Sentences with phrase «despite human sin»
Without the grace of Christ, who makes God's reconciliation a reality despite human sin, the devastation of relationships might get the best of us.
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Despite all this the fact remains that our stock was damaged at the beginning of human history by a real sin, and the effects of this sin are passed on to us all.
They are not one - dimensional archetypes but people, which means that Lance Armstrong, despite his celebrity, is really one of us — a human being, made in the image of God, marred by sin and living in a broken world.
Just as ridiculous is the post modern response of «they cant change» - which if true would mean that any addiction or sin would be unchangeable despite the facts humans change all the time and I am NOT speaking of through Christ.
Despite the popular notion that the church identifies sex with sin, the genuinely Christian view of human nature makes no such statement.
When humans persist in sin despite God's frequent attempts to call them toward obedience and to warn them of what will happen if they continue down the path they are on, there comes a point where sometimes, God simply withdraws His hand of protection and allows people to suffer the consequences for their sin, for chaos to reign, and for Satan to bring death and destruction.
A Christian oversees the sins of his fellow human beings and behaves friendly and kindly despite their sins (of course, if people harm one another, the Christian has to intervene and to stop the wrongdoer).
Despite the tragedy of human sin, damaging the matter - spirit ecosystem, God's loving mercy enables that damaged relationship to be healed through Christ's unique redemption of us in His assumption of our flesh and its crucifixion and resurrection.
We are pained by the loss of unity, the outcome of human weakness and of sin, which has occurred despite the priestly prayer of Christ the Saviour: «So that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you... so that they may be one, as we are one» (Jn 17:21).