Sentences with phrase «eternal destiny»

Leave someone else's eternal destiny in your hands?

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

The truth of the concept of the prophetic stance is realized only to the extent that my life is shaped by my apprehension not merely of the concrete here and now but of the global situation and eternal destiny of the human race.

There are two eternal destinies according to Jesus: eternal life and eternal punishment (Matt.

Holiness was very much up to the individual's own will, it seemed, and one's eternal destiny depended upon the cultivation of holiness.

When I refuse, they question my commitment to Jesus and write me off as just another «so - called» Christian whose faith is suspect and whose eternal destiny questionable.

Some might suppose that God's pronouncement that he «loved» Jacob and «hated» Esau shows that he is speaking about their individual eternal destinies, but this is mistaken.

James, I believe, is pointing out that our salvation is not just about our future eternal destiny, but also about deliverance from sin here and now.

Man wants control of their life, existence, and even eternal destiny.

Hence, it is almost inconceivable to them that Solzhenitsyn could hold traditional beliefs about God, Orthodox Christianity, the mystical basis of the Russian nation, and the soul's eternal destiny while also being a spokesman for responsible political freedom (meaning constitutional limits on power, moderate nationalism, private property, and local self «government).

All of these have a very decisive bearing on the continuation of the human race, on the personal development and eternal destiny of the individual members of a family, and on the dignity, stability, peace and prosperity of the family itself and of human society as a whole.

In these decisions we are making history, and in this history we are encountering the Lord of history, and working out our own eternal destiny.

If there is a god, when I die I'll look him (her, it whatever) and tell it to it's face that it isn't fair to have one's eternal destiny decided by which preacher they listen to or what language their holy book is in.

But though we can not claim to know for sure, what we do know from scripture does bode well for Judas» eternal destiny.

You are betting your eternal destiny on that and that hell does not exist.

In just those last few moments each thief understood his eternal destiny — the one to be with Him in «paradise», the other, well, by default, not with Him in paradise.

It's always amusing to see the way certain people in certain religions feel that they have power over God to the degree that they possess the authority to make judgements over another soul's eternal destiny.

First, the passage has nothing to do with eternal destinies, but only with temporal judgment on sinful Israel.

According to the Words of Jesus, there will be many people that will believe that they are secure in their eternal destiny but yet will be truly shocked when He tells them that He never knew them.

But now in this late liberated age, an eternal destiny has been thrust upon us willy - nilly.

Thus contemporary theology is stalemated between Family Doctor theology, with its concern for the eternal destiny of the individual, and Public Health theology, which challenges the institutions and systems that prevent wholeness of life in the present.

Which means that most discussion of baptism as it relates to our eternal destiny is suffering from a category mistake.

Under the guise of «caring for people's eternal destinies» it reveals a heart that really doesn't care about the person.

In this excerpt from my book, The Re-Justification of God, I show that it does not matter who hardened Pharaoh's heart first, because the hardening of Pharaoh's heart has nothing whatsoever to do with his eternal destiny.

We must teach this to young people and help them encourage one another to live a life of generosity with all of God's gifts — ``... human life and the duty of transmitting it are not limited by the horizons of this life: their true evaluation and full significance can be understood only in reference to man's eternal destiny» (Catechism 2371).

... Pharaoh's eternal destiny is not the thing in question (Baxter, Explore the Book, VI: 88 - 89).

This book probably won't answer your questions though regarding what I believe about the eternal destiny of unbelievers.

That choice determines our eternal destiny.

What if it simply refers instead to the resolve in Pharaoh's heart to keep the Israelites as his slaves, and has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Pharaoh's eternal destiny?

There is a difference between God's love and our eternal destiny.

That is the determining factor in our eternal destiny.

I can not say for certain about anyone's eternal destiny.

In the end, an immortal being, endowed with capacity for moral living and divine fellowship, man stood distinct from the mass, possessing in personality the supreme value, having separate status and individual rights of his own, and gifted alike with the privilege of sonship to God and the responsibility of an eternal destiny.

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.

Loved of God, died for by God's Son, carrying in itself eternal destinies, the human soul became far and away the most valuable reality with which human life and thought could be concerned.

Freedom, justice, the rule of law, family life, good stewardship of natural resources, care for the poor and vulnerable, are not abstract concepts or the stuff of merely political discussions: they are bound up with each Christian's life and eternal destiny.

«All Saints Day reminds us of our eternal destiny,» pope says; may ppl «believe in eternal life & feel in communion w / departed loved ones»

People's eternal destinies are not the subject of God's statement in Exodus 33:19.

A man whose life is united with the timeless life of God through sincere and intelligent faith in Christ becomes strongly aware of his eternal destiny, and all kinds of inexpressible hopes for the distant future begin to stir in his mind.

(his eternal destiny) What writings of his that Jesus would really value in return for his place in His Kingdom.

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.

This is fine when we're talking about American Idol or Harry Potter, but it's probably not the best medium for discussing the eternal destiny of the un-evangelized or the Christian response to the death of an enemy.

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

«The fundamental needs of the human person are the focus of Catholic education - intellectual, physical, emotional, social, spiritual and eschatological (our eternal destiny).

It includes the direct domination of the earth, from farming to factories, but also the efforts required to create and maintain communities, to advance and spread learning and to keep mortal men close to their eternal destiny.