Sentences with phrase «gift of sons»

Moreover, Jesus» death for our sins can be likened to a payment because God's gift of his Son was precious.

Applying this to the doctrine of the Trinity, Jüngel suggests that the Father, Son, and Spirit enhance their previously existing relationship to one another through the decision to give of themselves to their rational creatures: the Father through the gift of his Son to us, the Son through freely allowing himself to be given as such a gift, the Spirit in virtue of his activity as mediator, not just between the Father and the Son, but now likewise between the Father and his adopted sons and daughters (GGW 446 - 53, 505 - 14).

But if this gift of his Son was, in some way beyond the early church's or our own understanding, a satisfaction of God's justice, it was even more manifestly an expression of his love.

In the mean time, those who believe in God and Christ can relax this holiday and thank God for the gift of his son to pay for our short - comings.

Through the gift of His son Jesus, we have inherited a right as children of God.

These divine gifts of Son and Spirit call for a human response.

I recall my grandfather's prayer, a formula that always began: «Our most gracious and loving Father, we praise and thank thee for the gift of thy son Jesus and for life eternal through him.

As we prepare to celebrate our Savior's birth, we thank God for redeeming the whole world through the gift of His Son.

From parties and dinners with family and friends, to Christmas Eve service and time spent thanking the Lord for the gift of his son, there is...

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The gift of a son — for us!

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One day, a customer walked in and saw a mattress leaned up against the wall; it was Ablan's wedding gift for one of his sons.

You can start with a disposable razor, or if you want to make a bigger occasion out of it, you can gift your son a safety razor.

Actually, what's really disturbing are those who reject that our ability to love comes from the One who gave the most through His son Jesus... the ultimate gift of love, so we could live and love on this earth and beyond.

Paul's letter to Timothy has at its heart the gospel message, that Jesus Christ, the son of God, one of a kind, bore your sins and took them away for good and you are therefore now free to go and gratefully live your life to the glory of God enjoying all his good gifts.

I am not perfect — but the gift of God's son Jesus and the forgiveness God extends to me through him allows me to live life more fully.

Anything he had was given as gifts because the people he ministered to acknowledged that he was the Son of God.

Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.

The Power that God gives is His Spirit and this is a Gift to each one of us for repenting of sin and receiving His Son.

In addition to the 25 free printable ornaments that coordinate with the daily readings in The Greatest Gift (adult edition) and Unwrapping the Greatest Gift (Family Read Aloud Edition), DaySpring has beautifully created Jesse Tree Ornament Sets, in either embossed, pearlized card stock or as a sculpted heirloom set, as a powerful & memorable way to celebrate the lineage & majesty of God's greatest gift to us — His Son, Jesus Christ — through the timeless Advent tradition of the Jesse TGift (adult edition) and Unwrapping the Greatest Gift (Family Read Aloud Edition), DaySpring has beautifully created Jesse Tree Ornament Sets, in either embossed, pearlized card stock or as a sculpted heirloom set, as a powerful & memorable way to celebrate the lineage & majesty of God's greatest gift to us — His Son, Jesus Christ — through the timeless Advent tradition of the Jesse TGift (Family Read Aloud Edition), DaySpring has beautifully created Jesse Tree Ornament Sets, in either embossed, pearlized card stock or as a sculpted heirloom set, as a powerful & memorable way to celebrate the lineage & majesty of God's greatest gift to us — His Son, Jesus Christ — through the timeless Advent tradition of the Jesse Tgift to us — His Son, Jesus Christ — through the timeless Advent tradition of the Jesse Tree.

And Jesus is the Son of Man, God's gift to us to reverse the fall of Adam and to bear God's righteous punishment for our failure to be perfectly Holy and suitable for His presence.

«For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.»

The gift of the Eucharist concretizes the mutual indwelling of Christ in the disciples and of Christ with the Father, and therefore the indwelling of the Father and Son in the faithful.

