Sentences with phrase «if atonement»

If atonement was required, then payment would have to be to a higher power than himself.

You want to bring an off» ring Of livestock to the LORD From you flocks and herds of hair and wool What you must do is find a bull (find a bull) Find a Bull If your atonement's to be full Find a bull (find a bull) Find a bull or sheep or birrrrrd...

If that were an adequate resolution, it would seem to follow, given the humanity of the fetus, that infanticide, the killing of the elderly, indeed any killing for convenience, would be licensed if atonement and redemption were planned in advance.

Our clue is that if the atonement means God doing what needs to be done to reconcile the world to himself, then the human experiences which may reflect this work of God must be those of personal reconciliation.

Not exact matches

I mean, think about it... it's a sin that is either covered or not covered by Jesus» sacrifice (if you believe in the atonement).

Beware the Mormon who smiles and will not answer — he has taken the oath of Blood Atonement — agreeing to sacrifice your life if secrets are revealed, okay to slit my throat if I am deemed a sinner by the church because that is the only way to save me.

If she got an answer to that prayer and others she could believe in Jesus Christ, His atonement, His resurrection, His call to share what you know about His gospel, to serve, feed, support others regardless of their beliefs.

If Christ is not Divine, then what is his role in atonement for our sins, the sacrificial death of just one good man?

If you check into the atonement Jesus» blood sacrifice is compared to the sacrifice of the bull once a year (in Hebrews) for all the people.

If I believe the Fall, Atonement and the Resurrection to be either myth, metaphor, or legend, it doesn't matter if the result is a geuine Faith in GoIf I believe the Fall, Atonement and the Resurrection to be either myth, metaphor, or legend, it doesn't matter if the result is a geuine Faith in Goif the result is a geuine Faith in God?

If by God is meant the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, who redeems his children by the atonement and sacrifice of his Son Jesus Christ according to the predestined plan of salvation revealed in the Bible and ascribed to by the Christian churches, then the answer obviously is No — Schweitzer does not believe in God.

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By saying there is no room for «personal salvation» in your understanding of Jesus» teaching and then claiming that personal salvation gets us to the topic of atonement theory — what was it that you were wanting to say if not making a link between atonement theory and salvation?

Studying about the Non-Violent atonement and writing this book transformed my theology, and I know that if you read it, your life and theology will also be transformed.

If a person does have to believe in substitutionary atonement, what if that person holds the ransom to Satan vieIf a person does have to believe in substitutionary atonement, what if that person holds the ransom to Satan vieif that person holds the ransom to Satan view?

If we think of Jesus» work apart from traditional atonement theory, what happens to the doctrine of Jesus» person?»

If a person must believe in the death of resurrection of Jesus, is it sufficient to believe in the historical facts of these events, or does a person also have to believe in substitutionary atonement?

I prefer to avoid the term «objective» in speaking of the Atonement, partly because of its obvious philosophical difficulties and partly because many theologians have assumed that the death of Christ can have objective efficacy only if it is an act directed either towards God, in satisfaction of his justice or in somehow making it possible for his love to operate for the forgiveness of sinners without compromising his holiness, or towards a personal devil in somehow liberating sinners from his clutches.

I am also unsure — if we are able to give it the proposed reinterpretation — whether it would qualify as myth, for the atonement in the sense of reconciling us to God is certainly true.

A large area of historic Christian theology would have been completely altered if ideas of atonement, especially as related to the blood of Christ, had not been carried over from primitive concepts associated with animal sacrifice.

Then you answer and if you reject saving atonement,, if you walk along and refuse to let the Lord, Master, to sanctify your flesh, if you walk in obstinate rejection of God's ways, you may be in trouble.

How many others, if any, will enjoy the benefits of Jesus» atonement although they never knew about it in this life?

If you have some extra reading time this week and are curious about N.T. Wright and the New Perspectives on Paul, check out this lengthy (and older) article by Wright that clarifies his position on substitutionary atonement.

We may go beyond the traditional theories of atonement and ask a radical question: «What account would be given of atonement if we were to interpret it from the standpoint of the most realistic analogies we know to human love when it deals with broken relationships and the consequent suffering?»

Are sins are forgiven through the atonement of Jesus Christ if we accept his atonement... and that requires that we sincerely repent.

Be happy to listen to the broadcast, but have already provided a lot of information about atonement, that if you can't explain, would suggest your understanding may not be what you think it is.

