Sentences with phrase «better than another sin»

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Next, I want to apologize if I came across as someone who thinks himself to be without sin or who is just somehow better than other people.

Several others point to Berry's lack of attention to the good of politics, especially what co-editor Nathan Schlueter calls «formal mediating institutions,» and Schlueter himself comes closer than anyone to an outright rebuke of Berry for his disregard of «the original sin narrative, with all that it implies» in his pacifism.»

a vermin shirt remits venial sins Whipping yourself with a switch erases having dirty thoughts Putting gravel in your socks for four days makes God happy Going to church and donating on Holy Days of Obligation is better than other days?

Looking at addiction as «sin» hasn't done mankind very much good for almost two thousand years; treating addiction — and other mental illnesses — as sickness rather than as moral failings or demonic possession has a much better track record, and it took less than 150 years to get there.

Reflect on this a little: Many of the inspirations of the threefold system of political economy derive from evangelical inspirations such as personal creativity, personal responsibility, freedom, the love for community through association and mutual cooperation, the aim of bettering the condition of every person on earth, the cultivation of the rule of law, respect for the natural rights of others, the preference for persuasion by reason rather than by coercion, and a powerful sense of sin.

And isn't making ourselves the definers of sin a little too close to saying we're better than God?

And as Cheever's confession to Hersey makes clear, the real stress lies more on the human choice between darkness and light than on the sovereignty of God's grace — the divine goodness which must redeem not only our grosser sins but our noblest aspirations as well.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

The most painful part of the process, though, was when friends and well - meaning mentors dismissed my questions as silly, or, even worse, questioned whether my doubt was nothing more than an attempt to justify some sort of secret sin in my life, usually pride.

Rather than releasing a woman from her bondage to sin, Luther's courtroom drama recapitulates the very dynamics of her oppression — the «shattering she knows all too well.»

All have sinned; all are in bondage to sin till Christ frees us; all pursue the works of the flesh rather than the Spirit; evil behaviors come from within the heart rather than from the outside; good deeds are done more often to salve the conscience than please God.

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

D. Martyn Lloyd - Jones (1899 - 1981)[in an excerpt from Romans: The New Man, An Exposition of Chapter 6, Banner of Truth, 1972] said: There is no better test as to whether a man is really preaching the New Testament gospel of salvation than this, that some people might misunderstand it and misinterpret it to mean that it really amounts to this, that because you are saved by grace alone it does not matter at all what you do; you can go on sinning as much as you like because it will redound all the more to the glory of grace.

But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.

Christians might be better served looking to Christ for an example and examining their own lives for what their faith calls sin, rather than wasting time chasing the sin of others, even if only in prayer.

Rather than seeing sin eradication as a series of don'ts and self - inflicted hand slaps, our time and energy is better spent, and more effective, when we focus on what we can do.

So some sins are better than others?

Perhaps the good folks at the AHA missed this poll from 2013, which showed that less than 4 in 10 Americans believe that homosexuality is sin, and the number of Americans who think that homosexuality is sinful continues to drop.

And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched [Mark 9:43 - 48].

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

and so this New Covenant birth, on one of grace, mercy and love, and it is better than the old testament in this way, because like the rainbow was a sign that God would never flood the earth again wiping us out, so too Christ lifts the O.T. curse that was a result of sin.

Personally, I've got a better theology of ministry on Good Friday («Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures»), with all sorts of sound sociological, psychological reasons for death and defeat, than I have a pastoral theology robust enough for Easter («He was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures»).

At this point (other than good) Jesus says neither do I condemn you but go and sin no more.

Ok but can god take away a person from hell and put him in heaven and if god loves us so much then why he doesn't destroy satun or put him in prison forever and why doesn't he tells the holy spirit to forgive whatever any person says just like him and Jesus i want to know thst but i noticed in all your replies except one that you were telling me everything i was asking except this in short if i say «he allows us to hate him» and i also want to know that if a person is sent in hell for his sins then will he go back to heaven after completing his punishment or stay there forever and also will any person who have commited the unforgivable sin one day be freed and allowed to go to heven or be reborn on Earth and if god has infinite love for us why don't he force us to belive in Jesus just before dying and then as he goes to heven show Jesus to him and then give him a rebirth as soon as his turn comes and then countinue this becaude going to heaven would be better much more than going to hell especialy for those who have commited the unforgivable sin

society, where sin is viewed as little more than psychological maladjustment, or behavior arising out of corrupt economic structures, or as a failure of the educational system, baptism reminds us that, in spite of Gestalt and I'm OK, You're OK, what we do naturally is not the best we could do, that our inborn selfishness and pride are life - and - death matters, that Christians are made, not born.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

And better to repent of your own sins than always just accusing others of theirs (which is of course, the easy thing.)

