Sentences with phrase «sinning against the conscience»

Sinning against their conscience, men are hurt.

Not exact matches

In thus sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience, you sin against Christ» (1 Corinthians 8).

is simply too ingrained, too much a part of what sin is all about, for us not to feel vexed when reminders come of the opposite reality, which it is precisely the office of religion to provide: «Accordingly, it has always been the office of Religion to protest against the sophistry of Satan, and to preserve the memory of those truths which the unbelieving heart corrupts: both the freedom and the responsibility of man, the sovereignty of the Creator, the supremacy of the law of conscience as His representative within us, and the irrelevancy of external circumstances in the judgment which is ultimately to be made upon our conduct and character.»

And yet, he's called to submit to a corrupt religion that demands he sin against his own conscience (as Christianity historically has demanded and still does in some respects).

12And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

Everything I did, and wherever I went, I was still in a storm, and yet I continued to be the chief contriver and ring - leader of the frolics for many months after; though it was a toil and torment to attend them; but the devil and my own wicked heart drove me about like a slave, telling me that I must do this and do that, and bear this and bear that, and turn here and turn there, to keep my credit up, and retain the esteem of my associates: and all this while I continued as strict as possible in my duties, and left no stone unturned to pacify my conscience, watching even against my thoughts, and praying continually wherever I went: for I did not think there was any sin in my conduct, when I was among carnal company, because I did not take any satisfaction there, but only followed it, I thought, for sufficient reasons.

But Luther was certain that it was God he met in Jesus Christ because his conscience told him that his sins were no longer counted against him.

But even if I didn't, even if I believed same - sex marriage was a sin, I could never, in good conscience, throw my support behind a law that would put my gay and lesbian neighbors behind bars for being gay or allow businesses free range to discriminate against them because of their orientation.

Every judgment of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

You have a conscience and it accuses you... you may try to drown it but you can't because you've sinned against God and the conscience he has given you is warning you.

And thus sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.»

Corresponding to this somewhat indefinite and higher conscience there is inevitably a more profound sense of guilt, stemming from the recognition of sin not against society but against God.