Sentences with phrase «atoning love»

Cavadini's argument seems to stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of what true friendship» and true religion, for that matter» is, which at its core is defined by undeserved, atoning love: «Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends» (John 15:13).

The very suggestion that the primordial burden of responsibility for our sin lies with God in creation would of course require rethinking all previous understandings of the atoning love of Jesus Christ.

And then live those truths to the best of our ability so that we may spread His message of atoning love.

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Hence, it was his practice to address matters of the heart - justice, mercy, love, man's need for his atoning work - and the eternal consequences that accompany our attitudes toward each.

Being taught by the spirit, teaching one another how to draw more fully in healing our souls with the atoning power of Jesus Christ, lifting one another in love and service: these define LDS worship and relationships.

= > You have one part right in that there is a serious consequence to rejecting love, but God so loved that even your rejection is met with an atoning forgiveness and love.

Since Jesus atoned for our sins by carrying love for enemy to the ultimate degree, a refusal to follow his example at this point not only involves a denial of scriptural authority; it also constitutes a questionable doctrine of the atonement.

Obviously, Jews who do not believe Jesus was the messiah do not believe what Christians believe about him: that Jesus became the scapegoat and the Passover «lamb of God» to atone for our sins, thus separating sins from sinners and enabling God and us to love sinners while hating sins.

It is incomprehensible how one can believe that a loving and merciful God would create a world containing sin, yet would not give mankind a way to atone for it until a 4,000 year waiting period was completed for the death of his son.

The suffering, atoning, and redeeming love of God is remembered and represented ever anew when the sacrament is celebrated, and, we most certainly add, when it is received in faith.

It is Jesus Christ who by his atoning death and vicarious love reconciles a fallen human race to the God of infinite holiness and mercy.

Because of the atoning sacrifice of Christ, God's grace as Power both forgives man for falling short of love and provides the moral undergirding for him to remain faithful to love.

Surely in the example of love Christ has shown, by ransoming us and atoning for our sins, he has demonstrated divine love in such a way that we, for our part, are moved to repent and be reconciled to God.

What I am saying is THE MESSAAGE or evangel is NOT primarily some humanitarian» love» but a message about WHAT Christ was to do and DID — fulfill the promise given to Abraham and symbolized in the Mosaic sacrafice: i.e. the atone and» shelter ALL Israel, whether they believed or not in their earthly existence.

St. Peter needed to atone for his three-fold betrayal, by a similar expression of his love.

James, you're not correct, reason being: When you truly believe in Christ's atoning sacrifice and trust in him, you're sealed with the Holy Spirit and you are guaranteed your inheritance (Ephesians 1:13) That causes you to respond to Christ's love by loving him in return and have the desire to follow him out of gratitude.

im sure many do but i just wish EVERYBODY here could know the true Jesus... I wish I could know Him better... it hurts a little at first... to know how short of His love we have fallen... but what is so awesome about him is that his atonement was so total that it can even atone for the hateful comments that have been posted here... and whats even MORE amazing is that His atonement can atone for MY sins... if we could just see one glimpse of his heart we would all lay down all of this human «intelligence» and say... I'm so sorry... please show me the right way.

-- and atone for December's wild and woolly finger - food snacking ways (hanky pankies, I love you).

Without a quaver in his voice, Martin sits opposite his paunchy companion and discloses that the doctor will sacrifice a loved one in order to atone for the death of Martin's father.

It was the third terrible film 20th Century Fox made starring those characters and, in a new interview, Vaughn says he'd love to atone for that.

There was his untimely death at 37 (from a cocktail of cocaine and sleeping pills), the way he was found (still clutching a cigarette), the number of filmed works (44), his lovers (countless men and women), his great loves (three men) his abuses (drugs, alcohol, food, people) and, stringing all together, a seer's ability to atone for his bleakest deeds by creating films shot through with emotional integrity.

A slow start, but good use of language, beautifully written, characters to love and hate and what seemed like a good story until the rather grim ending, which made a complete lie of the blurb on the back: «Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone».