Jesus, I have come to know that you do not want me to distinguish my sins from
the other sins of the world, but to enter more deeply into your heart and consider myself responsible for the sins of those persons whom you may wish: those of Alain, of anyone else as it may please you.
Not exact matches
For if God did not spare angels when they
sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains
of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient
world, but preserved Noah, a herald
of righteousness, with seven
others, when he brought a flood upon the
world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example
of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct
of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day
of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust
of defiling passion and despise authority.
Because the angels and inhabitants
of other worlds would have served God out
of fear — they would not have understood why Satan was destroyed since
sin was unknown then.
A church that encourages us to be generous, to work for justice, to care for the poor, to forgive
others, and see God's love amid a
world that still has lots
of brokenness and
sin.
Jesus gave us a clear picture
of what that was all about as did
others say Peter for example 2 Peter 2:4 - 6: For if God spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains
of darkness, to be reserved to judgment; 5And spared not the old
world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher
of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the
world of the ungodly; 6And turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample to those that after should live ungodly;
Satan showed up throughout Jesus» sojourn; in the alluring words
of Peter and in that tempting moment at Gethsemane where Jesus prayed three times for some
other way to account for the
sins of the
world.
Receipt
of such alms may even undermine the cynicism
of the one who sees no good in this
world or any
other, and takes hypocrisy to be the worst
sin.
On the
other hand, they admit that the
world of power and injustice is the expression
of sin; and indeed it is «in the heart
of revolutionary negation
of that sinful reality that God's «No» becomes audible in the social domain.»
As in
other cases, Rowan Williams is characteristic: his theology is deeply informed by Luther, Schleiermacher, Barth, Rahner, von Balthasar, Bonhoeffer and
other continental Europeans, besides theologies from
other parts
of the
world, and his recent book On Christian Theology covers theological method, biblical hermeneutics, creation,
sin, Jesus Christ, incarnation, church, sacraments, ethics and eschatology, with the Trinity as the integrator.
Close study shows it to match
other Scriptures that picture the ascending Jesus declaring his victory over Satan to fallen angels who once influenced the
world to
sin, but who now are being held in spirit - prison as they wait for their day
of judgment.
James and his parishioners is that he sees his part in the sinfulness
of others — in fact, he sees the role that
sin plays in the greater spiritual
world at large.
Now talking
of God not performing in
other parts
of the
world like America and the rest is that; God in his own wisdom does things accordingly and to the purpose
of his good will.God came to mankind again after being apart for so long, thus» 400 years «Jesus came to rescue us from the bondage
of sin, God is every where and works around his people.
The Eastern Orthodox delegation asked to be excused from voting on the
other reports; but they heartily supported this one, which affirmed that the message
of the church to the
world must always remain the gospel
of Jesus Christ — the gift
of a new word from God to this old
world of sin and death, being the prophetic call to sinful men to turn to God as the only way by which humanity can escape from those class and race hatreds which devastate society, and fulfill humanity's longing for intellectual sincerity, social justice and spiritual inspiration.
Not to encourage
sin, not to be
of the
world, and to teach
others of Jesus and
of His love for us.
The myths
of Genesis tell us, as no objective history
of public events could, what the community
of Israel essentially believed about God's relationship to the
world and to man; and the legends
of the Fathers record Israel's understanding
of herself, her own relationship to God and the
world, her own sense
of sin and inadequacy in tension with her conviction
of special divine Election, her fears on the one hand and her highest hopes on the
other.
Like you have said at
other times, we
sin everyday both willfully and involuntarily, and God knows that, and I believe Jesus paid the price for all
of our
sins and I believe ALL
of the
sins of the whole
world not just the elect.
It is also some
of these people that think they are saved but continue to willfully
sin thinking that it is okay, since this is what they are taught, most politicians and
world leaders and many
others.
It seems the most likely scenario is that he married his sister or less likely his niece.The reasoning is that Adam and Eve lived alot longer and continued to have sons and daughters GEN5: 4 aCTS 17:26 Paul tells us that the God who made the
world hath made
of one blood all nations
of man to dwell on all the face
of the earth.Cain did nt marry to another tribe or nation as every man and women was a relative and
of the same bloodline
of Adam and Eve.The importance
of this is that
sin entered through one man Adam and is past through the bloodline so redemption is only possible through the same bloodline.So for the formula to work the human genome had to stay the same no
other tribes or nations just the descendents
of Adam and Eve.It also solves another riddle in that satan at various times prior to the flood and after the flood tried to contaminate the bloodline by his angels having sexual relations with the women this created a type
of alien in essence and would have not been able to have been redeemed by the blood
of Jesus as it wasnt fully human.This is where the giants came from and why God wanted to destroy them as they had the potential to destroy the human race as they couldnt be redeemed by the blood
of Jesus.Interesting?
Jesus Christ, this poor guy is going to jail for you people, for your
sins, to preserve, to save our Christian values, to clean the
world of these Islamoids, to reject all
other rot morals from the liberal pest (see the new NY f..
If I can never adequately state the significance
of my relationships with those whom I love in this
world, or give a neat description
of how I can overcome the alienation and estrangement
of myself from another, or describe with any fullness what it means to be accepted by another and loved in spite
of my deficiencies and my self - centeredness, I can never state in
other than symbolic idiom the opening
of further human possibilities with the overcoming
of human deficiencies in my relationship with God — a relationship that has been broken by my willfulness and
sin.
I take responsibility for the collective
sins of the
world —
sins against the planet, against
other nations, for example, because although those weren't my decisions, I've participated in them.
