Sentences with phrase «convicted because»

Importantly, this suspension will happen regardless of when you are convicted because points are calculated as of the date you received the ticket.

IANAL obviously, but a real world example is getting convicted because someone got stabbed by someone else using a knife you once threw away.

I can't help but wonder how many innocent persons have been wrongfully convicted because they had no recourse to proper access to justice or because they could only afford substandard legal representation or no no legal representation at all.

Both involved Sunday shopping, but in the first case the store was acquitted because the «purpose» of the legislation was religious, while in the second it was convicted because the «purpose» was secular.

The graffiti artist known as Tox has been convicted because a jury decided his art was vandalism.

«Quite frankly, nobody who's served in this body and been convicted were convicted because of anything to do with independent expenditures,» she said.

Boyland claimed he was wrongfully convicted because his jury was told that he could be found guilty for things like «contacting... other governmental agencies» — along with official acts like legislation.

If for any reason you're unable to watch the video right now, the gist of their statement is that a juror from the Avery trial contacted Ricciardi and Demos to say that he / she believes Steven Avery was not guilty, framed by law enforcement, and had voted to convict because of fear for his / her personal safety.

Not exact matches

I wasn't cheering because I have it in for Duhaime (who has been charged with — but not convicted of — fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and the use of false documents in association with an SNC project to redevelop the massive McGill University Health Centre).

But because of the circumstances, it's unclear on which theory they were convicted.

And earlier this week, in a self - penned essay for Time, he wrote, «On any given day over 400,000 people, convicted of no crime, are held in jail because they can not afford to buy their freedom.

Under federal law, the shooter shouldn't have been able to buy a gun because he'd been convicted in military court of assaulting his spouse and their child while in the Air Force.

This makes the Justice Department and the Treasury Department extremely fearful of indicting a major Primary Dealer because convicted felons can not engage in Treasury auction contracts.

And more than half have not been convicted of a crime but are awaiting trial behind bars because they can't pay bail.

Under federal law, Kelley shouldn't have been able to buy a gun because he'd been convicted in military court of assaulting his spouse and their child while in the Air Force.

Jesus said; I will show you my faith by my works: Faith without works is dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith of Christ (a gift from God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far from the life of Words of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked; even Paul who said; follow me as I am of Christ; how was that??? In and by the Holy Spirit, even Spirit of truth as Paul takes us through the Words of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.

Man was blameless before the Law by means of no Law in place to convict man while inherently a sinner because of the fall of Adam & Eve.

The reason atheists respond and get so angry and want to shut Christians up is because they are somewhat convicted by Christianity.

Tom Hanks, the only actor in the movie that I recognized, and supposedly the star of the movie, filled the role of God who believed in the innocence of the the convicted prisoner, but could do little about it, because of the choice of the evil unbelieving people.

Two of the group of up to six thugs who attacked the teenager and his friend Duwayne Brooks, simply because they were black, have been convicted of murder, but the rest have evaded justice.

They relate it to the Holy Spirit because He is the one who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment (John 16:7 - 11).

«And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me.»

Now that I am a married woman, I still use birth control because my husband and I feel convicted by God to adopt children.

They hated him because their deeds were evil and he convicted them of their evil deeds.

Never mind all that data collected and analysis done by scientists over the last 300 years, I choose to believe in a magic invisible sky man who created the Earth in 6 days, one who keeps me under surveillance 24 hours a day 7 days a week from the time I'm born until the time I die because I'm just that important to him, a god who will convict me of thoughtcrime, even while I'm asleep, if I should ever doubt his existence.

Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,

I have think I may have sinned deliberately, I sinned today or yesterday at 1 am with my own will to watch pornography and spill my seed, and three days after that I seen some images on my friends facebook page and I noticed these images which caused me to have lustful intent and I went to these images and looked at them then when to go spill my seed elsewhere, and then I did the same thing before when I recently became christian but that time I did it three times, I, m 18 years old and I felt convicted when I had done them i didn't feel right, because I felt grievy, and I didn't know anything about willfully sinning until I read this article and I, m still learning and i feel ashamed and scared of my eternity.

