Sentences with phrase «seem righteous»

There are people you say they believe but really don't, they do it for social advantages or to seem righteous in front of other people.

Sometimes he seemed righteous.

Not exact matches

You must seem a little self - righteous.

It seems Canada is as corrupt as the rest, so let's get off our self - righteous pedestal and fix this mess!!!

I don't think «right» is the same as «righteous» — righteous seems to have a more ethical slant.

Muneef, it seems that you holy writings teach that Allah will support the righteous in battle and punish unbelievers on Earth.

@Cody — It seem that righteous - in - xrist has been busy deleting posts she doesn't like.

You seem to be «righteous» and know so much about the colleges of America, what are you going to do to help clean up these colleges.

To be honest, it's more than a little scary when the people who are supposed to be spiritual role models for the next generation are seemingly lost in a sea of self - righteous, politicized sin that seems to be so far removed from what Jesus represented.

Because Jesus» death seems to call into question that God is righteous, the hearer of this proclamation must make a decision.

Roger and his ex-wife Mona get very righteous, which many viewers seem to enjoy.

In such a view, the protagonist's at times harsh reaction to various sinners, e.g., Filippo Argenti (canto VIII), Pope Nicholas III (canto XIX), Bocca degli Abati (canto XXXII), is not (even if it seems so to some contemporary readers) a sign of his falling into sinful attitudes himself, but proof of his righteous indignation as he learns to hate sin.

While, from a pagan perspective, the crucifixion itself could be viewed as a sacrifice in the most proper sense — destruction of the agent of social instability for the sake of peace, which is always a profitable exchange — Christ's life of charity, service, forgiveness, and righteous judgment could not; indeed, it would have to seem the very opposite of sacrifice, an economic and indiscriminate inversion of rank and order.

If so, I'd be asking Jesus for forgiveness for my sins that I knew about and sins that seemed natural because Jesus haters of this world ensure everyone sins and all get blotted out for eternity... not knowing righteous from unrighteous.

with all and full respect; You know that your used name is dear to my heart, for having been a believer in God the Creator of the whole Universe he has all the beautiful names that we know or do not know, I believe that God starched his hand to mankind in love, sending among them his prophets and messengers to warn and guide to righteous, am not told to force belief or religion upon people of any faith or of non faith, am a mere reminder and Warner to my self and whom my want to know and judge their senses life is a spiritual challenge, life is a maze and only if make use of the heavenly codes that could be found in All Scriptures of God that was relaid upon mankind from prophets & messengers from Adam to Noah to Abrahim to Musa to Issa to Muhammed which many obviously seem to Ignore!!

The text clearly teaches that nobody is righteous or does any good, which sounds like Total Depravity, and that nobody understands or seeks after God, which seems to infer total inability.

So disgusted with how God lets evil go unchecked, and how God doesn't seem to protect you or your family or your plans, or how God seems to bless the wicked people while not helping the righteous?

If this be the case, then an understanding of the kingdom in three senses — the eternal, righteous rule of the sovereign God; the call to moral obedience in love; and an apocalyptic final consummation — seems less inconsistent in the thought of Jesus than they have often been assumed to be.

The increasingly vigorous and sometimes almost violent running dialogue between Job and the three friends seems to center in the tension between the proposition of a just and righteous God and the fact of innocent suffering.

Wow — I've been reading these responses plus the comments on the Slice of Laodicea blog — a lot of people seem very angry — a sort of self righteous venomous anger — its kind of scary.

Just like God, our primary activities seem to include judging sin, pointing out the failures and weaknesses in others, and deciding who is truly righteous enough to be in God's family.

To many, the state of the world seems to give clear evidence that these are the warnings of Christ's imminent return in judgment on the evil and in redemption of the righteous.

The Church is its Lord's Church, and as He seemed to enjoy the company of confessed sinners rather than of professed righteous men, so the Church, as His Body, does the same.

Richard, there is nothing in Christian dogma that can be interpreted as a claim that the followers of Jesus are sinless, even though there are too many professed Christians who seem to believe that grace has made them not only righteous; but inerrant in spiritual / religious matters.

