Sentences with phrase «merit eternal life»

I am in basic agreement with Calvinists that there is no good work by which a person may earn or merit eternal life from God.

Yet despite the fact that repentance refers to a turning from sin and turning toward obedience, this does not in any way mean that repentance helps us earn or merit eternal life.

I also agree that we can not do anything good to gain, earn, or merit eternal life.

The difference between faith and works, of course, is that while the latter are «works» and no one can have enough works to earn or merit eternal life, faith is not a work, is not meritorious, and does not help a person earn or gain eternal life.

The reason I finally rejected Total Depravity, however, is not because I believe that people can «save themselves» or earn their way into heaven, or do anything good to merit eternal life.

First, as sinful, unregenerate human beings, people can do nothing good for God, nothing to earn or merit eternal life, and nothing which might put them in God's good graces.

Not exact matches

Not by their merits but by the merits of the One [Jesus] who came to this world and lived a sinless and righteous life in the place of all who trust in Him for eternal life.

It teaches that we are able to merit, through our works, eternal life for ourselves and others.

Our eternal life is not earned or merited by us at all.

If we want to know how to inherit (NB not merit) eternal life we have the answer in the parable of the Good Samaritan: «Go and do thou likewise».

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.

The disciples needed to follow Christ and leave their old lives in order to gain eternal life but I do nt believe that there was any merit for them in this.

So too we need to leave our old lives through repentance and baptism to gain eternal life but their is no merit for us in this.

The staple of LCMS preaching was the three - point sermon: you have sinned and by that sin merited eternal separation from God; Christ died to save you from the consequences of your sins; you should in grateful response strive to live in obedience to God's will.