Sentences with phrase «salvation takes»

In those more developed minds which alone we are studying, the wrongness takes a moral character, and the salvation takes a mystical tinge.

While emphasizing that salvation takes place by grace, on the basis of the work of Christ rather than human effort or achievement, the Catechism seems reluctant to engage with the questions raised above and does little to reassure the anxieties of any readers familiar with the sixteenth - century debates.»

If this is true, then any part we can play in our own salvation takes away from that glory.

It is where salvation takes place.

Where salvation in the gospel is the joint work of God's hand and human hands, submission to soul - salvation took place across the table as a deal between seller and customer, supplier and consumer, the professionals and their clientele.

It is not a good feeling having the helmet of salvation take a blow from the enemy.

He isn't questioning the faith or salvation of his audience because of the absence of works; rather he is questioning the absence of works «given'their faith and salvation taken at face value.

Not exact matches

Wright himself appears to have taken an interesting path in finding salvation.

Since some people don't believe in salvation in the next life, maybe they should take 1 Corinthians 15:29 and John 3:5 out of the bible as well.

I take issue with the statement in the article that Evangelical Christians say that you can only attain salvation if you confess according to their tradition.

Take a small hint from a Catholic - everyone of you who isn't Catholic IS a heretic - however, all who lead a good, moral, ethical life and show compassion, courage, and conviction in working for the best interest of their families, neighbors, and mankind CAN achieve salvation.

Let go of this perverted idea, and take responsibility for your own salvation.

Other faiths believe in burning candles or saying prayers in behalf of the dead — the Latter - day Saints believe in the same concept, but taken to the next level: that we really can open a portal to salvation for every human on earth, if they want it.

I'm glad you took something away and I hope that you will the info required to bring you salvation in Christ.

Much the same way the plan for salvation was in place before Eve took a bite.

We are called to use superior arms, called to put on the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, and the helmet of salvation and to take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Eph.

Looking is an act of salvation, of compassion, and it is the path Father Paul Anel has taken in his vocation as a Catholic priest and photographer.

No, Ms. Egan's work is salvation; just takes a different path.

the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...

Jesus said — Some say that Judas should be honored because salvation would not have taken place if not for his existence.

Berlinerblau makes a mistake, common among many secularists and some Christians, in assuming that a person who takes his or her religion seriously must thereby regard government as an instrument of proselytization and salvation.

For example, if a person collecting money for the salvation army decides to take it all for themselves it is not the salvation army that is bad it is the individual that stole the money.

Remember, God provided a way for salvation through the blood of His innocent Son who took the punishment on the cross, that we might be declared innocent.

«But jesus had not had a bad weekend yet, the whole resurrection shtick, so who was there to take on the sins of the guilty and offer salvation?»

And especially after the Noachian Flood, did false religion take a leap, with false religious doctrines and practices such as the trinity, immortality of the soul, that God torments people in a «hellfire», the establishment of a clergy class, the teaching of «personal salvation» as more important than the sanctification of God's name of Jehovah (Matt 6:9), the sitting in a church while a religious leader preaches a sermon, but the «flock» is not required to do anything more, except put money when the basket is passed.

The non-existent god I don't believe in doesn't save the day, their is no «salvation for the christians», but maybe, in the late afternoon sunlight, while tracking a dust mote through the air, it might be that human invention of «god» was an attempt to take away «sin» so that we could find the beautiful, and ethical, and loving within ourselves and others.

We shall take the basic theological proteins, carbohydrates and fats (analogies are not to be pressed too far) to be represented by the doctrines of God, salvation and the church.

I think the Church (with a big C, as christianity as a whole), took a bad road when it all reduced «salvation» as a question of knowing if yes or no someone is going to go to heaven.

Though we were sinners and there was absolutely nothing lovable about us, God took the first step and offered salvation to us.

Jesus can't be crucified again so you'd better take your salvation very seriously and not give it up.

Seems like taking a statement out of context, and a seemingly skewed understanding of biblical salvation, whether intentional or not.

I would like to see you at least admit the possibility that people take seriously the importance of working out their salvation and not merely assume that nothing more is absolutely required of them after they express faith in Jesus.

Rather, one is better advised to join the assembly of others who struggle with their faith and in their faith, and in this company pray together: «Do not cast me away from your presence; do not take your holy spirit from me; restore to me the joy of your salvation.»

Teach people to cherish their salvation, preserve it, and take it very seriously.

Serena, I hope that after you examine all the scriptures on this subject carefully, and I hope you do because you shouldn't take any one's word on something so vitally important, I hope you will at least encourage people to be aware of the possibility that God might require us to actually do something and be obedient and faithful in response to his unfathomable offer of salvation.

It takes an adult self - consciousness — the experience of an adult living and trying to believe but knowing doubt, trying to do the right thing but knowing failure, trying to be confident but sensing despair — to also know that there is a part of God that helps us through those obstacles, a part which is different from God's love or Christ's gift of salvation.

But as Francis understood the economy of salvation and the radical obedience to which the disciples of the Lord Jesus are called, if God saw fit to take a risk on the humanity of the Church, who are we to deem that a mistake?

(I hear so many Christians that take v 13 as a comforting promise, when in actuality it is a most solemn warning — God has made salvation available by His extension of Grace through faith that He enables in us by revealing Himself to us.

The truth is, salvation from the everyday destruction of our sin takes some work.

Personally, my biggest issue with the early fathers is that several of them took a turn towards works based salvation, or so it seems to me.

But unlike other Jewish preachers, Jesus offered a way of salvation: he would take the blame for those who repent, and thereby save them from hell.

Accepting Christ as your PERSONAL Lord & Savior, turning your life around and living for God, as well as working out your own salvation until you die is what's going to take to enter into the Kingdom of God.

Others, led by theologian Thomas Oden, call for a return to «classical» theology, the great systems in which the thinkers of the early church took all of reality, including their own salvation, into a comprehensive understanding of God's activity.

I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation, and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.»

«Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation....

And will a religious experience of salvation from sin take care of these troubles too?

Early Christianity, taking to heart Paul's injunction to «work out your salvation with fear and trembling,» followed a similar path.

He may even take too much satisfaction in being an instrument of their salvation.

If we allow Blake's apocalyptic vision to stand witness to a radical Christian faith, there are at least seven points from within this perspective at which we can discern the uniqueness of Christianity: (1) a realization of the centrality of the fall and of the totality of fallenness throughout the cosmos; (2) the fall in this sense can not be known as a negative or finally illusory reality, for it is a process or movement that is absolutely real while yet being paradoxically identical with the process of redemption; and this because (3) faith, in its Christian expression, must finally know the cosmos as a kenotic and historical process of the Godhead's becoming incarnate in the concrete contingency of time and space; (4) insofar as this kenotic process becomes consummated in death, Christianity must celebrate death as the path to regeneration; (5) so likewise the ultimate salvation that will be effected by the triumph of the Kingdom of God can take place only through a final cosmic reversal; (6) nevertheless, the future Eschaton that is promised by Christianity is not a repetition of the primordial beginning, but is a new and final paradise in which God will have become all in all; and (7) faith, in this apocalyptic sense, knows that God's Kingdom is already dawning, that it is present in the words and person of Jesus, and that only Jesus is the «Universal Humanity,» the final coming together of God and man.

Better for fools to cut their tongue than lash at the truth and anger the very God who will give you or take away your salvation.