Sentences with phrase «forgiven by grace»

We have grace to forgive and have been forgiven by grace.

All are forgiven by Grace of Christ.

Not exact matches

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

If Jesus embodies God's dreams for the world, then citizens of the Kingdom start by imitating him — by eating with the people he ate with, by telling the sort of stories he told, by healing and forgiving, by serving and praying, by resisting the temptations of power and money and violence, by breaking down religious barriers, by loving enemies, by showing humility and grace, by overturning some tables and dining at others, by being obedient to the point of death.

Lord, forgive me for carrying such guilt & shame over my own sinful past & former sexual dysfunction that I haven't had guts enough at critical times to call out grievous sexual misconduct & to help by Your power, leadership & grace make the world a safer place for the vulnerable

We have been upheld by his grace, forgiven by his mercy and given a mighty hope in his resurrection.

But it is chiefly concerned to tell men what they may become in Christ, what indeed they already are in the divine intention: sons of God, made in his image, fallen into sin by their willfulness, and now by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ able to be conformed to his likeness, the evil and the sin which they know so well being done away through God's forgiving love shed abroad through him.

As you may know, Sovereign Grace Ministries, an association of Reformed church plants, is facing a significant lawsuit that alleges church leaders covered up the abuse of children by discouraging parents from reporting abuse to authorities and requiring victims to forgive their abusers in person.

This is also a way of teaching children about grace — only by God's grace can we forgive others — we can not forgive in our own strength.

By the grace of God, through his Son, Jesus Christ, our sins are forgiven.

Otherwise explain Enoch to me how could a unredeemed sinner stand in Gods prescence only a redeemed and righteous man could therefore he was covered by the blood of Jesus he is the only acceptable sacrifice.Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever with God all things are possible.To me how else could God have forgiven sinners in the old testament?It was by faith and by the grace of God it never changed but Christ was the sacrifice for all past present future.brentnz

So what I'm trying to say is in this post you have taken out obedience to the word of God by saying that we are under grace, and we all sin wilfuly, God forgives if we go out murdering people, commit adultery, steal, take His name in vain etc..

If God required me to do 52 jumping jacks while holding my tongue out and crossing my eyes to be forgiven of my sin then I would still be saved by grace no matter how much sweat I produced in the process.

By God's grace we've created a beautiful rhythm of apologizing, forgiving and moving forward instead of wounding, blaming and allowing space for resentment to fester.

God already forgave us freely by His grace.

Under the secret call of grace in which God offers himself, this freedom is always meant either for judgment or salvation, and only the Gospel says reliably where this leap of freedom leads: it encounters the God of forgiving grace, indeed it is made possible only by him.

FOLKS ITS NOT ABOUT ACCEPTING GAYS, ITS ABOUT MANKIND AND HOW SOCIETY / WORLD HAS TURNED AWAY FOR A LOVING GOD, WE ARE ALL SINNERS IN THE EYES OF GOD, AND I AM SO GLAD HE IS WILLING TO FORGIVE US IF WE ARE WILLING TO TURN FROM OUR WAYS, A SIMPLE PRAYER OF ASKING FOR HIS FORGIVENSS, THATS IT, WOW NO ONE IS GUARANTEED TMRW, WE ARE HERE BY THE GRACE OF GOD EACH DAY, AND EACH DAY IS AN OPPORTINITY TO REPENT, MAY GOD HELP US, MAY OUR EYES BE OPEN TO THE TRUTH, AND MAY HE HEAR OUR PRAYER BEFORE ITS TOO LATE,

But by God's grace I am forgiven because of the work Jesus has done.

He would then rise from the dead, defeating death, and ascend into heaven, and if a man or woman will repent, and put their trust in the redeeming work of Christ, God will demonstrate His loving - kindness, grace, and mercy towards them by forgiving all of their sins and granting them everlasting life.

it is awful because i have no lasting peace in this... beyond healing and then the conviction of sins and a few visions and what what i thought was jesus telling i was forgiven but to have faith in him, [my dad even called me up when this first happened and told me that the spirit had come to him in great power and told him to let me know i was forgiven and saved by his grace - he did not know i was going through this at the time and felt an urgent need to call me with this message] so why can i not get inner confirmation in this and why am i still so afraid....

Thirdly, by owning the part they played in the abortion experience and learning to forgive, they are offered real hope that their wound can not only behealed but also be a tremendous grace.

I agree that grace is limitless, but wouldn't someone who has been forgiven (and accepted) by grace at least have a strong desire to change the wrong things in their life?

Commenting on the good that is discerned in Christ, he says: «For the structures of moral and rational good, the virtues of law and the logic of cause and effect, though not wholly canceled, are subsumed and transcended, and thereupon transmuted by the spontaneity, the freedom, and grace of forgiving love» (FC 220).

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

This is the standard New Testament designation for saints: the forgiven who know it, act upon it and live by grace without angling for stained - glass - window status.

Sin is forgiven but not eliminated by grace.

It isn't about human rituals but about believing the Holy Messiah, Jesus Christ by name to the Christian community did bear the sufferings for our sins, so that we, by repentance (turning away from our sins) and following in the teachings of the Messiah to become the «new man in him» can be forgiven, and given the great mercy and grace that we all need, in order to be saved, and not destroyed with all that is evil.

(but even if it didn't that should be obvious) Therefore Gods groundwork for the spectacular future that God has in store for us is built upon love and the way to create that love is for God to forgive us and grant us eternal life which is made available to us by the grace of Jesus Christ and the death he took for us all on the cross.

By grace, God loves all, forgives all, and accepts all, with no conditions, no strings attached, no fine print, no qualifications, no limits, and no ongoing requirements.

By Yahweh's Word (or his Hand, or his Presence) Yahweh brought us through the Sea, sustained us in the wilderness, made covenant with us at Sinai, forgave us our appalling denial of him, and renewed in mercy and grace the covenant which we had broken.

Likewise, Protestants have misread the idea of justification by grace as permission to do as they please, since it is God's business to forgive.

We have often in the subsequent growth in grace and «transformation» of the soul, by the «renewing of the mind,» not been able to recall to ourselves the former self which we knew of, when first a person sought to hear, through our ministry, his Saviour's voice, «Thy sins be forgiven thee: go in peace.»