Sentences with phrase «earthly rewards for»

Another heresy of the electronic evangelists is their Palagian distortion that promises considerable earthly rewards for the faithful.

The Hellenistic Jewish text, Wisdom of Solomon, for example, pictures the righteous as gentle and forbearing in the face of persecution by the wicked, reproving but not physically opposing their foes, despite lack of earthly reward for their virtue.

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Earthly pleasure was more valuable for them than eternal reward.

Entrance into heaven itself is freely given to all who believe in Jesus for eternal life, but the rewards and riches of heaven are reserved for faithful Christians who put heavenly riches above earthly pleasures.

Because then, people will hate and kill their own brothers / sisters for the chance to be rewarded in the afterlife; while their religious leaders (politicians) are rewarded with earthly treasures (money and power) No religious sect in the world today is unimpeachable.

Those of a materialist or rationalist bent reject resurrection altogether, ascribing it to a fear of death or a desire for an unearthly reward to earthly suffering.