Sentences with phrase «divine judgement»
The phrase "divine judgement" refers to the belief that a higher power, usually a god or gods, evaluates and makes decisions about a person's actions and behavior. It suggests that these judgments determine the individual's fate, including reward or punishment, often in the afterlife. Full definition
However, the pope also said that people who use chemical weapons - as the Syrian government has been accused of doing - will face divine judgement.
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lie pronounces divine judgement and blessing, and explains God's other mighty acts which he does (such as exorcism), on the basis of the nearness of the kingdom.
As Jeremiah saw with a tragic inevitableness the approach of the Babylonian conquest, so Jesus saw divine judgement impending over His people by the sword of Rome: «Except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish».
The later conferences spoke of God's preferential option for the poor, divine judgement on oppressors, the pattern of Christ's own identification with the poor, the risk of suffering for Christ's sake, and Christian support for change in political studies - themes seldom associated with such passion in evangelical circles.30
The actor, struck down by divine judgement, stretched out a trembling hand to the audience.
The fact that deadly storms are the exception and not the rule is an exhibition of God's grace since we are all worthy of divine judgement.
He pronounces divine judgement and blessing, and explains God's other mighty acts (such as exorcism) which he does on the basis of the nearness of the kingdom.
Or are we, partly by the paucity of our records, whose composition has been so largely shaped by factors quite other than a modern demand for historical, factual accuracy, partly by the demands of a theology that would emphasize divine acceptance above divine judgement, compelled to say that all we find here is the most sublime presentation in time of the eternal readiness of God to receive to himself the truly penitent?
But though we do make and need to make limited judgements we need again and again to call to mind how different they are from the divine judgement in which both easy forgiveness and easy condemnation are impossible.
He regards the scriptures as sufficient to prompt repentance (Luke 16:31), as fulfilled in his life and ministry (Matthew 5:17 - 20), and as truthful, even when they are describing scary acts of divine judgement (Luke 17:22 - 37).