More Christians
died for their faith in the twentieth century than in all the years of Christendom combined.
«No one — Saint Justin Martyr writes — has ever been ready to
die for his faith in the sun».
3A) millions have
died for their faith in something; pagans
died for their faith in their gods, etc etc etc so their giods are real also because they died for their gods, correct?
Ignatius
died for the Faith in the early years of the second century.
Francis, who became pontiff in 2013, has repeatedly paid tribute to Christians suffering or
dying for their faith in current times, especially in the Middle East.
True Christians have never denied his existence, in fact believe it so much they are prepared to
die for their faith in God.
«While it is good that no Christians
died for their faith in Vietnam, the authorities continue to crack down on ethnic minority Christians and will start implementing a new law on religion in 2018 for all Christians.»
«in fact believe it so much they are prepared to
die for their faith in God.»
Not exact matches
Before the «Dispensation of Grace» of God, by which we are saved through «
Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth,
died on the «Holy Cross»
for the «Remission of Our Sins» once and
for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!
If you have
faith in Jesus and accept his sacrifice on the cross where he
died for my and your sins, you will be saved and you can enjoy God's presence eternally.
Believe with all your heart that God send his only beggoten son Jesus on the cross to
die for your sins and was raise 3 days later
for our justification, if you believe that and ask him to forgive you and save you he will all you need is to have
faith in him and ask him to save you.
Is there a step of
faith in believing that Jesus is the Son of God and that He came and
died for a sinner like me and that He rose again to prove that He is God and that He defeated Satan, sin and death and has given eternal life to all who believe
in Him?
Also Valerie Marchenko was a Russian preacher who
died in the 1980's
for his
faith.
I am not the most religious of people, but I do believe
in God, and Jesus... but many people seem to forget that God's SON sacrificied himself
for our sins...
in my book, a SON is part of a FAMILY... God put us on this earth to be of free will and to make our own way... Love being the biggest part of that way... we love God and we love Jesus... but we are also all part of his FAMILY... He made us all to be part of a unit that has hope and
faith and love... we were meant to procreate... so what does it matter if a person who is
dying does not automatically think of God, but of their loved ones?
Bishop Niyiring who made this declaration yesterday during the requiem Mass celebrated
for all the 10 deceased Catholics at Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, described the death as painful, saying the catholic church honours those who
died in their
faith.
I suffered a terrible car accident... during 3 weeks I almost
died «many times»... Now I can read a beautiful article like this one and agree with it... Believe me... no matter your
faith, your fortune or whatever you may be involved with... on the face of death if you are human you will only care about your loved ones... you will remember about the moments you were happy together and dream they happen again... you will remember your childhood like you were 7 again... you will ask forgiveness and try to show your love, no matter how hard you are...
In the face of death we realize that nothing more then our family matters...
For the professor, once his life of arrogance reaches an end, he will then understand what is the meaning of family...
Why not display other religious symbols alongside this as a sign of respect
for the people of other
faiths who also
died in the towers?
Jesus lived on this planet, he
died for the sins of all mankind and he rose again, he will come back again!!!!! you can either have
Faith and believe
in him as your savior or not, the CHOICE is yours...
God bless and have
faith in Jesus Christ, he
died for sins like these.
Frans van der Lugt, who cared
for disabled children of all
faiths and refused to leave them when the war started, was dragged from his monastery
in Homs, and beaten, shot, and left to
die in the street.
if you have
faith anything is possible, that's what happen on Monday, the Nation was asking
for miracle and we received one, the pope was praying with
for us, the peace he always breath, I don't wish anybody's death, but
in this case someone had to
die, either one of us again or Osama.
According to his obituary, Broomfield
died «fighting
in defense of those being persecuted
for their Christian
faith.
Ursula Nash, who has
died at the age of 96, was one of the
Faith Movement's earliest supporters and
for nearly twenty years ran the voice
for Faith Magazine and pamphlets
in her home.
David Mills is Executive Officer of First Things Justice, Peace and the Martyrs Thousands and possibly tens of thousands of Christians
die for the
faith every year, notes Daniel Philpott, writing
in the Jesuit magazine America.
If a person believes that Jesus
died on the cross
for their sins, and rose again from the dead, but don't believe that by
faith in Jesus they have life that can never be lost, are they justified?
Rather, what we find here is a supreme illustration of the
faith of the one who said: «When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and
die».44 Nevertheless, some of the Marxist interpreters are correct
in their perceptive observation of finding
in Bonhoeffer's theology some possibilities
for a constructive encounter between Marxism and Christianity.
After repentance,
faith and baptism we have
died for the sin, and we are
in Christ.
At any rate, Lafferty proffers an old lesson: The devils
in human shape can be saved, but only if we are willing to
die for our
faith.
So, I pray that as I grow
in my
faith and as my children experience their own challenges... be it that one chooses to be a pastor or my daughter chooses a life of servitude as a nun that they will also always know that the Lord gives them the freedom to make changes and seek him
in whatever way they need to without compromising the fact that he
died for us to save us.