I agree with you one hundred percent if the spirit of god is in you he will bring to your attention those will full sins that we commit and we will recognize them ask for forgiveness confess and move on because you believe in the son of God his spirit is here to convict us of are sins if it wasn't important to god to allow us to see and convict us of our sins we wouldn't need the holy spirit john 16:8 and when he comes he will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment of sin because they believe not of me.

He had reached out to me because he had become convicted concerning white privilege and the continued prevalence of racism in America and wanted advice on what he should do.

So the difference between willful sinning and just sinning out of being a sinful man, is that willful sinning usually keeps a person in a state of unrepentance, and sinning because that's just what we do, results in true repentance if we are filled with the holy spirit that convicts us to do so.

A convicted murderer in a mental hospital wants to starve himself to death, but can't because he is not in a prison — where he apparently could.

Can we lose that salvation i believe so if we totally turn away from him by rejecting the conviction of the holy spirit in our lives.I say that because as a new christian i accepted Christ into my life and the holy spirit was convicting me to surrender my heart to him as Lord and i was resisting him i would not surrender to him fully and so he gave me a choice to either accept him or reject him.I believe he gives everyone the chance to make that commitment as Lord of there life.When we make that deeper commitment and follow him he will continue to perfect us through his holy spirit so that we conform to his image.By the way i knew that if i rejected him at that point that was it he would never bother me again i would have been eternally lost the thought was terrifying at the time.There was definitely a spiritual battle being fought over me i was very aware i needed to decide which side i was on.Thankfully i chose the winning one.brentnz

Because if it makes you second guess your own actions and motivations, you just might feel uncomfortable and (gonna use a church word here) convicted, and WE CA N'T HAVE THAT, CAN WE?

«When the CPS refused to prosecute it was not because there was no evidence to convict, but because of political and policy reasons.

This is because it is the Holy Spirit's job to convict people of their sin (John 16:8).

If a person is convicted of murder because a witness claims to have seen them do it, but DNA evidence that contradicts that witness is disregarded, is that person guilty of murder or not?

For Christians this is because the state, by God's ordinance, is authorized in certain circumstances to serve the common good even by taking the life of a duly convicted criminal.

Had Kelley been convicted of sexual assault, he would likely have been prevented from purchasing a gun because federal guidelines prohibit sales to anyone convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison.

Now I stand firm on this conviction that yes... an homosexual man or women can come to faith and be saved by Jesus Christ and have their sins forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ but through the sanctification of the Holy Spirit they would not carry on committing the act of homosexuality because they would be «convicted» — now where there is no conviction of sin then where is the fruit of the Holy Spirit in that man or women?

When you feel bad it's because He is convicting of your issue's and your realisation of that means you have the HS in you.

Most other churches would cut them loose to society where they would by a house in a neighborhood next to you and you wouldn't even know about it because with the statute of limitations they would not be convicted and not have to register as a s - e-x offender.

This was a really convicting point for me, because I often wonder how Jesus would have responded if he had been asked the question, «Is homosexuality a sin?»

Because God convicts you of being righteous, not unrighteous.

i was now more confused and terrified because why would i feel the holy spirit convict me of sin and lead me to repent and also to be healed the way i was if i was unforgiven, yet the fears and terror of this have haunted me to this day... try as i might and i have my husband and some friends who are saved tell me i did not commit the sin i thought i had and that because i had repented and had been so seeking after him, that i am allowing the enemy to accuse me....

I believe the Bible is the Word of God and infallible, because as I hear the Word I am convicted by it, and changed by it.

Because there is an Author of this Book who works in, with, and under the authors of these books, neither source nor substance comes home until the truth of the affirmations met here convicts and converts....

Because of all these opportunities for arbitrary decision, only a small number of those convicted of capital crimes are actually executed.

Those who defend capital punishment on grounds of deterrence would have us take the lives of some — persons convicted of certain crimes — because doing so will discourage crime and thus protect others.

but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

According to a statement from her attorney, Daniel Quisenberry of Kirtland & Packard, his firm began legal action because Fleener felt convicted by God to speak out.