Now, how are you any better than those people who are sinning against you.

I love Jesus and I do feel that he had died for each and everyone of our sins and I feel we are all loved equally no matter what we do rather it be for murder to just plain old coursing He loves us all honestly I've debated in my mind that if Christianity is about being mean hateful and thinking that you're going around better than everybody then that's not the religion for me

a christian who is born again and knows Gods presence knows Gods love and just how much God loves us, by reading the bible we see how God loves us, i think its better to focus on how much God loves us than on how much our sin was so bad, cause God saw through the sin!!

David Johnson, Christians don't believe we're better than others, but because we repent from our sins and accept the fact that Christ paid our penalty at the Cross, we are definetly better off.

But more than that, and here is the best part, and also the part that explains why I revel in pagan holidays, through the grace of Jesus, if He can redeem me from my slavery to sin, why can not He also redeem stories?

And so what better place to teach persons personally than in a congregation where you have access to everything that makes up their personhood — their families, their work, the weather, their neighborhood, their sins, their stories — and over a period of years, sometimes decades.

Hi my name is Lindsey and I'm recovering heroin addict and my mother is a very devoted rightous Christian her favorite saying is I am the head and not the tail meaning she is the head is far better than me and I am the tail and because the way Christians have treated me recently through my struggle I have felt that I should convert to Hinduism when I brought this up to my mother she told me I will go to hell because Jesus is the only God which I do believe to an extent but I also believe in having peace within your own life and treating others equally fairly with love respect and dignity which my mother and my sister do not do the act as though they are better than anyone they do not sin they do not make mistakes and they are perfect in every way another one of her favorite sayings I'm not perfect but I'm going to try to be BC Jesus loves me that much.

Hebrews 1:1 KJV God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Ironically, sin is an attempt to elevate ourselves higher than God and claim that we know a better standard than he does.

I also happen to believe that a significant portion of the modern institutional church has completely forsaken following Christ's teaching for a life of in your face activism and confrontation of perceived «sin» rather than sharing the good news in love, or even simply living the good news.

(2) St. Augustine flatly stated that marriage is a sin and St. Paul damned marriage with faint praise, remarking that to marry was only better than to burn (1 cor.

«His work in philosophy forms part, and a very important part, of the movement of twentieth - century realism; but whereas the other leaders of that movement came to it after a training in late - nineteenth - century idealism, and are consequently realistic with the fanaticism of converts and morbidly terrified of relapsing into the sins of their youth, a fact which gives their work an air of strain, as if they cared less about advancing philosophical knowledge than about proving themselves good enemies of idealism, Whitehead's work is perfectly free from all this sort of thing, and he suffers from no obsessions; obviously he does not care what he says, so long as it is true.

Royce held the interesting view that the atoning deed must not only heal the community but it must leave the community better than it was before the rupture of disloyalty.10 This is a remnant of the idealistic attempt to prove that the world is really better because of sin.

Mike signs himself and confesses his sins: «Well, I drink a bit more than I should?

When I read the Bible, I am amazed at how much it describes me: my heart, my sin, my foolishness, my pride, my need for forgiveness, my desire for something better than this messed - up world.

Perhaps they do more actions YOU consider sins, but their overall morality is generally better than that of the typical christian.

It is believing that «your way» is better than God's way that is a sin.

As far as attending the marriage ceremony of gay people i have two points of view the first is that that is there choice to live how they want to but to me that is clearly not Gods best and sin is sin and needs to be repented of but that is my standard not theres.As far as divorced people remarrying why shouldnt they if they have repented of there past God forgives them not condemns them.As he said to the women caught in adultery do they condemn you and she answers no and he says and neither do i.Go and sin no more.This was not just for the women causght in adultery this lesson was for every one of us he was addressing our sin publically for all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God that being his son Jesus Christ he is telling us that we must make the same decision to go and sin no more to repent in our hearts and the only way to do that is to give our hearts and lives totally to Jesus Christ other wise we are no better than the hypocrites in JESUS day.brentnz

Better to be dead than misleading people into hell through atheism or the lie that love will not punish sin.

If your eye causes you to sin pluck it out better to enter heaven blind than to be cast into hell whole.

There's no better impediment against sin than regular confession.

Jeremy i agree with what you have written many of the traditions in the church have come from pagan beliefs.I thought some of the comments were judgemental of others especially towards those who are pagan.There response was respectful we can learn alot about having a good attitude towards others and responding to others kindly.I think using scripture in a legalistic way is no different than what the pharisees did to Jesus in his day and he disarmed them by rebuking them saying you without sin cast the first stone.regards brentnz

«Nothing grieves me more than the fact that people are suffering because of my sins, both in my past as well as in the present,» Tchividjian told CT. «I want to be perfectly clear that I take full responsibility for this.