Sentences with phrase «point of death»

The analysis Now FactCheck has looked at the Labour option for a so - called «death tax» - a means tested compulsory contribution towards your social care costs paid at point of death.

Just as each individual must arrive at his nadir of exhausted possibilities, at which point of death he is united to God, so also that portion of the human race which has achieved its historical limit must now find death and life in an ecstatic moment of self - forgetfulness.

An opening scene shows the hanging of many people who oppose the government (although the actual point of death is not shown, piles of bodies are loaded on carts and taken away).

= > no, I am certain you see meaning up to the point of death.

Finally, Jesus, as king, messiah and deliverer models this way of life to the point of death on a cross.

I also realize that there are Muslims fighting along with our troops in Afghanistan as there were in Iraq, and they are likely to be severely punished to the point of death for that effort.

Addicts resist known cures — even to the point of death.

The Prince, the Beloved, Upon whom God's favor rests, Scourged to the point of death, Can we truly call Him blessed?

«My little daughter is at the point of death.

Then I thought of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, how He set the example of how to lead, by giving, loving, serving, to the point of death.

And it is a model that, rather than reinforcing hierarchal relationships, should point us in the opposite direction — to the radical humility and servanthood of Jesus, who did not see power as something to grasp, but humbled himself and became submissive to the point of death on a cross.

If Jesus embodies God's dreams for the world, then citizens of the Kingdom start by imitating him — by eating with the people he ate with, by telling the sort of stories he told, by healing and forgiving, by serving and praying, by resisting the temptations of power and money and violence, by breaking down religious barriers, by loving enemies, by showing humility and grace, by overturning some tables and dining at others, by being obedient to the point of death.

It is to say that true liberation from sin is found in loving and following Jesus Christ, even to the point of death.

Falling at Jesus» feet, Jairus begged him to come and heal his little daughter, who was at the point of death.

The novel's narrator, Jeffery Lockhart, has come to visit his billionaire father and his father's second wife, a woman named Artis who suffers from multiple sclerosis and has reached the point of death.

Vatican II was clear that the sacrament was not intended solely for those at the point of death.

To the point of death, he didn't.

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross.»

As Christians, our most «deeply held religious belief» is that Jesus Christ died on the cross for sinful people, and that in imitation of that, we are called to love God, to love our neighbors, and to love even our enemies to the point of death.

When he faced death by crucifixion, he spent the night in prayer and told his disciples, «My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.»

God the Father gave His only son, a son who become obedient to the point of death.

I will NEVER stop doing what I believe to be right - even to the point of death - so get used to it.

Jesus the Christ has a visible erection... What sign of God's presence would we prefer to experience at the point of death — laughter, singing or an erection?

Quite obviously he might have been ambushed and beaten to the point of death by the same set of robbers who rolled the traveler in the first place.

I don't pretend to know all the «why's», but it is obvious if you read Job's defense of himself to his friends, he was at the point of death and still defending his righteousness.

«To» lose one's life for Jesus» sake» means to risk life, to the point of death, in order obediently to witness to Jesus and his gospel» (Hill, p. 265).

And Exodus 21: 20 clearly gives notes on what should happen when a slave is beaten to the point of death or near death, not to mention the other rules of who should be set free, what to do with the slaves» children, how many years to keep a slave... It doesn't sound very different at all from our modern view of slavery.

So St. John can say in the Fourth Gospel, that Jesus, «having loved his own which were in the world, loved them to the end» — the Greek word for «end» here is telos and that is to say «unto the very limit», a limit which in Jesus was to the point of death for those whom he loved.

Prior to that, cessation of heart and lung activity» a cardiopulmonary criterion» had been generally used to mark the point of death.

He was at the point of death.

Jesus stayed true to this message to the point of death on a cross.

An event occurs that could not have been performed by any of the natural agents at work in the world: for example, a man at the point of death is restored in a moment to perfect health.

Indeed, this is the very example of Christ, reflected in another poem, who humbled himself to the point of death, even death on a cross — and Christ clearly did not relinquish his identity in order to display humility.

So in humility and love, Jesus submitted to history's greatest injustice when He humbled Himself «by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross» (v. 8).

One widespread theory held after the Reformation is that the souls of the righteous are made perfect in holiness at the point of death.

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross» (Phil.

It also speaks of love for the brethern, even to the point of death — yet the western christian church is so caught up with building its own clone organizations that we have lost the caring / love aspect of out faith.

For those who take shelter in Christ, who stand with the One who was bullied to the point of death on a cross, should display his kindness and character.

Luke rubs the message in by repeating the mockery three times (Luke 23:35 - 39): the rulers of the people mock the idea of a savior who can not save himself, the soldiers mock him as a powerless king on the point of death, and one of the criminals crucified with Jesus rails at the anointed of God who can not save either himself or those dying with him.

In some of the more spiritual versions of the resurrection hope, those destined for the resurrection life could be thought of as entering into that promise at the point of death.