Sentences with phrase «other than a sinner»

We can be reminded in prayers such as these to remind ourselves that between now and resurrection we will never be, in ourselves, anything other than sinners.

Indeed, even her saints are nothing other than sinners reconciled through Christ's grace.

Not exact matches

I don't think negatively of other people who think differently, I know they have their reasons, and I'm no less a sinner than anyone else.

Everything that could be construed as good and decent about the bible and the christian faith, peolpe like you destroy and wrap yourself in a cloak of arrogance as if you are better than other people and you will be «amiling from heaven» at all the sinners.

We are all «sinners,» so why are some worse than others?

It can seem to a person that he or she is really quite a bit better than other sinners and has a special moral alliance with God.

Within this legendary story hides more than 5,000 others — the story of the skinny orphan, the skeptical tax collector, the despised Samaritan, the curious fisherman, the struggling widow, the disdained prostitute, the wealthy mother, the angry zealot, the ostracized Canaanite, the banished leper, the suffering slave, the repentant sinner... and ultimately, the story of you and me.

Then again, Jesus would probably be hanging out with the sinners, prostitutes and all the others who don't quite fit the mold of what a good Christian should be, rather than sitting in a booth at the mall debating religion and theology with the religious types.

Jesus talked about those who were killed when Pilate «mixed their blood with their sacrifices», and others who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them, and asked his hearers if they thought that these people were greater sinners than all others because these things happened to them.

Further evidence for the existence of table - fellowship with «tax collectors and sinners» as a feature of the ministry of Jesus is the role played by communal meals in earliest Christianity (E. Lohmeyer, Lord of the Temple [ET by Stewart Todd of Kultus und Evangelism (1942); Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961], pp. 79ff, discusses the central role of table - fellowship in the ministry of Jesus, but he is particularly concerned with the development towards the Last Supper, which he sees as historical, rather than with the relationship between this table - fellowship and the cross, on the one hand, and the communal meals of early Christianity on the other.)

and loving sinners more than we are wont to do (How hard - hearted and impersonal we are toward each other!

Moreover, I believe in its truth; I consider the fact that it contains in its ranks a great number of sinners, of «the maimed, and the halt, and the blind», to be evidence of this truths But this does not cause me to believe that the eager multitude crying out today for guidance is in search of any Shepherd other than He who has already brought it bread.

You seem to have highlighted particular sins as though some are worse than others all sin leads to death not just the big ones because we all are sinners.All have gone astray none are righteous.I believe the worst sin is pride idolatry is the first commandment we set ourselves as Gods.Regardless of what the sin is, our hearts are condemned by our pride.It wasnt the sin of homosexuality or sexual deviance that destroyed sodom.It was there pride and it is one of our biggest stumbling blocks in our christian walk or it certainly was for me.We look at the story of the adulterous woman and we think adultery is a terrible crime but the story is for our benefit to show that we all are sinners that Jesus does nt condemn us but came to save us.And when Jesus says go and sin no more he was not only talking to the woman but everyone else that was around judging her for her sin its a universal message that we all need to see that we all are condemned because of our sin that Jesus came to save us and that we turn from our sin and follow him.Because he is the way the truth and the life.brentnz

College students, introduced to Edwards via other routes than the sermon on «Sinners in the hands of an angry God,» can set Phyllis McGinley right.

Other than peasants, those whom Jesus ministered from the lower strata of society included: sinners (Mk.

«Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

The Book of Job, Jesus» teaching that the Tower of Siloam did not fall on people because they were worse sinners than others and the text of Hebrews 11, great faith chapter, makes that quite explicit.

I really feel for those who are struggling with adultery and it seems the reoccuring question is the same.Will God forgive me if i have committed adultery and the answer is yes we all are sinners and we all have sinned no sin is worse than the other to God.If you are feeling bad because for what you have done then it is the holy spirit drawing you to him repent and turn from your sin.God wants all of us to draw near to him to get our hearts right to stop making the same mistakes over and over again.If you feel weak he gives the strength to deal with it rather than trying sort it out on our own.He forgives us because he loves us but we may have to bear the consequence of our sin like David and his family suffered for his choices regarding his affair with bathsheba but God forgave him for his sin.

I hope I am not coming off as viewing myself as above anyone... we are all sinners, and we all need to support each other... your post just struck me as «I'm better than the rest of you»...

If you want to feel better about yourself, don't see yourself as better than other sinners.

But it fails from the start because the author, while claiming he has gay friends and would never take them to an evangelical church, still believes that those friends of his are sinners for no other reason than they are gay.

When LGBT friends talk to us about churches, if asked, we recommend that they stay away unless they know before they go that the church is fully accepting of LGBTs and treats LGBTs no differently than the other sinners who attend that church (which would include everyone who attends that church).

Hes actually no more of a sinner than the other false preachers.

«Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?»

Whenever there is a lower standard of treatment for one «sinner» or group of «sinners» than there is for others, it is clearly not about what is or is not sinful.

In Luke, for example, Jesus says: «Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?

For then it is understood that the remoteness of God is nothing other than His remoteness from the sinner, and therefore a remoteness into which man is forced by the very fact that here and now he stands before God.

They also assume that it is the other person who is the sinner rather than themselves.

He answered them, «Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

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

Paul is not only aware of these things; he is perhaps more responsible than any other scriptural writer for teaching us these things; i.e.; what it means to be a sinner.

...» Aphesis is release from sin» I think there is a tranformational quality to regeneration where a sinner is transformed into a saint — the greatest of all Jesus miracles because there is no force or power in the universe capable of changing our nature other than the indwelling Holy Spirit — but the struggle with sin is an on going one.

Others don't think they are sinners, or if they do, they think God grades on the curve, and as long as they are better than someone else, they'll get in.

Especially Catholics who know the Truth but turn the other way; they are in desperate need of God's graces, more than any other sinner.

However, a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business titled «Less Evil Than You: Bounded Self - Righteousness in Character Inferences, Emotional Reactions, and Behavioral Extremes,» to be published in the forthcoming Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Nicholas Epley and Nadav Klein ask whether the extensive research on self - righteousness overlooks an important ambiguity: When people say they are more moral than others, do they mean they are more like a saint than others or lesslike a sinThan You: Bounded Self - Righteousness in Character Inferences, Emotional Reactions, and Behavioral Extremes,» to be published in the forthcoming Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Nicholas Epley and Nadav Klein ask whether the extensive research on self - righteousness overlooks an important ambiguity: When people say they are more moral than others, do they mean they are more like a saint than others or lesslike a sinthan others, do they mean they are more like a saint than others or lesslike a sinthan others or lesslike a sinner?

It's very disappointing to see sisters acting so self righteous and thinking they are better than others because they wear the hijab «perfectly» and that others who don't wear it like them or a specific way are «evil sinners».

But if you're more compelled by sinners, best to move along to something other than these two movies.

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