Sentences with phrase «determines eternal destiny»

it is the accuracy of its origin that determines your eternal destiny.

Neither one nor the other determines eternal destiny, but rather how we interact with each other while on earth.

When we use doctrinal statements to determine the eternal destiny of other people — which is something only Jesus should do — it is not long before we get the idea that if a person is reprobate and a heretic, it is better to send them on their way to hell, then to let them stick around and lead others astray.

Did he realize that he would stand before Jesus not to determine his eternal destiny but what it would be like!

So if we can trust Him with determining the eternal destiny of others, we can do what He has called us to do, by welcoming and encouraging everyone to draw ever closer to Jesus Christ by following Him and His teachings.

*** You are responsible what you do with life that was given you, because you owe it to God who gave it to you *** You will answer to Him for you life *** And what you did with Jesus Christ, the living Word of God and the testimony of His Spirit, will determine your eternal destiny.

When we take over the role of determining the eternal destiny of others, we are not only judging them, we are also judging Jesus.

Not exact matches

Yes, God exerts His right to be gracious and compassionate to whom He wants, but He is not talking about determining people's eternal destinies; He is talking His right to bestow blessings and favor upon certain people for certain reasons.

I am aware that very few people are ready for the vision of God at the end of this life and I have never been at ease with the Protestant view that our eternal destiny is determined by life in this world alone.

Following Bonhoeffer's exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, he gives an exposition of Matthew 9:35 - 10:42.39 Short vignettes are drawn of the harvest (the people are without a shepherd, without relief, deliverance, and forgiveness) for which one must pray for laborers; the call of the apostles (who are given power stronger than Satan's and are bound together only by their choice and call); the work (fulfilling their commission to preach, traveling as messengers of the King, living in «royal poverty,» warning men of the urgency of the times); the suffering of the messengers (as Jesus was persecuted so the messengers will be, but they are forewarned; because Christ will return the disciples are not to fear man, or to be gullible in thinking that «there is good in every man «40); the decision (man's eternal destiny is determined by his decision on earth for the devil or for Christ); and the fruit (the disciples are fellow workers having as their goal the «salvation of the Church»).41

We do not determine people's eternal destiny: only He does.

But again, determining someone's eternal destiny is not a function of individual Christians, or of the church it general, but is a task for Jesus alone.