Sentences with phrase «sinful actions»

What we are trying to say is that they were not primarily foretellers of what was to come in some future age, intent on giving a blueprint for the unfolding centuries but, for the most part, very down - to - earth, practical - minded men, who saw the folly of the selfish, unsocial, and sinful actions of men in private and public life and sought in the name of God to lead them into a better way.

Initially, we don't see Jesus approving or disapproving sinful actions or intentions.

Nearly all people know how easy it is to justify our own sinful actions and deceive ourselves into doing things that we normally would not do, or that we know to be wrong.

In more traditional terms, God can not experience the evil inherent in sinful action.

Just as the Lord seeks to redeem us from our sins, so our mission as believers is to redeem our marriages from sinful actions which ultimately destroys what God has intended for marriage.

God loves all people, but does not love their sinful actions.

This man is, in effect, excommunicated from the church so that he can experience the full spiritual, physical, emotional, mental and social consequences of his sinful actions.

But if people will not repent of their deeds once they have lived with the fleshly consequences of their sinful actions, and if they remain in a lifestyle of sin, they will die and go to hell.

He does not take the blame for our sinful actions.

According to the strict law of karma, there is no scope for expiation or repentance, as everyone has to experience the consequences of their sinful actions for the sin to be destroyed.

Sinful actions are followed by remorse or repentance.

But often these passages in the Old Testament will state that the instructions were given by God, and if we read these texts in the light of Jesus, then we understand that although God was not telling them to do such things, He nevertheless inspired them to write what they did so that He could take the blame for their sinful actions.

In other words, it is a governing rule that just as Jesus took the sin of the world upon Himself so that He might bear the sin and shame for all, so also God did this in the Old Testament by taking the blame for the sinful actions and behaviors of the people who lived during that time.

``... it is a governing rule that just as Jesus took the sin of the world upon Himself so that He might bear the sin and shame for all, so also God did this in the Old Testament by taking the blame for the sinful actions and behaviors of the people who lived during that time.»

``... God takes the blame for the sinful actions of human beings, and even inspires people to write that He told them to do these things when He really did not...»

Though I have said that God takes the blame for the sinful actions of human beings, and even inspires people to write that He told them to do these things when He really did not, this guiding principle does not explain every evil situation that takes place in the Old Testament, or in the rest of history.

Because of this limitation He placed on Himself, He can not always stop the negative consequences of our sinful actions.

Let's not forget how He has perfectly dealt with our sinful actions towards others.

After all, He's the expert at dealing with sinners and sinful actions, not us.

First of all, as with every sinful action we can possibly commit — including suicide — Scripture is clear that God forgives all such sins.

The international sex abuse crisis has involved revelations of the deep wounding of innocent children and their families by the sinful actions of individual priests and religious, sometimes enabled by the, at best, incompetence and, at worst, callous dereliction of duty of some members of the Church's hierarchy.

It's amazing how we will justify our sinful actions by saying, «God just wants me to be happy.»

As a result, many believe that we can follow the example of Jesus, and condemn those with whom we disagree, especially those who have bad theology or sinful actions.