Nor does it go well for bystanders like Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman, never better), hounded for fifteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and more interested
in atoning for his sins than mixing it up with the local dragoons.
But
in his atoning death, Jesus Christ has taken the unspoken accusations implicit in the ecology of existence up into himself.
It's ridiculous to think of a Christian who does not believe
in the atoning element of Jesus» death, and if we were to think that such a person can be a Christian, well then, Muslims are Christian.
'' — the bible we have is over 99 % original text — none of the verses under issue affect the Christian message of salvation through faith
in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross at all, not even the smallest amount.»
Not most importantly that since the bible is the most heavily researched book in the history of the world by wide orders of magnitude, scholars have thoroughly examined textual criticism issues such as this, and the Christian can rest assured that: — the bible we have is over 99 % original text — none of the verses under issue affect the Christian message of salvation through faith
in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross at all, not even the smallest amount.
As I use the word in this book, it refers to that group of over forty - five million Americans and millions more worldwide who believe in (1) the need for personal relationship with God through faith
in the atoning work of Jesus Christ, and (2) the sole and binding authority of the Bible as God's revelation.5 «Evangelical» is, first of all, a theological term, though its adherents may also have derivative sociological and psychological traits.
Evangelicals are those who believe in (1) the need for personal relationship with God through faith
in the atoning work of Jesus Christ, and (2) the sole and binding authority of the Bible as God's revelation, but they are at an impasse over the interpretation of major theological matters.
There is only one thing that makes one a Christian: belief
in the atoning sacrifice of Gods Son Jesus Christ on our behalf.
Bob is one of the most excellent men I know, and he trusts
in the atoning work of Jesus for his salvation.
Mormons do believe
in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ as the only way to receive remission of sins.
Mormons can get saved only by trusting
in the atoning death of the Divine Savior Jesus on the cross for the remission of sins, not in their good works, for humanity's good works can not redeem a single soul.
Humanity's fate was cast
in atone the day they chose to follow the ways of man, rather then nature.
«I can'tbelieve that was an option,» says a visitor, and Armstrong responds
in atone suggesting the visitor has not been paying attention: «C'm on, man.Everything's an option.»
Not exact matches
«We use vitamins as insurance policies against whatever else we might (or might not) be eating, as if by
atoning for our other nutritional sins, vitamins can save us from ourselves,» Catherine Price, a science reporter, wrote
in the book «Vitamania.»
«Shakespeare this ain't, and Gears 3 struggles at times with its forced attempts at heart - string pluckery, but I can forgive it as much; gore - starved guns adorned with toothy chainsaws easily
atone for any cheesiness suffered along the way... the Gears 3 story continues with what amounts to a blood - drenched tale of woe, suffering, loss and absolution, cathartica that stands out
in harsh relief when framed by the»80s era Schwarzenegger - ness of most of the dialogue.
On the last day of Yom Kippur, Zuckerberg
atones for his own failings
in a Facebook post but also mentions unspecified instances of others abusing Facebook for divisive means: «For those I hurt this year, I ask forgiveness and I will try to be better.
In the diner, Betty says maybe Svenson's backward thinking of attacking sinners to
atone for his mistakes made him do it, but attacking Betty for it makes no sense.
Everyone who is personally united to Christ, having been justified by faith alone through his
atoning death, belongs to his body and by the Spirit is united with every other true believer
in Jesus.
It's unique among modern religions
in that human sacrifice:» (Jesus) is the
atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.»
Repentance should bring about the blotting out of our sin (Acts 3:19) but since Christ hadn't died or risen yet when Judas killed himself, maybe it was a godly repentance — maybe he was offering his life to God — we don't know whether his suicide was
in repentant hope & some sort of ill - guided
atoning effort, or the result of depression, selfish pride, or whatever else...
Ask any Buddhist if they think the Christian tenet regarding faith
in Christ's
atoning work is true.
«become as little children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come,
in and through the
atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.»
I am a practicing Mormon and we believe that Jesus died on the cross to
atone for our sins and make it possible to return to live with him
in the next life.
