However, those who don't accept the gift of Christ will probably miss out on great things in this life and the next.
And, if you are to die,
not accepting His gift, it will be a sad day in Heaven.
Oh yeah, by the way... I hope your ass is at work bright and early on Christmas morning becuase if you really had the nads to practice what you preach you wouldn't accept gifts, give gifts, or take the day off on Christmas.
Those who do
not accept the gift, the death sentence will follow through.
Previously county employees could
not accept gifts worth $ 75 or more.
While saying the officers who acted inappropriately «all should have known better,» de Blasio said Friday «I don't know what they were thinking and how they missed that obvious training that we're all given» about
not accepting gifts.
Jay cites that part that says Ministers shouldn't accept gifts that may place them under obligation.
«In an interview with law enforcement agents in March of this year, Czumak acknowledged that he was aware from training he had received from VAMC Northport that, as a government employee, he could
not accept gifts worth more than $ 15 from an outside source,» the U.S. Attorney's statement continued.
We do
not accept Gift Cards as payment on orders shipping to international destinations other than Canada.
If you've got certain students who really, really need to keep their literacy skills fresh — and if you're worried that they may
not accept your gift of free magazines — create individual bundles for students.
First, you can't accept a gift from just anyone — no, it's not trampy (I'm not your mother), but FHA doesn't believe that an unrelated party is likely to actually fork over the funds while expecting nothing in return.
Regarding the grey area — I wouldn't accept that gift for my child.
These paper certificates can be applied at almost all Hyatt hotels, including those that don't accept gift cards.
Walmart does
not accept gift cards issued by Bancorp, namely Vanilla Visas, so you will need to use another flavor if you want to do this method.
The post offices here do
not accept gift cards even if they are pin coded debit cards, as payment for money orders.
'' I don't know what kind of psychopath eats a two - hour long breakfast and doesn't accept gifts while eating — who wouldn't love to receive a bag of dirt in the middle of their Denver omelet?
If these rules are not acceptable, we simply don't accept the gift.
«There is value in reminding the profession that although a client might wish to provide a lawyer with a gift, the lawyer can
not accept a gift unless that client is independently represented,» said the LSBC disciplinary committee ruling.
Not exact matches
Even if
accepting a
gift from a potential client isn't explicitly proscribed, does that make it right?
Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park, a nudist colony in East Gwillimbury, Ontario (needless to say, some of their links may
not be totally safe - for - work), joined the party on Wednesday, becoming the first in its field to
accept the most popular of the emerging cryptocurrencies for stays at its campsite and products from its
gift store.
«You have decided that you do
not want it, and you do
not have to
accept a
gift even though someone gave it to you.»
By enabling bitcoin payments for
gift cards, the Gyft - BitPay partnership essentially opens the door to let bitcoin fans indirectly spend the digital currency at numerous stores that don't currently
accept bitcoins themselves.
2) I am paying just over an additional 500 per mth as it is now, but again, I don't want to take from «investments» to pay off a mtg. 3) That's also been investigated but if I were to do that I would a) exceed the free
gift law, b) the person would have to
accept the $ from me (going through an acct.)
But I don't
accept paid speaking engagements from these organizations, or any of the companies I cover, nor do I
accept any products or
gifts from them.
Unfortunately,
not all charities have the resources or capabilities to
accept gifts of appreciated investments directly.
They can be used virtually anywhere American Express is
accepted in the U.S.
Gift Card funds do
not expire, there are no fees after purchase, and
Gift Cards can be replaced if lost or stolen.
The one exceptional difference between them all is that the Bible clearly explains that the only way to escape eternity in literal hell fire that goes on forever and ever, is to
accept the free
gift of salvation that is only found in Jesus Christ the creator of all that you can see and can
not see.
Even after
accepting God's
gift, I can
not live up to his standards.
See how Judas dealt with Jesus his years on earth — read the Poem of the Man God — a journey presented to us as a great
gift but
not accepted.
Many people do
not choose to
accept the
gift.
