the Old Testament by taking the blame for the sinful actions and behaviors of the people who lived during that timIn other words, it is a governing rule that just as Jesus took the sin of the world upon Himself so that He might bear the sin and shame for all, so also God did this in the Old Testament by taking the blame for the sinful actions and behaviors of the people who lived during that timin the Old Testament by taking the blame for the sinful actions and behaviors of the people who lived during that time.