Sentences with phrase «saving fact of the death»

It is noteworthy that while Paul's reflection upon the saving facts of the death and resurrection of Christ leads him to the love of God as the supreme principle exhibited in these facts, it is his reflection upon the Spirit and the charismata or gifts of the Spirit in the Church that leads him to love or charity as at once the greatest of all charismata --» the love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit given to us» (Rom.

In these words the «holiness,» that is, the supernatural character, of the Messianic community is directly related to the saving fact of the death of Christ.

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When you compare the key person or founder, date, location; key writings; who is God; who is Jesus; who is the Holy Spirit; how to be saved (salvation); what happens after death; and other facts, beliefs, or practices you will learn why Mormonism is deem a cult and not part of the Christian faith.

Those» saving facts,» the death and resurrection of Christ, are not merely particular facts of past history, however decisive in their effect; they are re-enacted in the experience of the Church.

In fact, until Anselm gave his account of Christ's salvific work in the 11th century, no treatise was devoted to explaining how Christ's death saves.

It is clear, then, that we have here, as in the preaching which we found to lie behind the Pauline epistles, a proclamation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, in an eschatological setting from which those facts derive their saving significance.

v. 19, Phil ii.8); and these facts he sees to be essential to the saving effect of His death.

Thus the authentic line of development, as the expectation of an immediate advent faded, led to a concentration of attention upon the historical facts of the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus, exhibited in an eschatological setting which made clear their absolute and final quality as saving facts.

When we inquire further as to the concrete meaning of Jesus, after his death, within the life of the early Christian community, we find ourselves at once forced to deal with two theological issues of fundamental importance: the nature of the church and the nature of revelation; for the essential and permanent significance of Jesus lies in the fact that he was the center and head of the church and that he was the central figure in that revelation of God which we have received and by which we are saved.

Satan attacks me in my thoughts day and night and he makesit so i can barely eat i pray to the lord and he consoles me god is REAL i used to e a drug dealer the most violent and disruptive of men and one night i came under attack from satan and felt like satan was makeing me into someone im not putting thoughts in my head of death suicide and sexual immorality then i read the wqordof god and everything felt better when i read the Book «The Advocate» spiritual warfare is real and god can save you from satans tourment do nt let Satan claim the rights to your soul i had trouble believing in god for years my mind worked in science and fact but the fact is that God is real and living and when you leave this earth you Will face Judgement

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

Hi Jeremy, I have been thinking and trying to put all the pieces together... I still believe that Jesus flesh was still struggling through the ordeal but His Spirit was willing... I agree that Jesus wasn't asking to be saved and was in fact saying He is ready to drink the cup but It appears that's Jesus was asking for strength and that God will give Him the power to endure... Such as Heb 5:7 says that Jesus prayer was heard and that God was able to save Him from death meaning Jesus wasn't allowed to die until He fulfilled the prophecy of the cross... I believe Jesus had the power to lay down His life and the strength was given by God the Father.

My objective was to demonstrate why violence is not the appropriate response to legal abortions, in spite of the ugly reality of what takes place in an abortion — and in spite of the fact that the Church and society as a whole would approve of necessary violence to save the lives of toddlers facing death at the hands of a murderous assailant.

The earliest Christian literature, deeply and gratefully impressed by the fact that «God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,» and that the cross was the indispensable factor in that reconciliation, did not at first theorize about how the death of Christ saved men.

In fact, a study conducted by Melissa Bartick and published in the May 2010 issue of Pediatrics showed that if 90 % of US families complied with the medical recommendation to breastfeed exclusively for 6 months, the United States would save $ 13 billion per year and prevent an excess of 900 deaths (nearly all of which would be in infants).

In fact if 90 percent of mothers exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of their babies» lives, the country would save $ 13 billion a year and prevent hundreds of infant deaths.

A shocking fact has emerged that breastfeeding can prevent the deaths of 823000 children, 20000 mothers and save US$ 300 billion.

This fact needs to be continually reiterated to decision makers as otherwise manufacturers of breast milk substitutes will capitalise on HIV infection as a reason for promoting free samples of their formula.10 It is extraordinary that the Wall Street Journal painted the baby food manufacturers as heroes poised to save African children from certain death because of their offer to donate free formula to HIV infected mothers.11 The WHO recommends avoidance of breast feeding by HIV infected mothers only if replacement feeding is feasible, safe, sustainable, and affordable — otherwise exclusive breast feeding is recommended during the first six months of life.12 Non-infected women must be given access to credible information, quality care, and support, in order to empower them to make informed decisions regarding feeding of their infant.13

So when Pearson, after being rocked by the death of his unrepentant jailbird uncle (Danny Glover), has his revelation, it's to say that all people who have not been «saved» (i.e. accepted Jesus as their savior, i.e. given themselves to this specific Christianity) are not going to hell — that in fact there is no such place as hell, that a just and loving God wouldn't send people to hell — it's not exactly a bold and liberal stance.

When thats combined with the fact that you can only save outside of battle, it means that you have to completely restart any lengthy skirmish if you want to try to prevent that characters death the second time around.

What is even more starkly clear is that the number of deaths caused by nuclear power is far lower than those saved by it; in fact there's scant comparison.