Sentences with phrase «as sacrifice for»

Aaron, spiritual leader and High Priest, would select two goats designating one as a sacrifice for God while the other — designated by a red string tied around its neck — had the distinct misfortune of representing the nation's sins and was cast off the precipice of a cliff; the original scapegoat.

During a mission to help escort a priestess to a safe location, Aluche finds out that it's actually one of her childhood friends, Liliana, and that she's going to be used as a sacrifice for the Moon Queen — the evil being that rules over the demons.

You put up with the horrendously inefficient rear seat and cargo packaging as a sacrifice for the truck frame (even though navigator seems to do this right)

As if resigned to fate, or prepared to offer himself as a sacrifice for the sins of his church, Father James seems to trudge toward death with a wary — or is it weary?

Or will he accept his death sentence — as atonement on behalf of the Catholic Church, or perhaps as a sacrifice for the sins of his crooked community?

What's important is that the surgeon acknowledges his sins and offers up one of his own as sacrifice for the pain he caused those he was supposed to heal.

Jesus would die on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of humanity and thereby, in his own oblation of himself once offered, be a full and sufficient sacrifice for all humankind.

The Roman soldiers had at their disposal the tunic of the high priest who was offering himself as the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world.

He had offered himself as the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world.

Certainly more could be said about the limited viewpoint of the film, how it seemed to unquestioningly reinforce the meaning of Phelps death as a sacrifice for our freedom.

God loves us in spite of our sin, so much he sent his Son as a sacrifice for us.

Most Christian movies are trying to present at least a portion of the gospel (Jesus was the son of God, allowed himself to be killed as a sacrifice for man's sins and was the first raised from the dead with a promise to raise all those who believed and accepted his sacrifice).

He came to declare God, to reveal Him to mankind, and to offer Himself as sacrifice for OUR sins, so that by trusting in Him, we could be reconciled to the Father, or Creator.

Dave, Jesus Christ died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins.

However, once God opened up my eyes that I deserved damnation as a sinner, I finally surrendered and accepted the atonement of Christ as sacrifice for my sin by faith, and a heavy burden was lifted off my back, and I have a clean conscience before God, and I also felt the power of God saving me from my sins.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

We have already noted in the Fourth Gospel traces of the earlier apocalyptic notion of a victorious conflict with the powers of this world and now we are observing indications of the conception of Christ's death as sacrifice for sin.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world.

He died a criminal's death because He went there willingly, as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, to take our sins upon Himself and bear them into death.

Such language is employed in the prophetic description of the Servant of the Lord who died for others; and similarly the Jewish martyrs who suffered in the time of the Maccabees were said to have offered themselves as a sacrifice for the nation.

He gave his Son out of love for us, as a sacrifice for our sins, to buy back what Adam had lost.

Leviticus 5:11 «But if he can not afford two turtle doves or two young doves, then he shall bring as his sacrifice for his sin one tenth of an ephah [measurement] of fine flour for a sin offering.

«For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin.

God the Father so loved us that he gave his only begotten son as a sacrifice for our sins.

It makes sense why an animal had to die in place of a person as a sacrifice, it makes sense as to why Our Lord have himself as a sacrifice for our sins and undeservedly took our punishment (which was a painful and humiliating death)(what a loving Lord we serve!)

No man hung from a tree could ever become the messiah, so Jesus» death as sacrifice for our sins was developed into theology.

The grace of the father in heaven is the offering of his son Jesus as a sacrifice for us all.

It can encourage such protection inasmuch as the animal is seen as having perhaps been a close and dear relative, and yet it can also discourage such protection inasmuch as the animal can be seen as sacrificing itself for the sake of a better birth in the future, leading ultimately to an escape from rebirth altogether (Bowker, 6).

Not exact matches

That likely reassured investors who watched Walmart sacrifice profits for a couple of years as it gave workers raises and invested heavily in e-commerce to better compete online and in stores.

«As we strive for leanness, we shouldn't sacrifice the inclusion of data or links to our sources,» says Glen Gilmore, the noted social media expert and principal of the Gilmore Business Network.

This kind of «hustle porn,» as Ohanian put it, often establishes an unhealthy standard for entrepreneurs to live by, reinforcing the idea that they need to sacrifice their health to be successful.

Incase Sonic Made by a company that's famous for stylish iPhone cases and boasting the most fashion - forward design of any audiophile - grade headphones on the market, the unimaginatively named Sonics are easily dismissed as sacrificing function for form.

-- of the same problems as working mothers do, in particular worrying that they're sacrificing too much family time for work:

The preparation I put into it, the mental and physical sacrifice that goes into what I do as a basketball player allows me to be ready for those moments and to meet the storm with the ultimate calm, cool and collectivism that I like to have about taking advantage of those opportunities.

As irony will have it, good communication is often the sacrifice when we leap from tab to tab, juggling the work we're meant to complete on our monitors along with the many, needy little windows imploring for our attention.

If you don't feel as if you're investing for the future, it's hard to get fired up about sacrificing in the present.

Though people liked to portray themselves as making sacrifices for their business, they weren't, in fact, helping anybody by not taking vacations.

When the expectation from the top down is that people's personal or family lives have to be sacrificed for the job as evidenced by 50 - hour - plus workweeks, little or no vacation time, and 24/7 availability for work communication, you've reached the height of a toxic workplace.

The top sacrifice is dining out, as 43 percent of millennials saving for retirement say they've cut back on restaurants.

The iPhone maker's apparent willingness to sacrifice some profit for the sake of privacy bolsters its image as a company that protects customers.

Researchers at Pew argue that the recent decrease in birthrate has as much to do with the Great Recession in 2008 as it does with the increase of women who are not willing to sacrifice their careers for family.

On Veterans Day, Starbucks stores across the U.S. will invite active duty service members as well as reservists, veterans and military spouses to enjoy a free tall - brewed coffee on Veterans Day as a gesture of appreciation for the military community's sacrifice and contributions.

«We have a responsibility as a nation to honor our veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice, but it goes beyond saying thank you,» said Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman and ceo.

Facebook members even created unofficial groups, offering to let other members add them as friends and then delete them for Whopper Sacrifice purposes.

«For far too long, the Gulf has been treated as a sacrifice zone by polluters,» Athan Manuel, director of the lands protection program of the Sierra Club, a national advocacy group.

While aiming for a high credit score is a worthy goal, sometimes a lower credit score in the short term as a result of consolidating debt may be worth the sacrifice to save money on interest payments and pay off your debt faster.

As a single mom, this time isn't easy to find even when you sacrifice all your time, I'm also trying to finish school and if possible would be able to start my own business from home or will have more qualification to work from home for another company when I'm finished.

- At the same time, both Iran and Iraq must make sacrifices for Saudi Arabia to accept the deal, Iran takes opposite view, insisting Saudi should cut more, as it boosted output most in recent years: oil producers that raised output in past years while Iran was subject to sanctions «will have to shoulder a bigger share of the output drop and accept more responsibility»: oil minister Bijan Zanganeh

So, as far as I can see, essentially the same outcome as the double - credits achieves, both in terms of revenue for Shell and cost to the CCEMF could have been achieved with a $ 15 per - ton - sequestered payment from the CCEMC without sacrificing the integrity of emissions reduction accounting within the offset program.

This might be too much of a sacrifice for the true - blue coffee lover, but if you could go either way, keep in mind that a cup of tea brewed at home can cost as little as four cents per cup, compared to 12 - 43 cents for less - than - fancy home - brewed coffee, according to Living Stingy.