''... There is what I call the American idea... This idea demands, as the proximate organization thereof, a democracy, that is, a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government after the principles
of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness» sake, I will call it the idea of Freedom...»
It is a comfort to me not dissimilarity to think of some kind
of eternal justice with characters such as Hitler, Paul Pott, Idi Amin, Mugabe.
No hope
of eternal justice.
Not exact matches
In so doing, he has appeased His Holiness,
Justice, and Wrath; He has conquered the enemy that we brought into the world by our rebellion, which is death itself, by rising from the dead and living and reigning as victorious King and Savior; and He has reconciled those who believe in Him to Himself that they may live life
eternal with Him at the consummation
of all perfection, for perfection will be restored as He has promised!
Hence, it was his practice to address matters
of the heart -
justice, mercy, love, man's need for his atoning work - and the
eternal consequences that accompany our attitudes toward each.
When one does a comparative analysis
of various Bible translations, hell, sheol, pit, and grave, all mean the very same thing, mankind's common grave, ergo, «the wages sin pays is death» not
eternal torment, similar to our own
justice system.
I am convinced that the question
of justice constitutes the essential argument, or in any case the strongest argument, in favor
of faith in
eternal life.
All the
justice that was well deserved (consumed by
eternal burning holiness) is covered in perfect love taking onto self the pain (consequence)
of sin up to the maximum evil could imagine.
A God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one
of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels
eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave his angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies
of mind and body; who mouths
justice, and invented hell - mouths mercy, and invented hell - mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead
of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!
It has got away for so long with the kind
of lunatic word - games that allow death - by - torture to be presented as an act
of love, and
eternal torment in the flames
of hell to be seen as a necessary act
of justice, that we should perhaps not be surprised that it has also managed to dupe its followers into seeing the systematic suppression and silencing
of women as an act
of liberation and equality.
Admittedly, the state is not the sole sovereign entity (there are other states) and it is not the final sovereign being (since there is an
eternal order), so the common good
of the state is not final, universal
justice.
To distinguish, as Christians must,
eternal peace from earthly peace,
eternal salvation from this - worldly liberation, social
justice from the righteousness
of faith does not diminish or discredit the temporal social - historical dimensions
of what is true and good and beautiful.
The limit is there, and on the one side with the innocent ones is
justice, and on the other side toward the world is an
eternal impossibility
of punishing an innocent one.
Oh, praised be the blessed
justice of the
Eternal!
An» «angry Father» [contemplates] the disobedience
of man in human sin, decrees to condemn [us] to
eternal death... Against which sentence
of divine
justice the Son interposes Himself... so that in His total sacrifice «the Father is appeased».»
By the decree
of God, for the manifestation
of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated, or foreordained to
eternal life through Jesus Christ, to the praise
of his glorious grace; others being left to act in their sin to their just condemnation, to the praise
of his glorious
justice.
Standing as a permanent sacrament
of the Transfiguration, it draws forward the old city into the new and
eternal city
of beauty — a city in which truth,
justice, and beauty embrace in God — a city on which all men and women (whether they know it or not) have already set their hearts.
This also means that Mays fails to do
justice to Whitehead's early remarks wherein the concept
of God is seen as a principle
of limitation beyond the realm
of eternal objects (SMW, chapter 11).
Bartchy never talks about
eternal life at UCLA, just the social
justice side
of Jesus.
Finally, because
of all this, the Christian proclamation has as its end - product the bringing to the hearers an awareness
of the reality
of newness
of life — what in the Fourth Gospel is called «
eternal life» and «abundant life», what St. Paul is getting at when he speaks
of «life in Christ» as possessing a particular and specific quality
of giving - and - receiving in love, in divine Love which is then reflected and enacted in human loving, with its association with
justice and righteousness and deliverance from loveless existence.
At the risk
of oversimplification, the interlocutors argue for God's temporal as well as
eternal justice, while Job expresses perplexity over their claim for his temporal
justice.
Time's essential passage is valued cosmic
justice and punishment, and the necessary need
of willing as an
eternal, unredeemable curse.
The ever - active righteousness that eternally dispenses
justice is so vigilant that every criminal not only does not become dangerous to the
Eternal, but in the sense
of imperfection does not even actually come into existence, since it becomes a self - accusation.
Yet
of two things the Christian can be confident: that the way
of brotherhood and mutual understanding is God's way, which if followed leads to
justice, security, and peace; and that if man does end his collective life upon earth, God will still reign in his
eternal Kingdom.
Therefore everyone should follow this path
of investigation and should know where he comes from and should recognize that an
Eternal Being who is omniscient, omnipotent, all will, all wisdom, and all
justice created him.
That's a far cry from religious dictates that often present a god whose idea
of justice is
eternal torture for those who aren't in the club..
The urgent prompting
of a formed apostolate is «seek you first the knowledge and love
of that
Eternal Word, and his gift
of holiness (
justice), and all other things will be added unto you»... including the social care, and the Christian commitment.
The «original
justice» in which men and angels were created «was naught else but the most sweet love which would dispose them for, turn them towards, and set them on the way
of eternal happiness.»
The Kingdom
of God is a reality here and now, but can be perfect only in the
eternal order... The primary principle
of Christian Ethics and Christian Politics must be respect for every person simply as a person... The person is primary, not the society; the State exists for the citizen, not the citizen for the State... freedom is the goal
of politics... Freedom, Fellowship, Service — these are the three principles
of a Christian social order, derived from the more fundamental Christian postulates that Man is a child
of God and is destined for a life
of eternal fellowship with Him... Love... finds its primary expression through
Justice — which in the field
of industrial disputes means in practice that each side should state its own case as strongly as possibly it can before the most impartial tribunal available...