I, and many other students of the Word of God, believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Creator and savior of every person's soul if they choose to accept his gift, told his closest followers that some were born differently, that some are not attracted to the opposite gender.

You ascended to the firmament, O prophet Moses; you captured captives, you taught the words of Torah, you gave gifts to the sons of men, and even the stubborn who are converted turn in repentance, [and] the glorious presence of the Lord God abides upon them.

For the record we believe: the Son of God is Jesus Christ, God the Father is Elohim as described in the Old Testament and is the creator and Heavenly Father of every human being and Salvation is a gift given EVERY child of God obtained through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The true renunciation of ecclesiastical privileges, a giving up of the gifts of the church to the world, therefore, corresponds to the central movement of the Gospel, the path of God to people, i.e., the saving renunciation of the Son of God on behalf of the world.12

There are so many on here making light of the TRUTH, there is a time of tribulation coming and an end for those who have blasphemed and refused the gift of God, His son Jesus Christ the Messiah.

Life of eternal dimensions is the here - and - now gift to those who believe that this self - sacrificial One is the Son of God.

The gifts poed out on the church by the ascended Christ have as their final goal that «we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ» (vs. 13, NIV).

Together they raise two sons, one of them autistic and the other gifted.

Christianity is accepting GOD's free gift of salvation and redemption through His son Jesus Christ.

There are passages in the Qur» an which suggest that those who fall away will not be given another chance, but then the Epistle to the Hebrews warns that «It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace» (Hebrews 6, 4 - 6).

And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ....

But we know from the rest of Scripture that becoming a son of the Most High is not a reward, but is one of the gifts that comes with eternal life.

If the Bible states that The Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one, the why would you think to have a special gift that seems to negate the very scriptures and aspects of a Sovereign and Holy God who does send judgment and wrath.

The answer is faith or belief in the Son; that is their work, even though it too is a gift of God (verse 29).

In 17:1 - 5 we discover that the chief result of the Father's glorification of the Son, and the Son's of the Father, is the gift of eternal life to the disciples here and now.

«You are my Son» was addressed to the king of Israel, prototype of the Messiah.14 «My beloved on whom my favor rests» is the Servant of the Lord in the prophecy of Isaiah.15 There the Servant is equipped for his task by the gift of the Spirit, which is here symbolized by the open heavens and the descent of the dove.

But if verse 19 stresses the lowly obedience of the Son, verses 22 - 25 stress the authority of the Son, his judgment, and his gift of life.

I questioned God, and HE in his mercy said to me «I gave my SON for you, do you think your (put your own sin here) will take away that free gift of salvation.

the wages of sin is DEATH but the gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE thru Jesus Christ our LORD... no matter what schemes or plans man comes up with to avoid the TRUTH, TRUTH will always will be TRUTH, you can't change TRUTH and because JESUS is true and his word is true and is a God that can't lie nor is he the son of man to repent then that means unless you repent you shall all likewise perish Luke 13:5..

Heb 6 4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

The Book of Common Prayer had this meaning in view when it employs, in the course of the Prayer of Consecration in the service of Holy Communion, the words: «Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Savior Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here, before thy Divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same.»

We agree that justification is not earned by any good works or merits of our own; it is entirely God's gift, conferred through the Father's sheer graciousness, out of the love that he bears us in his Son, who suffered on our behalf and rose from the dead for our justification.

The name of the Holy Spirit himself as «gift» is after all bestowed not only to denote a pure one - way gratuity, but also because the Spirit expresses the infinitely realized exchange between Father and Son.

The tradition of giving gifts at Christmas can be traced back to the birth of Jesus, who Christians say is the son of God, believed to have taken on full humanity to save the world from sin.

My gay son (as well as all of my children) is such a God - given gift.

The exception: we must educate all about the meaning of life and God's gift to us, His Son.

But as I raised my head, the thought of some old insult likewise reared its head, and in that instant the arctic hatred flared, shutting out my world & spring, along with, yes, my lovely wife & sons, a no & no & yet another no, until I caught myself refuse the proffered gift of Love.