Sentences with phrase «particular sin»

But for them to be effective in relation to particular sins such as racism, more is needed.

Underneath all the forms of particular sin lies the initial sin of unbelief — the unwillingness to trust God to keep one secure amidst the insecurities of existence.

But there were a few particular sins which terrified me most.

And so we begin with confession, certainly for particular sins of racism but even for the sin we were unwittingly born into, the sin we did not advocate for or promote but that benefited us nonetheless, the passive and active attitudes and actions of our ancestors who failed to advocate for full equality and justice for their fellow citizens.

Heys said the document recognised the community's effort to see the past clearly «I do not find it hard to say sorry for particular sins perpetrated by my culture, including the stolen generation issue,» he said.

One of the most remarkable phenomena of our century is the rise of entire political movements devoted to the rationalization of particular sins.

It is at that point that they will repent of that particular sin and cease from it.

You've turned a son of God sharing his struggle with a particular sin into a pass / fail test for entrance to the pearly gates.

Is there one particular sin in my life that repeatedly gets in the way of loving God with my whole heart or loving my neighbor as myself?

That only happened because this particular sin involved sex.

The church should welcome those who struggle with this particular sin and tell them of Jesus, encouraging them to repent of their sins and follow Christ.

Because this sin is part of human nature, we speak of original sin, that is, a sinful quality in our lives that is deeper than particular sins.

While Scripture does at times include descriptions of unique sins that can not be committed by future generations — such as God's instruction to Adam to not eat fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil — it does not seem that this particular sin falls into that category.

According to this view, the unforgivable sin was a particular sin which only Jewish people could commit who were alive during the ministry of Jesus and who saw the signs He was performing and should have recognized Him as their Messiah, but rejected Him instead.

He is just giving witness to a particular sin which those that live in it continually make an issue of, in attempting to make their darling sin as if it were no longer a sin; which is all due to their envy in desiring to be in the same rank as those who do not live in deliberate sin.

we cant just focus on one particular sin.

The devil would love for us to believe that sin is not completely defeated, that somehow our particular sin slipped through the cross, and even Jesus could not kill it off.

We read a Christian book addressing a particular sin, and we buy a copy for our relative.

If not, we have no business focusing on this particular sin.

I don't think that the point of the story is that this is a particular sin that heteros do nt need to worry about.

Their offensiveness is often things like peculiar worship behavior, rude and invasive social interactions, protesting and even preventing the equal rights of certain people groups, the marginalization of minorities, and the public shaming and condemnation of particular sins and sinners, or for saying absolutely ridiculously stupid things, etcetera, etcetera...!

For instance, if they are shacked up with someone and not married, living in fornication, they stick around only until their particular sin is addressed in a sermon.

It's not about whether someone can conquer any particular sin, although by God's grace it does happen (other sins will remain), but rather it is the much needed realization that we are not who we were meant to be (we are fallen) and we need a Savior.

With less clarity and consistency it preaches that we can overcome the power of sin in our lives, or at least of particular sins.

So are you saying, Tiggy, that if people are committing suicide because the church preaches against sin, the church should stop preaching against a particular sin?

There is no value in ostracizing a particular sin such as fornication or lust.

The state of remaining in sin is in the deepest sense sin, the particular sins are not the continuation of sin, but they are the expression for the continuation of sin; in the particular new sins the momentum of sin merely becomes more observable.

The pope didn't mention any particular sins, and Catholic theology holds that all humans are sinners, a consequence of Adam and Eve's original transgression.

Perhaps Jesus was addressing the particular sin of Adultry, and admonishing her not to continue on this, but either way, He had the opportunity to condemn her, and He knew she was guilty, he knew she deserved the punishment that the Law called for, and as the only one without sin, HE ALONE HAD THE RIGHT TO THROW THE FIRST STONE... but he chose mercy and love and to not condemn.

But there comes a day in the life of every believer when God decided to start working on us with a particular sin.