Sentences with phrase «give them eternal life with»

That said, I do believe that we can trust in God's promises (to forgive us, love us, and give us eternal life with Himself).

Yes, when people in the church remind you that Christ loves to raise people from the dead and give them eternal life with Himself... it's just awful.

Not exact matches

We are people, people who strive to live as well as we can with the time given us and do not expect that we are owed some eternal existence.

It also seems quite hard to swallow that a person could spend his or her life helping the poor, counseling the down and out, building homes for Habitat for Humanity, giving millions to charitable causes, assisting those with disabilities and mental health issues, and without a sincere acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior, be doomed to eternal condemnation and suffering, no getting out early for good behavior.

Thus friendship with Jesus Christ enables us to gain a glimpse, here and now, of eternal life within the light and life of the Trinity, a communion of radical self - giving and receptivity.

If the gospel is not preached with conviction — the convictions that humanity is in need of salvation and that Jesus is the Savior who liberates us into the fullness of our humanity and gives us eternal life — then the gospel will not be believed.

A God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave his angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell - mouths mercy, and invented hell - mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!

God is love, and He gives the gift of eternal life for free to anyone, atheist, murderer, rapist, et al., who asks for it with a repentant heart.

The Servant of God Pope John Paul II wrote a letter to the priests of the world, starting with a passage from St. John: «For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.»

We can not remove sin from this world but we can be moved by the love God gave us, in his only begotten Son, to share this love, which is eternal, forgiving, and powerful, so powerful that it can not be removed by, even, the taking of life — for no sooner do you take the life of such young ones away that, in the next moment, they are with Christ.

Only with the development which led to the concept of eternal life did another dimension come to be given to the judgment of God.

The good news, the Gospel, is that while God is holy and we are sinners, and sin deserves punishment, God, out of His great love for us, sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ to die in our place for our sin so that anyone who wants eternal life in heaven with God can simply believe in Jesus Christ for it and it will be given to them.

He gave you the gift of life and an eternal soul - you have a choice on this earth how to live your life and that will be how you will also spend eternity — with God or without Him.

Well, one thing we can say with certainty (and in full agreement with Paul), is that the Law was never given as a way to gain eternal life, or a means of pleasing and appeasing God.

I mean the idolatry that successfully tempts so many religious people into thinking that they possess the ultimate truth of God — the idolatry of the evangelical tradition that equates the words of Holy Scripture (usually the King James Version) with the eternal, life - giving Word of God.

Not by presenting us with more evidence, but by appeals to our emotions and / or our fears: Either by using, «Our almighty, all - knowing god will protect you and give you eternal life (security and hope)», or, «Our righteous, just, and holy god will torture you for all eternity if you DO N'T make the jump (using blind faith).»

He now freely gives the gift of eternal life (life with Him forever) to anyone who wants it.

There have been many other theories of atonement, each picking out what a given generation took to be the worst possible human situation and going on to affirm that in the action of God in Jesus, God met us precisely at that point: slavery to demonic powers, from which we have been delivered; actual slavery to human masters, with manumission accomplished in Christ; guilt for wrongdoing, with Christ as the advocate who pleads for, and secures, our release; corruptibility and mortal death, met in Christ with healing and eternal life....

Finally, because of all this, the Christian proclamation has as its end - product the bringing to the hearers an awareness of the reality of newness of life — what in the Fourth Gospel is called «eternal life» and «abundant life», what St. Paul is getting at when he speaks of «life in Christ» as possessing a particular and specific quality of giving - and - receiving in love, in divine Love which is then reflected and enacted in human loving, with its association with justice and righteousness and deliverance from loveless existence.

The connection of Christ's resurrection with our hope of eternal life is understood when we see that it is Jesus, the man who gave his life trusting the divine love, whom we know as the risen and present Christ.

Jesus replies that though the disciples have given up their actual families, in the new corporate life of the kingdom a new family will be given, and in the final summing - up of all things, they will enjoy peace and eternal life with God.

You first do not see the inherint evil in eternal suffering for a minor transgression (namely disbelief), add on top of that your willing acceptance for a life sentence in prison for jaywalking (with the analogy given), well lets just say I was blown away.

Yes i know two counsellors i told one of them about this and i want to know why Jesus Christ without any mercy sends that person to hell forever to suffer and never ever forgives them even though they didn't commit any thing like murder and that also forever you can forgive that person went in minutes of that sin with in a snap of a finger then only why that sin why not give him another life in Earth after forgiving and punishing him for the rest of his sin it is said that god and Jesus Is very merciful then why he is giving such a life sentence that is much more worse than eternal nothingness and why doesn't he punish Satun with eternal nothingness because i think most of the sins in Earth are committed because of him only?

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

While the details of our eternal life with our glorified body, with each other, and with God are necessarily sketchy at best, it is clear that some thought has been given to Bernard Williams» concern for boredom.