In reflecting on people for whom the word «righteous» seems appropriate, I am reminded of the way the children in C. S. Lewis's Narnia stories come to view Aslan, the lion.

The primary reason is because Jesus seems to be addressing the self - righteous pharisees about how God goes out to reach «sinners» (15:2, 7, 10).

God seems to have no idea as to how many righteous people are living in Sodom, again, not the sign of an all - knowing God.

It seems that none is righteous, and endless evil afflicts the land.

«It seemed eminently natural, accordingly, to the ancient Hebrew,» writes Professor Paton, «that Yahweh should deal with the group rather than the individual, and should bring the punishment of the sinner, or the reward of the righteous, upon his family, his clan, or his nation, rather than upon himself.»

It seems more likely that Isaiah is saying that that the righteous acts are especially filthy to God.

G - D, this volcano you speak of probably just needs a human sacrifice to calm it, you know like the barbarians of old used to do when they did not understand something, or maybe offer up your first born son to your invisible man in the sky, blood always seems to calm him down, it may ease your «righteous» anger as well.

It was not their own obedience, all too often patently surrendered, which made the Hebrews sure that God would not go back on his part of the covenant; it was their faith in his faithfulness that gave them confidence in his righteous judgments even when adversity seemed to indicate denial of his protection.

The writer of 1 Peter seems to know why: «For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God.»

Atheists are every bit as guilty as their opposite numbers too, often displaying a near «righteous» anger at theists that seems to me, inexplicable.

The «righteous» seem to only want that separation when applied to them; injecting their beliefs into OUR secular system seems to be fair game.

Even the point about what is best for other creatures, which may seem very modern, is not without foundation in Hebrew Scriptures in such passages as the law against taking the hen - bird as well as the eggs from the nest (Deut 22:6), or this saying from Proverbs: «A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast» (12:10), where, be it noted, the quality that makes a man considerate of his working animals is not prudence or good business sense but «righteousness,» a point all the more significant when we remember that in the Hebrew Scriptures one of the marks of righteousness is not mere evenhandedness but active favor to the weak and deprived.

It will only make you appear to seem self righteous and ignorant.

No matter how virtuous or righteous the politician, forcing them to say repeatedly that they did not beat their wife would make them seem guilty of exactly that.

But this year, voters seem much more willing to overlook such eccentricities, in this race and around the country, if they come from a candidate with outsider passion and righteous anger.

I've noticed a number of times that some of the commenters here seem to think copious consumption of dark chocolate is a righteous part of the Paleo diet.

Like the film itself, Porter's handful of devoted, charismatic attorneys do a righteous job of reminding people that the accused are innocent until proven guilty, and that the criminal justice system seems otherwise disposed.

He manages to convey his character's goodness without making him seem like a self - righteous stiff.

That being said, this seems to be the year in which Hollywood is cleaning its house and exorcising its demons, and it so happens that there are plenty of films in contention that align with the righteous indignation against prejudice and victimization, as well as a handful of female - centered masterpieces.

It seemed fitting, then, that the Oscar frontrunner would be about righteous female vengeance, led by a middle - aged actress whose furious performance threatened to sear through the screen.

Understandably, others have greater difficulty overcoming a sense of betrayal or a desire for what seems like righteous vengeance against crime and corruption.

Thor and Captain America and Black Panther are all terrific, sure, but sometimes their righteous role - model parade seems to stretch into infinity.

Earth First's brand of civil disobedience - frequently ill - tempered, not always nonviolent, and often coolly self - righteous - seems to be increasingly popular these days.

You don't have the right words in the moment, you don't want to derail a meeting, cause embarrassment, seem self - righteous... I thought about saying something, but I froze.

And again, I will reiterate a point you seem to have missed: the market is the proper arbiter here, not a self - righteous group of threatened industry «professionals.»

When we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's biography regarding God's promised experiences and truth for him - his individual, unique path of humbling oneself before the Lord and then being exalted by the Lord back into his true and righteous personhood.