Not exact matches
Personally, I do not think a true christian should actually be involved in politics as the requirements of office may
lead one
to have
to work in opposition
to one's faith — particularly the tough parts of the faith like
forgiveness, pacifism, and
love.
Belief in a God who is all
love and no wrath, all grace and no justice, all
forgiveness and no condemnation is idolatry (worship of a false god invented by men), and it inevitably
leads to universalism - which, of course, is what many liberal churches have been preaching for generations.
One may, in other ways, feel sorrow for sin (the sorrow of regret, or remorse, or despair); but one can not feel the sorrow of repentance (which alone
leads to forgiveness and salvation) unless one knows that God suffers because of our sin incalculably more than we — and that he suffers willingly and out of
love for us.
The blood of Jesus truly does
lead us
to worship God and follow Him in
love and
forgiveness for the world.
I too learned from what my parents taught me, whether it was through reprimand or praise, and I might add the very manner in which I was reprimanded or praised was based on principles and
leading a principled life based on the following but not limited
to,
love,
forgiveness, and honesty.
The proclamation of the good news of divine
love, of the
forgiveness of sin and the deliverance from evil; exhortation
to lead the Christian life; instruction of young and old in the Christian faith — these evidently require not only that the minister have heard and apprehended the gospel, comprehended the law and learned the creed, but that he have gained insight into the ways of God and men and that he grow continually in his understanding of them; that further he have grasped the meaning of preaching and teaching in relation
to all the other activities he and the Church carry on.
Over the course of five best - selling novels, she has traversed the slippery slopes of true
love, lost
love, marriage, motherhood, betrayal,
forgiveness and redemption that have
led her
to be called «a modern - day Jane Austen.»