The reply given by the Johannine Jesus appears at first to confirm this by saying, «If a man has faith in me, even though he die, he shall come to life», but then proceeds to add quite a new interpretation of the resurrection power of Christ in the words, «and no one who is alive and has faith shall ever die».13 C. H. Dodd concludes that «the «resurrection» of which Jesus has spoken is something which may take place before bodily death, and has for its result the possession of eternal life here and now... The evangelist agrees with popular Christianity that the believer will enter into eternal life at the general resurrection, but for him this is a truth of less importance than the fact that the believer already enjoys eternal life and the former is a consequence of the latter.»

So you see that even with the people of Israel, election does not mean that God decides to give eternal life to some people.

This is such a huge subject that I must beg indulgence, therefore, if I give my space to but a small fraction of the historic faith — namely its main emphases on God, Christ, the Church, and eternal life — and consider only these in our modem context, in the effort to discover what values they may have for men and women who are tossed about in an unsettled world, with an uncertain future, and doomed — almost certainly it seems — to a doubtful truce of arms, at worst to a war which threatens to annihilate man as we have known him and in any event to leave us a bare existence such as we can eke out on a totally devastated planet.

Some would emphasize the giving of money to the poor, as though solidarity with the poor were the key to eternal life.

He says that when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ, although we will have the wonderful gift of eternal life, the issue that day will be what you did in this life with the gifts and talents and abilities God gave you.

Concern with material continuity also fed theological and artistic speculation about the fate of cut fingernails and hair, the condition and presence of genitals, the age and stature of the resurrected body, the bodies of the saints, the fate of relics, whether bodies in hell are reassembled as completely as those given eternal life and how and whether digested body parts are regurgitated at the resurrection.

The benefits are: God's mercy is communicated in a tangible way; Reconciliation with God; Personal encounter with Christ; Divine life is restored in our soul; Grace is given; Confession reminds us of the price of sin; The profits of penance; Remission of eternal punishment; Temporal punishment can be diminished; Merit and virtue restored; Makes our prayers and works more efficacious; We benefit from the priest's prayers and penance; More fruitful participation in other sacraments; Sacrament of healing; Strengthens our faith; Cultivates hope; Increases charity; Fosters growth in humility and in self - knowledge; Helps to form our conscience; Brings psychological benefits; Prevents us from falling into more serious sins; Improves our prayer life; Source of spiritual direction; Helps us becomesaints.

Jesus wants us to learn to love him and know that he is always with us and the life he has given to us is eternal from the day we turned to him.

Why, you have the god given right to believe in talking snakes, knowledge and eternal life giving fruit, centuries old people, a flood that required at least a pair of every animal to be stuffed on a boat that was not viable, a tower, god was afraid would reach all the way to heaven, a zombie messiah, unicorns, satyrs, and a leviathan god does battle with.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

Don't fall into CNN or Fox Network lies, they don't care about God or your eternal salvation, just posting something so Ungodly like this is so Bad, (listen... Get close to Christ the redeemer of mankind) don't get into foolish arguments like this, Hollywood and all media is just the tipping point of the iceberg of something more evil happening, and to believers: get your doctrine straight and don't defend the works of this man (Stephen King) he is not giving glory to God with his live and work, there's many men of God that need your support that really give glory to God.

*** You are responsible what you do with life that was given you, because you owe it to God who gave it to you *** You will answer to Him for you life *** And what you did with Jesus Christ, the living Word of God and the testimony of His Spirit, will determine your eternal destiny.

And with the cup, so clear a symbol of his blood in that red wine, he saw, as we did, that his life, poured forth, would seal a new commitment, would form upon the altar of God's grace a whole new covenant that would replace the ancient, worn - out slaughter of the animals with one complete and final act, the sacrifice of God's own son to show the world, to show us all the height and depth and majesty, the eternal glory of God's love, which gives itself forever, or until we come, at last, and offer up our own lives in return.

I go on the truth of his Word and the promise that I can have eternal life with Him John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son (to suffer for me in my place for my sins) that whosoever believes on him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life.»

God will give eternal life to those who have «patient continuance in doing good» (Rom 2.7) and who walk in the Spirit with a contrite heart.

Believing that He died for their sins and rose from the grave does not save anyone UNLESS they understand (believe) that Jesus HAS given them eternal life (life with Him forever).

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ.

He has given me eternal life... a life with Him forever.

It would technically allow eternal life, should we have infinite «replacement parts»; the challenge is making sure all these «parts» work together and we have the «least» amount of «repairing» going on to try to minimize «excessive invasion of the body with «Replacements» and end up «messing» things up (like a failed surgery procedure after than 100th one... there is this risk) OncoSENS - Stopping Cancer at the Starting Line (That is Extremely impressive, it will save so many lives, nothing more to add; and, perhaps one more thing, it will slow epigenetic aging of Already cancer patients giving them hope to at least post pone it should it fail at eradicating it.)

While her concerned parents have given up all hope in finding their daughter alive, they just want closure so that they can go on with their lives and finally put their daughter to her eternal rest!