Every day we have to overcome the sinfulness of our body through
faith in God's promises:
died for the sin,
in Christ.
Leading thousands of people
in prayer
for the victims at the Vatican on Sunday, he said that they
died in «another act of ferocious violence» after refusing to renounce their
faith.
I didn't pray
for leukemia but I got it children
die everyday new souls
in this sometimes very cruel world what kind of god does that I'm sure you'll say the sins of the father or it just wasn't gods plan or if we were better Christians then we wouldn't be punished or our
faith was being tested and to all of you I say what a cruel child of a god you have that» tests his flock he so lovingly created excuse after excuse I'll keep my
faith in the science that put my cancer
in remission and if I'm wrong I'll march straight into hell knowing I made no excuses
If you want to get serious about
faith, report on those
dying for their
faith every day
in areas like the Middle East, North Korea, China, India, Afghanistan... places where Christians have no rights and are persecuted daily.
Obviously his
faith was not strong enough
for Jesus to save him, so
in addition to
dying he also went to H.ell because his
faith was not strong enough.
Neville i agree with you Jesus has the power to forgive sin past present and future through the cross when he
died his death covered past present and future.If those
in the old testament were justified by
faith and made righteous then they are covered by the blood of Jesus even though he hadn't
died for them yet because there hope was
in God.Isn't that what the definition of
faith is it is the substance of things hoped
for the evidence of things unseen.The proof is Enoch how could he go to be with God if he was not righteous and only the blood of Jesus is able to do that.
consider your own logic: so here's a doctor who chooses not simply to make piles of cash
in the US, but goes to the poorest continent not the planet... risking his life to work with people
dying from an incredibly dangerous virus... openly admitting he is motivated by his
faith in a God who didn't just risk his life, but gave it
for others...
If religion is the new way to discredit him then Rommney is
in for a hurting, because his
faith is based on the premise that Jesus
dying on the Cross was not good enough.
For Bultmann, Jesus
died on the cross; but he is «risen
in the kerygma» or the preaching of him as the unique «act of God» the one
in whom the past is overcome, the future is opened up, and a new life
in faith by grace is made available to those who will respond to the proclamation.
They alone commend goodness to the world,
for most people choose goodness, if they choose it at all,
for the same reason that Tolstoy became a Christian: «I saw around me people who, having this
faith, derived from it an idea of life that gave them strength to live and strength to
die in peace and
in joy.»
Many of the things I still believe
in I first learned
in that modest Baptist community of
faith: that Jesus loves me and
died on the cross
for my sins; that the Bible is the totally true and trustworthy Word of God; that all human beings are made
in the image of God and are infinitely precious
in his sight.
Great how you point out that one verse but skip over the others that recommend
dying in conflict
for your
faith or how those who aren't muslim deserve no sympathy.
i wonder whih god will be more pleased with its slave — the one who murdered a man
for his beliefs or the one who allowed his follower to
die for his
faith either way — god is a man made belief system that is only a few thousand years old — and in that time, no one single thing has killed more humans, than a man claiming to know the will of some kind of god Faith is good thing, faith in one's
faith either way — god is a man made belief system that is only a few thousand years old — and
in that time, no one single thing has killed more humans, than a man claiming to know the will of some kind of god
Faith is good thing, faith in one's
Faith is good thing,
faith in one's
faith in one's self.
Those martyrs did not
die for the right to practice their religion
in a pluralist setting, but
for the truth and exclusivity of the Catholic
faith.
preacher to
die for believing
in a
faith... thats not muslim....
To be right with God, we simply place our
faith in that Jesus Christ
died for our sins, was buried, and came back to life the third day after His crucifixion, making Jesus our Savior and Lord.
Edward Holloway, the founder of the
Faith Movement, who
died in March 1999, was amongst those deeper and subtler minds who early on recognised the passing of the «old synthesis» and the urgent need
for a development of theology and doctrine to meet the needs of the times.
Part of the reason
for this is that the typical theological explanation of death's meaning seems unsatisfactory, inadequate to the actual experience of death, artificial or forced
in attempting to articulate a
faith response to the question: What does it mean to
die?
Holly its not about how we feel its the decision you made to accept Jesus so you are saved and you are now part of Gods family and the body of Christ.The enemy likes to play mind games to make us doubt our
faith especially as a new believer.The word tells us that when we believe
in Jesus we are saved.John 3:16 Personally i do nt believe we can lose that as it is a free gift not based on what we do right or do wrong.As he
died for us while we were still sinners..
It tells us that live by
faith in his love and sacrifice
for us and best of all that being right with God does not happen because we quit sinning, but rather because Jesus
died for our sins and gave us His righteousness!
* Believe
in Jesus Christ, that he
died for you This requires that you get rid of your old sinful ways If you TRULY believe, that is, love Him and give your life to Him, good works and fruit will come out, but these are not what make you a Christian, they are simply an indicator of your
faith in Jesus Pray, Read the Bible, Love God, Love others, worship God (live
for Him
in all you do, take up your cross, and know that
in all of this God is very patient and loving