Being taught by the spirit, teaching one another how to draw more fully
in healing our souls with the
atoning power of Jesus Christ, lifting one another
in love and service: these define LDS worship and relationships.
= > You have one part right
in that there is a serious consequence to rejecting love, but God so loved that even your rejection is met with an
atoning forgiveness and love.
In the Old Testament (O.T.) various offerings were made to God to
atone for our sins.
However, I am Catholic and I
atone for about 40 days
in Spring also.
In the spirit of the holiday, we put the question «What would you
atone for?»
Because of His
atoning sacrifice on our behalf, «There is now no condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus.
The problem comes with seeing Christ's
atoning sacrifice, as some Evangelical Protestants do,
in terms of punishment.
It is such considerations as these that have weighed with those who have insisted that the
atoning work of Christ must be construed
in objective terms, who have indeed sometimes found themselves driven by recollection of the Cross to give this temper to their humanism.
Garden of Eden was
in Missouri when Adam and Eve were kicked out Jesus
atoned for our sins
in the Garden of Gethsemane, not on the cross Native Americans are the descendants of the Lamanites spoken of
in the Book of Mormon A woman's purpose
in heaven is solely to birth endless babies to populate the worlds created by their husbands.
To be sure, we have an expanded canon of Scripture, but nothing within the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, or Pearl of Great Price contradicts what is taught
in the Bible regarding the virgin birth (which, by the way, we definitely believe
in), teachings, miracles,
atoning sacrifice, or bodily resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
Consequently, the forgiveness of sin is an
atoning process embodying the progressive realization
in experience of the self - annihilation of God, and it must culminate
in an apocalyptic epiphany of «The Great Humanity Divine.»
In that way, you have very little to
atone for.
Christians can
atone for their complicity with violence
in the past by refusing to be complicit with state violence now.
God is infinitely holy, and could never look favorably upon sin, and an offense against the holiness of God is an infinitely wicked deed done
in open rebellion against the God who created you — that deed requires an infinite amount of retribution to
atone for, and one that you, being a mere person could never repay though you attempted to do so for all eternity.
2 McCabe's defense of the doctrine of «entire sanctification» through «the all - cleansing efficacy of that
atoning blood [of Jesus]» may be found
in his Light on the Pathway of Holiness (New York: Carlton & Lanahan, 1872).
*** «Satan has blinded the eyes of those who believe not that Christ came
in the flesh to
atone for man's sins.»
In a private meeting, reports say, Linda Cooper was given a choice: publicly
atone for their transgressions or leave the church.
Jesus may be a great teacher, and he may
atone for our sins, but his teaching and suffering are of decisive significance only because he is the Lord who comes «to unite all things,... things
in heaven and things on earth» (Eph 1:10).
I'm now saved (for the 1st time) because I have truly seen the error of my ways (Need of a Saviour), repented to God, turned from all known sin, and have trusted
in Jesus Christ's
atoning sacrifice as the only means of my salvation.
We have sat
in judgment on the New Year,
atoned for our transgressions on the Day of Atonement and celebrated Divine providence during the Festival of Booths.
But those who
in faith participate
in the community established by the
atoning action of Jesus experience the Spirit creating a new body for its expression
in the world.
The Torah says
in the passage that the day itself
atones for our sins, once again, only if we are penitent.
At the end of this offspring's life it shows up, attracts unwanted attention and commits suicide by cop
in order to
atone for the «original» sin that its own creation committed (why this omniscient god didn't see that coming is...... anybody's guess).
The suffering,
atoning, and redeeming love of God is remembered and represented ever anew when the sacrament is celebrated, and, we most certainly add, when it is received
in faith.
Our death is averted everyday because the Pure Spirit intercedes by supplying another «life»
in return for mine until I am
atoned for.
Jesus is the Christ because his own self - concept conformed completely to the primordial, divine acceptance, and his
atoning work is his unambiguous mediation of that acceptance already present to us, but ignored or rejected,
in the depth of our life.
This has been generally taken to mean that the sacrifice of Jesus
atones for the sins of those who believe
in him.