One is
not immoral for
accepting a
gift s / he had no choice in the making.
-- V.Sullivan, but as long as we work out our own salvation, he will be sorry for
not even
accepting his free
gift of salvation that Christ so humbly and loving offers him and everyone else.
So her
accepting a job, even a part - time, seasonal job (and we aren't told if that WAS the criteria for the job — she may have been a cashier assigned to the
gift - wrapping desk just for the season), was what we would expect of a responsible citizen trying to support themselves or a family in this difficult economy.
Yeah — I bet the pope doesn't want to make a fool of himself this year like Benedict did a couple of years ago —
accepting a Christmas
gift from one of Uganda's top ministers of a promise to push the «kill all the gays» bill through their legislature.
We can thus
accept with humility the special
gifts mediated to us through those who are His homosexual children, our brothers and sisters whom we can
not and would
not disown.
Just like you can
not force someone to
accept a
gift that you want to give them, God can
not force you to
accept His grace.
To the best of my understanding, the deposit of faith clearly affirms the following: that God desires the salvation of all and offers the real possibility of salvation to all; the offer can be
accepted or rejected and, if
accepted by faith, such faith is recognized as the
gift of God; if the offer is knowingly, freely, and definitively rejected, even at the very last moment of life, one goes to hell, which is eternal; but the deposit of faith does
not tell us clearly that anyone is in fact eternally damned.
I agree it is
not our job but the quote in the bible is meant as a warning that Jesus WILL separate the wheat from the chaff and that it is important to
accept his
gift of salvation.
(E.g., They say things like «Jesus did his 99 %, but I must do my 1 %» or «I'm saved now, but if I sin later, I won't be saved any more» or «I
accepted the
gift of eternal life, but I can give it back if I don't abide.»)
I, and many other students of the Word of God, believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Creator and savior of every person's soul if they choose to
accept his
gift, told his closest followers that some were born differently, that some are
not attracted to the opposite gender.
He can — out of his mercy and love — offer to free you from this punishment — which is what He offered through Jesus Christ — but He can
not force you to
accept the offer — He can
not force grace upon you, just like you can
not force someone to
accept a free
gift.
Don't swallow Satan's lies, writes Jeff Lucas, instead
accept God's free
gifts of grace and forg... More
I certainly did
not get the idea from those verses of anything like total depravity or that fallen man had to experience any kind of supernatural transformation of the will / heart in order to be able to
accept God's convicting / convincing / persuading / call / drawing, instructions, teachings, commands, promises and
gifts.
Don't swallow Satan's lies, writes Jeff Lucas, instead
accept God's free
gifts of grace and forgiveness.
This attitude is at complete variance to that behind Natural Family Planning (NFP), wherein a couple who have reason to space their children
accept the
gift of sexuality exactly as it is stamped in the human person by God and do
not treat their fertility as a problem to be expunged by technology.
But brothers and sisters there will come a time when if we do
not make a choice to
accept the free
Gift that hung on that wooden cross then we will be separated from that Precious One for all eternity and that is OUR choice
not God's.
Your sins are already forgiven, no one goes to Hell because they did
not ask for forgiveness, a person goes to Hell because when they have passed the age of innocence, and have come to the Knowledge of the Gospel, or they have learned that Jesus died for their sins, and that He gives us salvation freely because He loves us more than we love ourselves, and we have to make a choice to
accept or reject this free
gift, if that individual
accepts Jesus as their Savior, then they go to Heaven, and if that individual rejects Jesus, then they go to Hell.
It would seem strange that a person could pen such powerful words of love and faithfulness to God in the wake of such a tragedy, but when a person
accepts Christ's
gift of salvation they are given a joy and peace that can
not be described!
Calvinists try to say that this verse supports their concept of total depravity (that fallen mankind does
not have the inherent free will capacity to
accept or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and
gifts) because they interpret the words «the natural man» to be all of fallen mankind.
Thanks to the
gift of free will from God, these people chose to
not accept Jesus and to be away from God.