Sentences with phrase «devil by bearing»

He simply took the sins of the world upon Himself so that He could conquer over sin, death, and the devil by bearing them all into the grave.

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But I think there is some risk that it might be misconstrued so as to obscure certain truths which I believe to be fundamental: that the Passion is the moment at which that complete oneness with the Father which is the unique and all - pervading characteristic of the life of Jesus is paradoxically manifested; that it is at that moment, above all, that Jesus discloses to us God himself in action; that the judgement passed on Jesus and the testing brought to bear upon him are a judgement and a testing exercised (of course, within the permissive will of God) by evil men, or, to use mythological language, by the devil; and that the judgement of God pronounced at Calvary is that which Christ's accepting love passes upon those men, and upon ourselves as sharers in their sinfulness, by showing up their sin in all its hatefulness.

«It was to be trampled on by men that I was born into this world»: Is this the devil tempting Rodrigues as he had tempted Christ in the desert?

Tawney said that the man who «seeks God apart from his brethren is likely not to find God, but rather the devil, whose face will bear a surprising resemblance to his own» That is, unless we broaden our perspective and correct our idiosyncrasies by sharing with our human brethren, we are in peril of conceiving God simply as ourselves writ large, with all our peculiarities, self - centeredness, and imperfection.

Seriously people, I encourage you to read about Horace, Mithra, Buddha, and any number of about fifteen other pre-Christian deities who were born of a virgin, performed miracles, walked on water, had 12 disciples, had a «last supper,» were crucified in some manner, rose from the dead, ascended into some heaven, and even many of them were tempted by their «devil» or evil one.

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There are clever pop - cultural nuggets scattered throughout: a Mac Plus that is condemned as a «devil box» and smashed with a shoe; a gatehouse between the lands of the living and the dead that bears a distinct resemblance to the entrance to Disneyland; a hilariously avant - garde stage show put on by a deceased Frida Kahlo.