Sentences with phrase «atoning work»

Justification is the unmerited grace of God conveyed to sinners by the atoning work of Christ.

As we speak of the representative nature of the church and the expansiveness of atonement, we say explicitly with P. T. Forsyth: «Any theology of atonement must be adjusted to the indubitable fact that Christ's forgiveness may and does reach personal cases apart from conscious reliance on His atoning work, or grasp of its theology» (CC 81).

Forgiveness is a previlege for those in Christ preceeding from His atoning work at Calvary.

From this point of view, the meaning of the atoning work of God never has the calculus of guilt as its principal theme.

It means responsibility toward what is at hand, but it also means responsibility within God's atoning work as we, with all our limitations, understand that work.

The Bible teaches that mankind must believe in and fully subscribe to the atoning work of God's Son Jesus to avoid hell.

I believe and this is supported by the Bible that one must by faith accept Jesus as their personal savior, repent of their sins and rely on His atoning work to save them.

'' — the bible we have is over 99 % original text — none of the verses under issue affect the Christian message of salvation through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross at all, not even the smallest amount.»

Not most importantly that since the bible is the most heavily researched book in the history of the world by wide orders of magnitude, scholars have thoroughly examined textual criticism issues such as this, and the Christian can rest assured that: — the bible we have is over 99 % original text — none of the verses under issue affect the Christian message of salvation through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross at all, not even the smallest amount.

If you want to determine if an interpretation or doctrine is true there is a simple test: Does it affirm the absolute sovereignty and eternal perfection of our Creator, or does it elevate the status of man and man's deeds to levels where God's Holiness and Will and the atoning work of Christ are diminished?

by David Bebbington): conversionism, or an emphasis on the «new birth» as a life - changing religious experience; biblicism, a reliance on the Bible as ultimate religious authority; activism, a concern for sharing the faith; and crucicen - trism, an emphasis on Christ's atoning work on the cross.

Jesus is the Christ because his own self - concept conformed completely to the primordial, divine acceptance, and his atoning work is his unambiguous mediation of that acceptance already present to us, but ignored or rejected, in the depth of our life.

As I use the word in this book, it refers to that group of over forty - five million Americans and millions more worldwide who believe in (1) the need for personal relationship with God through faith in the atoning work of Jesus Christ, and (2) the sole and binding authority of the Bible as God's revelation.5 «Evangelical» is, first of all, a theological term, though its adherents may also have derivative sociological and psychological traits.

Evangelicals are those who believe in (1) the need for personal relationship with God through faith in the atoning work of Jesus Christ, and (2) the sole and binding authority of the Bible as God's revelation, but they are at an impasse over the interpretation of major theological matters.

All we need to know is that we are lost apart from the sovereign grace that was made available to us through the atoning work of Jesus Christ.

It is such considerations as these that have weighed with those who have insisted that the atoning work of Christ must be construed in objective terms, who have indeed sometimes found themselves driven by recollection of the Cross to give this temper to their humanism.

Ask any Buddhist if they think the Christian tenet regarding faith in Christ's atoning work is true.

Bob is one of the most excellent men I know, and he trusts in the atoning work of Jesus for his salvation.

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.

I agree with Mouw that we are not saved by our theology but by the atoning work of Jesus Christ.

Not exact matches

Mormons can get saved only by trusting in the atoning death of the Divine Savior Jesus on the cross for the remission of sins, not in their good works, for humanity's good works can not redeem a single soul.

So we all, even Osama, will be saved from physical death, but Jesus Christ — the atoning one, and only one capable of being the mediator between us and God the father — can only save the repentant from spiritual death (faith and works meet for repentance are necessary).

This is why Jesus died, to provide the atoning sacrifice through His blood, so that people who are under the wrath of God might find forgiveness and justification, not by their works, but by faith.

Based on our common study of the Bible, we were able to agree that the work of redemption has been accomplished (a word which means done, completed) by Christ's atoning sacrifice on the cross.

We'll try to atone for this revelation by providing you with an article explaining the role of cardio in losing weight, and with tips on how to replace these time consuming exercises with stuff that still works.

I haven't read the film's main source, Robert Marshall's In the Sewers of Lvov, but the memoir of Krystyna Chiger, The Girl in the Green Sweater (written with Daniel Paisner), makes clear that the real Socha never wavered in his commitment to «my Jews,» working to atone, he said, for a misspent youth.

But when 15 - year - old Gary (Sheridan)-- a kid trying to support his family — comes to town, desperate for work, Joe has found a way to atone for his sins — to finally be someone's hero.

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.

Now working as a humanitarian in Africa to atone for his sins, it is not long before Jim's past catches up with him.

Players take control of Ronan O'Connor, a former delinquent who is trying to atone for his sins by working as a detective in Salem, Mass..

The opening of this game is a rather entertaining and quick puzzle to assist you, the player, in getting atoned to the controls and keystrokes needed to work through the adventure.

It's hard not to shake the feeling of participating in some sort of solemn pilgrimage as you work your way through the game's story, almost as if you're atoning for someone else's sins.

The work's title, Art History with Labor: 95 Theses, pays homage to Martin Luther's 1517 treatise protesting clerical abuses, particularly the notion that the pious could atone for their sins with donations to the church.