Unlike the Christian god that wouldn't ever change his mind or doctrine... except for cursing the
world for eating an apple... except for telling Abraham to sacrifice his son, but then stopping him... and except for killing nearly all life on Earth and then because
of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except for deciding that 2
of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as Son... and except for forgiving all
sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating
of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host
of others... and except for... and except for...
I believe God still rides on the storm... that He speaks these maelstromic whispers to remind us that we live in a fallen
world, and
sin destroys the perfection He wants for us... that each disaster He does not prevent is an opportunity He provides for us to reflect His deep love and generosity toward each
other, to the comfort and recovery
of the hurting and surviving.
Sometimes, we overlook the
sins of other believers because we recognize they are «sinners saved by grace» but then condemn and correct certain behaviors
of unbelievers because we want to show our separation from the
world.
The liberal optimism, which largely had abandoned the concept
of sin and believed that the
world could be put right by education and social and economic reform, was challenged by Karl Barth, Emil Brunner (1889 - 1966) and
other continental European theologians.
Referring to the criticism made by Peter Beyerhaus and some
others that in the
World Council's emphasis on social and political justice there is present a social utopianism which denies the fact
of sin and affirms a self - redemptive humanism, Thomas admitted that the danger is always present, but pointed out the opposite danger
of not admitting the fact
of divine grace and the power
of righteousness it releases for a daring faith in the realms
of social and political action.
The
other element in the problem consists in the apparent silence
of Jesus on particular concrete questions
of conduct and on the issue
of what is better and what is worse in situations where, given human finitude and
sin and a fallen, distorted
world, perfect action is not possible.
The adoration, thanksgiving, acknowledgment
of sin, prayer for
others and for self, which, as we have seen, are integral elements in the whole action
of worship, have their significance in the total giving
of self, so that the sovereign Will
of God may be effected in worshiper and
world.
a set
of cosmological and anthropological views that owed not a little to the vast mélange
of Hellenism and Orientalism flooding the
world where he grew up, and providing him with the unique setting for still
other ideas,
of sin, Satan, death,
of the sinful and therefore mortal nature
of man — as «flesh» —
of the «spiritual» forces arrayed against God and his Messiah and all the faithful,
of the victory to be won by the Messiah when he should at last appear — all these ideas were shaped to the mold
of certain half - Jewish, half - pagan ideas which Paul seems to have derived from the
world about him.
Akira, if Gambling is not
sin then Catholic ism is just a religion
of convenience Alias, I still think it would be fun to see old guys pushing
other guy off the chairs or accidently sitting on someones laps, umm something like a scene from movie called «it's mad mad mad mad
world»
What if the thing we need most to repent
of isn't the
sin we are committing in our daily lives, but the sinful way in which we see and portray the most loving
of Fathers, who loves us more purely and completely than any
other person this
world has ever known.
To be sure, in one passage the penalties
of God are said to be graded to the degree
of guilt; (Luke 12:47 - 48) from another passage one may infer that after the «last farthing»
of penalty is paid the sinner may hope for escape; (Matthew 5:25 - 26) from another passage one may argue that since only one
sin can never be forgiven, «neither in this
world, nor in that which is to come,» (Matthew 12:32) there is the possibility
of pardon for all
other sins.
Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the
world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none
of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This
world will one day pass away and the real
world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make
of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward
sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many
other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much
of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many
of prophetic words spoken many hundreds
of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death
of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if
other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz
There is no single memorial statue for the 200 thousand Korean women who died for the cause
of the so - called justice and peace
of the
world.2 It is fair and essential to remember that many Christians supported these historical
sins of imperialism, these and
other cruelties by which imperialistic colonialism systematically destroyed the created order
of nature, men, and women in the Korean peninsula.
In
other words, it is a governing rule that just as Jesus took the
sin of the
world upon Himself so that He might bear the
sin and shame for all, so also God did this in the Old Testament by taking the blame for the sinful actions and behaviors
of the people who lived during that time.
In a
world where the religious spend a signficant amount
of time pointing out the
sins of others while claiming that they are in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number
of them commit one
of the most heinous
of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up...
We are all currently part
of a
world marked by futility and the consequences
of sin, which work through every aspect
of our present lives here — as we can clearly see in our more honest moments with ourselves and each
other.
And the same should go for anyone who says they are saved if they are
sinning and letting everyone know it, which includes all sexual immorality, including having sex before a couple is married, drunkards, slanderers, gossips, thieves, swindlers, idolators, adulterers, and men who have sex with
other men, etc... So ultimately, many Jesus followers accept certain
sin of all types because they care more about what the
world thinks, than what God thinks.
Like
other facets
of liberation theology, healing prayer draws upon faith as process, our own human responsibility to restore God's rule to this
world and the corporate dimension
of sin.
And if we now begin to talk
of the
sins of the
others, after we have filled the
world with torture, blood and corpses, with ruins and desolation, then I can only reply: All this is only an ounce compared with the terrible weight with which we have burdened our conscience.
Thats how the Glen Becks
of the
world can preach hatred, division, segregation and yet still claim to be deeply religious, because they have convinced themselves that
sins are «things
other people do».
Instead, we use the sober reality
of sin to point out the
sins of others and decry how ill the
world has fallen.
In the process
of digging through the pages
of Scripture for an understanding
of how the death
of Jesus saves the
world from
sin, I discovered a God I never knew existed, as well as some truths about Scripture,
sin, and humanity that I never would have found in any
other way.
A people dedicated to the mission
of taking the gospel
of Jesus Christ to all the
world that
others can be liberated from the bondage
of sin
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