Sentences with phrase «love of enemies instead»

Liberation theologians who want to appreciate the truly radical ways of Jesus might ponder these words of Hans Küng, who writes in On Being a Christian that Jesus» revolutionary method means «love of enemies instead of their destruction; unconditional forgiveness instead of retaliation; readiness to suffer instead of using force; blessing for peacemakers instead of hymns of hate and revenge» (p. 191)

Not exact matches

So Christians, let us follow our atheist friends in denying the existence of this false god of power, money, bloodshed, and violence, and instead call people to believe in the enemy - loving, all - forgiving God who is found in Jesus Christ dying on the cross.

For example, he rightly points out that Jesus says, «You have heard that it was said, «You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy»» (Matthew 5:38), but what he doesn't say is that there is a reason Jesus uses the expression, «that it was said» instead of his usual expression, «have you not read» or «as it is written» when he references scriptural passages.

It baffles me as to why we do this, especially when it seems to me that Jesus makes a point of telling us that He is what God looks like, and in the Gospels, Jesus never kills, goes to war, or tells anyone to do such things, but instead to love and forgive our enemies.

Maybe He does quote the texts and then say, «This is wrong,» but He pretty clearly says that instead of hating our hurting our enemies, we should love them and pray for them and bless them.

Instead, he said «love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven...» (Matt.

Instead of a richly ironic story in which even Jesus» enemies are caught up in the symphony of grace, we get a Manichean morality play, in which evil is not so much transformed by God's love as merely beaten by it.

you keep talking the cultural concept of condemantion, because the culture says that law is the standard of what is of god, when instead it is love, christ's love............... love your enemy, do good to those who curse you, do not return evil for evil but return instead good.

But if Jesus truly is the exact representation of God (Heb 1:3), and if it is true that if we see Jesus we see the Father (John 15:7 - 9), and since Jesus never behaved violently toward His enemies, but told us to love them and serve them instead, and indeed, rather than killing them, Jesus died for His enemies, then this must be what Good looks like as well!

When seventeen - year - old Sharlet is sent to marry her enemy, she never imagined she would discover hidden powers within herself and an ancient prophecy in which her fate was already decided.This is the Young Adult Fantasy story about a young woman who is sent to fulfill the evil plot of her family, but instead, finds love and friendship within the arms of her enemy.

Instead of seeing process and data as the enemy, embrace them as a means to enabling you to do more of what you love: being a legal adviser.

Instead of seeing your husband as someone you love and want to build a loving relationship with, you perceive him as an enemy or even someone you are in competition with.

The negative patterns can end up overtaking your relationship with your partner or spouse, and lead you to feel that you are living with an «enemy» instead of the person you feel in love with and depend on most to feel safe and secure in the world.

I love «She knew TRUTH changes facts» as I have DECIDED to completely TRUST GOD and take Him at HIS Word instead of believing the lies of the enemy, who makes us focus on the circumstances not God's promises!!