Sentences with phrase «eternal destiny of»

Here in Dayton, I've developed a bit of a reputation for being both a political and theological «liberal,» and have thus found myself in some spirited conversations about everything from Barack Obama's foreign policy to the eternal destiny of Buddhists and Hindus and, well... Barack Obama himself.

In our hearts, we know that we do not control the eternal destiny of others, but we fear for the eternal destiny of others who do not believe as we do.

When we take over the role of determining the eternal destiny of others, we are not only judging them, we are also judging Jesus.

I would say that James is soteriological in that our salvation is not only saved from an eternal destiny of hell, but that our salvation is also from the present power and consequence of sin in the here and now.

It is impossible, therefore, clearly to distinguish, in Jesus» thought, the kingdom on earth from the eternal destiny of the righteous in heaven, for the former idea has been so elevated and sublimated that it blends with the latter.

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.

In part 2, I ask more questions about who some of those inspired people might be, the eternal destiny of non-Christians, and more.

This was not narrowly confined to the eternal destiny of the individual in the way the hope of personal immortality has so often been.

So if we can trust Him with determining the eternal destiny of others, we can do what He has called us to do, by welcoming and encouraging everyone to draw ever closer to Jesus Christ by following Him and His teachings.

Sorry, Christians don't know the eternal destiny of anyone and can not judge in that sense, but are called to speak of horrors committed by other, especially the killing of children in the womb.

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.

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.

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

Not exact matches

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.

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

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.

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

Universalism refers to the understanding that we all share a common destiny, rejecting the notion of eternal punishment for all human beings.

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

This tells us that God delights in His children knowing they are children, being comforted, not worrying about their eternal destiny, and serving out of love and gratitude and a desire to please Him and gain His approval.

It's like, «as long as my eternal destiny is secure, as long as my life is all planned out and taken care of by God, who gives a damn about anyone else!»

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.

«Therefore the Church gives thanks for each and every woman: for mothers, for sisters, for wives; for women consecrated to God in virginity; for women dedicated to the many human beings who await the gratuitous love of another person; for women who watch over the human persons in the family, which is the fundamental sign of the human community; for women who work professionally, and who at times are burdened by a great social responsibility; for «perfect» women and for «weak» women - for all women as they have come forth from the heart of God in all the beauty and richness of their femininity; as they have been embraced by his eternal love; as, together with men, they are pilgrims on this earth, which is the temporal «homeland» of all people and is transformed sometimesinto a «valley of tears»; as they assume, together with men, a common responsibility for the destiny of humanity according to daily necessities and according to that definitive destiny which the human family has in God himself, in the bosom of the ineffable Trinity.»

Mary, our patroness and the promise of our eternal destiny, deserves to be feasted in exuberant American style.

Richard John Neuhaus wrote, «Temporal tasks are best conducted in the light of eternal destiny.»

it is the accuracy of its origin that determines your eternal destiny.

Men even dare to think that because their spiritual lives are the offspring of the Eternal Spirit, they are of essential importance in his eyes and have, therefore, illimitable possibilities and a glorious destiny.

I am aware that very few people are ready for the vision of God at the end of this life and I have never been at ease with the Protestant view that our eternal destiny is determined by life in this world alone.

I would invite you today, if you have not, to make sure of your eternal destiny.

In the end it is concerned with the eternal issues of human destiny, but this is not on the surface.

Once you do that all of your sins are forgiven and your eternal destiny is sure.

[Reprobation is] God's eternal decree that the destiny of certain men shall be everlasting death, whether one views it as God's passing those men by with the grace of election or as the determination to damn (Engelsma, Hyper - Calvinism, 44).

As Ogden indicates, this can be expressed in nonmythological language: «Jesus» office as the Christ consists precisely in his being the bearer, through word and deed and tragic destiny, of the eternal word of God's love, which is the transcendent meaning of all created things and the final event before which man must decide his existence.»

And it is amazingly foolish for a person to trust their eternal destiny in some theory of good works.

Without reservation, Zarathustra affirms his necessary will, his particular, eternally recurring destiny as the prophet of the eternal recurrence and the bridge to the overman.

Trying to apply that story to theological discussions such as predestination, who God hates, people's eternal destiny and similar topics is probably a case of trying to find Bible stories to support a theological viewpoint, as in «this is our theology, now let's see if we can find some verses in the Bible that might support our views».

It matters not whether you are talking to a beautiful J.W. or a marvelous Roman Catholic the message is the same you must know that your eternal destiny is safe in the hands of Jesus!

Then he will hear the ever - valid sentence on his eternal destiny according to his works, pronounced by a judge who does not consider appearances but the free, innermost heart of the person.

Nor is it easy to see what purpose is served in the eternal economy of things by this two-fold determination of our individual destinies.

Following Bonhoeffer's exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, he gives an exposition of Matthew 9:35 - 10:42.39 Short vignettes are drawn of the harvest (the people are without a shepherd, without relief, deliverance, and forgiveness) for which one must pray for laborers; the call of the apostles (who are given power stronger than Satan's and are bound together only by their choice and call); the work (fulfilling their commission to preach, traveling as messengers of the King, living in «royal poverty,» warning men of the urgency of the times); the suffering of the messengers (as Jesus was persecuted so the messengers will be, but they are forewarned; because Christ will return the disciples are not to fear man, or to be gullible in thinking that «there is good in every man «40); the decision (man's eternal destiny is determined by his decision on earth for the devil or for Christ); and the fruit (the disciples are fellow workers having as their goal the «salvation of the Church»).41

Obviously, none of us are the judge of someone's eternal destiny (thank God), but an exercise like this one helps us think through what the Bible says about how to receive eternal life.

Eschatology and ethics meet in this basic issue, for it involves not only the scope of God's love and favor and of our responsibility but the question of eternal destiny.

Second, since evangelism has to do with people's eternal destiny, then, if a choice has to be made between addressing «physical» and «spiritual» need, we have to say that the supreme and ultimate need of all humankind is the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

I'm unsure of my eternal destiny but I'd like to concentrate on this fragile life, truly caring for others, even if it is counter cultural to all that I've been told.

That supernatural gift which God gave Adam and Eve was the destiny of seeing God face to face in eternal happiness.

After all, Jesus ties our eternal destiny to how we treat «the least of these brothers of mine.»

So he postponed his baptism until he was on his deathbed and then by historic accident managed to be baptized by one later declared a heretic, thus casting shadows of doubt over his eternal destiny.

Man can hear it only indirectly in the postulates of practical reason, which have remained, as it were, the small opening through which he can make contact with the real, that is, his eternal destiny.

See William Adams Brown: The Christian Hope, p. 84) and refer not to final destinies in an eternal heaven and hell, but to the intermediate fate of the dead in the time between decease and resurrection.

Furthermore, in the New Testament generally, this Jewish insistence on keeping the body, however rarefied and spiritualized, as part of the future hope, was associated with the Jewish apocalyptic drama — the sudden arrival of the Messiah on the clouds of heaven and the resurrection to eternal destinies.