Sentences with phrase «redemptive plan»
The phrase "redemptive plan" refers to a strategy or course of action aimed at saving or redeeming someone or something from a difficult or negative situation. It suggests a plan that seeks to bring about healing, restoration, or improvement. Full definition
On the contrary, the bible is primarily an overarching story of God's redemptive plan for humanity.
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It is not that God changed; rather, those rituals were used by God in that time period to point to his ultimate redemptive plan — Jesus — and now that Jesus he has come, we don't need those rituals to point to him — we have him.
It is an over-arching story of God's redemptive plan for humanity.
Christians believe that Jesus's sacrifice was God's redemptive plan and those that choose to accept it vs. trying to do it on their own, will be redeemed.
And even still, though it used to be a pagan holiday, by celebrating it as Christians should, we can testify to the redemptive plan of Jesus Christ — to Him bringing light into a dark and gloomy world.
This idea comes from 1 Peter 1:12 and a few other verses which seem to indicate that one reason God created humanity and is carrying out His redemptive plan is to teach something to the angels.
George Eldon Ladd of Fuller Seminary, an exponent of this view, writes,»... the New Testament for the most part does not foresee a millennial kingdom»; and again, «The New Testament nowhere expounds the theology of the millennium, that is, its purpose in God's redemptive plan» (in The Meaning of the Millennium, op.
Though I do not wish to characterize the entirety of scripture to hang on these two verses, it is nevertheless an ample starting point to understand the plotline of God's redemptive plan.
In Bell's book, he opens up by saying that the very narrative of God's redemptive plan has been lost.
Our hopes will ultimately find their restful bliss in Christ and His redemptive plan.
Hopefully, looking to see God and looking to see how they can help the poor and be apart of His redemptive plan here on the planet.
They were closely bound with Christ and to his mission of accomplishing God's redemptive plan.100
Our faithfulness might not even look successful at first, but through the identity found in Christ, we can rest assured that our future is placed securely in His sovereign power and redemptive plan.