We shall perceive the
eternal justice of things; for we shall recognise that the world is itself the Last Judgment on it, and we shall begin to understand why it is that everything that lives must pay the penalty
of its existence, first in living and then in dying.
The Buddhist's sympathy with the pain
of the world, the Hindu's sense
of the unchanging stability
of the
Eternal, the Moslem's realization
of international comradeship, the Confucian's appreciation
of social morality, and... the sacrifices
of scientific workers in the quest
of truth and human welfare [and today, may we not add the Communist's concern for social
justice, the humanist's insistence on the value
of right self - realization
of man's capacities, and the secularist's recognition
of the non-religious goods in human experience?]
The second position presented reincarnation as
eternal life without beginning and without end, the life
of continuously responsible freedom on man's part and
of continuously perfect
justice on the side
of reality.
Why, then, are most souls damned to
eternal Hell by the
justice of God while only some are saved by the grace
of God?
Rather, we should embrace good, old
justice, which need we re-stress, by quoting Prof. Woke Soyinka's
eternal words, is the first condition
of human dignity, nay existence.
Batman v Superman: Dawn
of Justice lumbers its way to a big battle in the last act
of its
eternal 151 - minute running time.
the Sports Quiz Call
of Duty: Finest Hour Capcom Classics Collection Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2 Cars Castlevania Curse
of Darkness Champions: Return to Arms Cold Fear Colosseum road to freedom Commandos Strike Force Conflict Global Storm Constantine The Chronicles
of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe Crash
of the Titans Crash N Burn Crazy Frog Darkwatch Death by Degrees Devil May Cry 3 Devil Kings Destroy all Humans Dragon Quest VIII: The Journey
of the Cursed King Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi Dragonball Z: Budokai 4 Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Drakangard Driver: Parallel Lines Dynasty Warriors 5 Eragon Everbody's Golf Everbody's Tennis Eyetoy: Antigrav Eyetoy: Kinetic Eyetoy: Kinetic Combat Eyetoy: Monkey mania Eyetoy Play 3 Eye Toy Play Sports Eye Toy Play Astro Zoo Fantastic Four Fantastic Four Rise
of the Silver Surfer Farenheit Flatout Final Fight Streetwise Forbidden Siren 2 Ford Mustang Full Spectrum Warrior G1 Jockey 4 Genji Getaway: Black Monday God
of War Gran Turismo 4 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories GrimGrimoire Guitar Hero Rocks the 80's Happy Feet Haunting Ground Hello Kitty Roller Rescue Heroes
of the Pacific Incredibles, The Ice Age 2 the Meltdown Incredibles, The (Rise
of the Underminer) Jak X: Combat Racing Juiced
Justice League Heroes Kingdom Hearts II Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend L.A. Rush The Legend
of Spyro: A New Beginning The Legend
of Spyro: The
Eternal Night Let's Make a Soccer Team!
Steve's not so convinced
of that stuff about ancient gods and
eternal Amazons but he has no doubt as to her abilities as a warrior or her commitment to
justice and he knows a valuable ally when he meets one.
Asa looks back at Plants vs Zombies and wonders whether PvZ does
justice to the
eternal battle
of the undead and nature
Aloe: Healing, protection, affection Angelica: Inspiration Arborvitae: Unchanging friendship Bachelor's button: Single blessedness Basil: Good wishes Bay: Glory Black - eyed Susan:
Justice Carnation: Alas for my poor heart Chamomile: Patience Chives: Usefulness Chrysanthemum: Cheerfulness Clover, white: Think
of me Coriander: Hidden worth Cumin: Fidelity Crocus, spring: Youthful gladness Daffodil: Regard Daisy: Innocence, hope Dill: Powerful against evil Edelweiss: Courage, devotion Fennel: Flattery Fern: Sincerity Forget - me - not: Forget - me - not Geranium, oak - leaved: True friendship Goldenrod: Encouragement Heliotrope:
Eternal love Holly: Hope Hollyhock: Ambition Honeysuckle: Bonds
of love Horehound: Health Hyacinth: Constancy
of love, fertility Hyssop: Sacrifice, cleanliness Iris: A message Ivy: Friendship, continuity Jasmine, white: Sweet love Lady's - mantle: Comfort Lavender: Devotion, virtue Lemon balm: Sympathy Lilac: Joy
of youth Lily -
of - the - valley: Sweetness Marjoram: Joy and happiness Mint: Virtue Morning glory: Affection Myrtle: The emblem
of marriage, true love Nasturtium: Patriotism Oak: Strength Oregano: Substance Pansy: Thoughts Parsley: Festivity Pine: Humility Poppy, red: Consolation Rose, red: Love, desire Rosemary: Remembrance Rue: Grace, clear vision Sage: Wisdom, immortality Salvia, blue: I think
of you Salvia, red: Forever mine Savory: Spice, interest Sorrel: Affection Southernwood: Constancy, jest Sweet pea: Pleasures Sweet William: Gallantry Sweet woodruff: Humility Tansy: Hostile thoughts Tarragon: Lasting interest Thyme: Courage, strength Tulip, red: Declaration
of love Valerian: Readiness Violet: Loyalty, devotion, faithfulness Willow: Sadness Yarrow: Everlasting love Zinnia: Thoughts
of absent friends
This ongoing God - enabled pursuit
of a holy life is an inner transformation that actualizes a life
of purpose and
eternal significance.Such a distinctly Christian way
of living finds its fullest expression in Christian love, which was exemplified fully by Jesus Christ, and is characterized by humility, self - sacrifice, mercy and
justice, and mutual submission for the good
of others.