Sentences with phrase «lead lives of holiness»

All human beings, irrespective of their sexual inclinations or «orientation,» have an intrinsic dignity, are loved by God, are offered God's mercy and grace, and can lead lives of holiness.

Not exact matches

... When God saves people in this life by working through his Spirit to bring them to faith and by leading them to follow Jesus in discipleship, prayer, holiness, hope, and love, such people are designed... to be a sign and foretaste of what God wants to do for the entire cosmos.

Now, as the result of a life issue combined with the miraculous intervention of Christ I had an encounter with God (real or imagined probably would not have mattered) that leads me to find the goodness and holiness of God.

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

«But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.»

Faith (1) offers life a meaning; (2) reveals a way of holiness; (3) leads us closer to God; and (4) shows us how to live in community.