Jeremy — I agree with what you're saying about the flawed nature of atonement theology, but could you explain how you see the mechanism at work with how Jesus» death cleansed our sins or defeated death and Satan if not for a price being paid?

If we accept that view of Jesus sacrifice, it will also be an atonement for our sins.

We will look at this verse in more detail when we discuss the Calvinistic idea of Limited Atonement, but for now, it is enough to note that even if the whole world lies under the control of the wicked one, Jesus has done what is necessary to liberate the whole world from the evil one so that they can respond to the gospel and believe in Jesus for eternal life (cf. 1 John 5:7 - 13).

If it be left for two years it is a deed which nothing can pay, a trespass for which there is not atonement even possible.12

Can even God tolerate a people and a preacher who have presumably taken his work in the sacrificial and costly atonement of Jesus Christ, his Son and our Lord, if their leading image of ministry and servanthood is devoid of genuflection?

For example, if one breaks a word contract, that is, one made simply by word of mouth, he shall be beaten with six hundred stripes and his next of kin is answerable for his atonement.

I grant that the word «atonement» in some modern Christian contexts might carry some, if not all, of these connotations.

Yet Gerstenberger writes as if all «biblical accounts of atonement situations» are the same and can be blended together to produce a single meaning, and that this meaning is fully captured in the word «atonement.»

It ONLY matters if you accept Jesus Christ as your personal LORD and SAVIOR as the atonement for your sins against the one true living GOD.

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

The Christian affirmation that Jesus was crucified «for our sake» is often stated by the use of the word atonement, a word that will serve if we remember that etymologically it means «at - one - ment.»

If Paul had frequently imaged Jesus» death in terms of temple sacrifice and the Day of Atonement elsewhere, or if he had elaborated this idea in Romans, seeking an alternative interpretation of his teaching would be a waste of timIf Paul had frequently imaged Jesus» death in terms of temple sacrifice and the Day of Atonement elsewhere, or if he had elaborated this idea in Romans, seeking an alternative interpretation of his teaching would be a waste of timif he had elaborated this idea in Romans, seeking an alternative interpretation of his teaching would be a waste of time.

If this sounds wierd, the entire Atonement of Jesus Christ is a vicarious act for each of us who fall short of the glory of God.

If you want to learn more about this and how these insights help us understand God, Scripture, theology, current events, politics, and even your very own life, I recommend you get started with my book The Atonement of God.

And if you have concluded that there are no gods, atonement, resurrections or revelations?

Soteriology — If God is nonviolent, then what does this say about the violence within the penal substitutionary view of the atonement?

Finally, Anselm's thought about the atonement, so centered in an awe - full sense of human sin, always left unanswered the question: If the human creature is subject to eternal damnation for having eaten of one miserable apple, how much more unforgivable is the murder of God's son?

And though in the Fourth Gospel the notes of agonizing struggle, or even of ordinary human weakness and suffering, are muted, if not hushed, and the death is, as Vincent Taylor says, «no longer a (Greek word) but a shining stairway by which the Son of God ascends to his Father,» (The Atonement in New Testament Teaching, p. 215.

If you do read LOVES WINS,» PLEASE» suspend ALL definitions to Biblical Universal Atonement.

If you want to understand the violence of Scripture, or mimetic theory, or the Christus Victor view of the atonement, or what Jesus accomplished on the cross, this is one of the books you absolutely must read.

If a believer intentionally breaks the fast, or performs any other prohibited activity, they become subject to a penalty, or kaffara (literally, atonement).

However, if you are brand new to the subject of a nonviolent atonement, a book like this might be just what you are looking for to introduce you to the various views and available authors which are out there in this important topic.

If one accepts the atonement... why would it be meaningless if they believe the atonement was for alIf one accepts the atonement... why would it be meaningless if they believe the atonement was for alif they believe the atonement was for all?

Highlights for me included: 1) Belcher's call in Chapter 3 to find common ground in classic / orthodox Christianity (the Apostle's Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed) which, if applied, would dramatically reduce some of the name - calling and accusations of heresy that have been most unhelpful in the discussion between the emerging and traditional camps, 2) Belcher's fabulous treatment of postmodernism and postfoundationalism in Chapter 4, where he rightly explains that when talking about postmodernism, folks in the emerging church and the traditional church are using the same term to refer to two completely different things, and where he concludes that «a third way rejects classical foundationalism and hard postmodernism,» and 3) Belcher's fair handling of the atonement issue in Chapter 6, in which he clarifies that most emergering church leaders «are not against atonement theories and justification, but want to see it balanced with the message of the kingdom of God.»