Sentences with phrase «gift of the grace of»

He was a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

The unmerited gift of the grace of God in spite of our rotten selves just seems too good to be true.

Jesus» proclamation includes the full dimensions of a truly human life — physical and mental healing, bringing new life to the poor; a new stewardship of all resources of the earth and the gifts of the grace of God for the flowering of human life, and to enable the principalities and powers on earth or in the air to perform their true political function.

Not exact matches

«Furthermore, many elements of sanctification and of truth» are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: «the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements.

For by grace are ye saved by faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God not of works, LEST ANY MAN BOAST» (Ephesians 2:8,9).»

Giving the gift of grace invites us to think outside of and beyond our agenda, our opinion and ourselves.

Praise God for his peace and grace for all who can accept his gift of eternal love.

He means that if free will first existed on its own and subsequently encountered God's grace, then free will might collide with grace, but in fact our being free at all is itself a gift of God's grace, and so there is no possible antagonism between the two.

Ephesians 2:8 says that even our faith is a gift of God's grace.

This is the gift of grace; the Christian can only accept it.

«For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.»

For thus a person learns to love and worship God purely, when one worships God not for the sake of His grace and gifts, but for Himself alone.

Most patristic and medieval writers preferred to talk about miracles and miracle workers rather than charismatic gifts for a number of reasons such as the dominant gift list being Isaiah 11, not 1 Corinthians 12 and Jerome's translating charismata as «graces» (gratiae).

«For by GRACE are you saved by FAITH and that not of yourselves... It is the GIFT of God not of works least any man should boast.

Having shared the great grace of baptism and having been appropriately catechized into «the mysteries,» evangelical Catholics understand, appreciate, and live the biblical truth of Christian vocation as given by St. Paul: «Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.

If you are a Christian who believes in the Bible, you must acknowledge this from Ephesians 2:8: «For by grace are you saved though faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.»

Even though the contemporary debate within Evangelicalism concerns charismatic gifts, it corresponds to the patristic and medieval understanding of miracles and miracle workers through whom these «graces» flowed.

In Ephesians the bible says,» by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not of your self, it is a gift from God, not by works so no one will boast.»

Faith, hope, and love are the three «theological virtues,» meaning that they are the gift of grace, in contrast to the natural virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice.

«The Buddha's right hand points downward to touch the earth; the other hand supports a begging bowl, symbolizing acceptance of the gift... grace.

By God's grace the child is a gift who springs from the giving and receiving of love.

The gift of verse 8 is that «by grace you have been saved.»

To receive the free gift of eternal life by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

And if we believe the promise, if we believe what God has said, if we believe in Jesus for eternal life, then we have received the free gift of grace.

It is a free gift of God, offered by grace alone, through our faith alone.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God (Eph.

God has offered us salvation by His grace, and the rest of Ephesians 2:8 - 9 tell us how to receive this incredible gift of salvation, this regeneration, resurrection and reigning that comes from Jesus Christ.

And though some claim that the «gift» which Paul refers to in Ephesians 2:8 - 9 is faith, the Greek word «that» («that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God) is neuter and the Greek word for «faith» is feminine, which means the gift of God is not faith, but rather the entire «salvation package» which originated with God (i.e, «by grace you have been saved»).

Augustine taught, Polanyi explains, «that all knowledge was the gift of grace, for which we must strive under the guidance of antecedent belief: nisi crederitis, non intelligis.»

In this view, Paul is saying, «For by grace you have been saved through faith, and faith is not of yourselves, faith is the gift of God.»

This sacramental, salvific grace gives the human being the Gift of Faith, supernatural Hope in God's further gifts and divine Charity towards others.

«Each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms... Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: if words, let it be God's words; if help, let it be God's hearty help.»

«For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.»

Thomas Aquinas tells us that this is a «quality» in our soul, having lost our gift of grace, which makes us both selfish and sensual.

Soul - friends got regular phone calls, notes of encouragement, hilarious greeting cards, a truly listening ear, earnest prayers, pick - me - up stories and gifts of grace.

Fortunately, in marriage we also see and experience the other side of the cross — the gifts of grace and mercy.

For me, we receive the free gift of salvation by God's grace through faith.

Seeing it may well be a gift of grace.

Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, they are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption which is in Jesus Christ, whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith Martin Luther believed that the theology of this text was...

But only for (verse 17) «they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness», not for everybody.

He modifies what he wrote in Ephesians 2:5 by pointing out four additional things about this life which we received by the grace of God: He says this life is also (1) through faith, (2) is not of yourselves, (4) it is a gift of God, and (3) is not by works.

Polanyi clearly agrees with St Augustine that it is «a gift of grace».

When the Spirit has used the law as it is intended, to reveal unrighteousness, and a person gives up trying to be good and accepts the gift of grace, what can the law now.

But instead of TULIP («total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints») we'll adopt the DAISY (depravity of all, atonement for all, inclusion of all, salvation is a gift, you can accept or reject).

Ann ensures that each Grace Case offers you not only fair - trade, artisan - crafted heirlooms that changes the worlds for so many of our sisters, but Ann also offers creative ideas and resources of how to use these heirlooms to continue to give grace forward in your own life, to your people, and your community — so you, as a GenEsther, get to be the gift, for such a time asGrace Case offers you not only fair - trade, artisan - crafted heirlooms that changes the worlds for so many of our sisters, but Ann also offers creative ideas and resources of how to use these heirlooms to continue to give grace forward in your own life, to your people, and your community — so you, as a GenEsther, get to be the gift, for such a time asgrace forward in your own life, to your people, and your community — so you, as a GenEsther, get to be the gift, for such a time as now.

Before we have been baptised Grace is the Gift which draws us into personal relationship with God, knowing Him more as our «Environer», preparing us to receive Faith, developing our natural need of him so that the Holy Spirit Himself may dwell within us.

The gift of life comes by His grace and stands under His divine authority.

In this view, Ephesians 2:8 could be read this way: «For by grace you have been saved through faith, and it is especially not of yourselves, it is especially the gift of God.»

As seen in the chiastic structure noted above, the parallel statements «not of yourselves... the gift of God» are not explaining «faith» but are explaining «by grace you have been saved» (See the excellent article by Rene Lopez called «Is Faith a Gift from gift of God» are not explaining «faith» but are explaining «by grace you have been saved» (See the excellent article by Rene Lopez called «Is Faith a Gift from Gift from God?

Today, in the center of this great Chamber lies Billy Graham — an Ambassador for Christ who reminded the world of the power of prayer and the gift of God's grace.