Sentences with phrase «struggled against their sins»

If the whole world struggled against their sins the world would be a much, much better place.

The Bible calls the Christian struggle against sin «faith» (Hebrews 12:3 - 4; 10:37 - 39).

The Church has great compassion for those who struggle against sin.

Not exact matches

Here is where people like myself generally part ways with most people in circles you may associate in: People like me struggle with sin, succeeding against it, at least in some measure for spaces in time, then failing again and ultimately casting ourselves upon God's grace, which is really good — reassuring, restorative, revitalizing.

I struggle with the fact that people sinned in Noah's time and that sin was counted against them in the form of the flood.

This is not to say there is no» struggle» against sin.

Why do we struggle so much because its our old nature that fights against our new nature in Christ which ever one we give into is the one that rules us.But as a born again believer sin shall not have dominion over us.The battle has been won by Christ so by believing in him we also walk as he does as a victor not a victim.Its his holy spirit that empowers us to do what is impossible in the flesh.But to do that our old nature or heart must be crucified with Christ.brentnz

The sin that is most difficult to forgive in others is always the one we struggle against in our own lives.

It is comforting to know that even Paul struggled in this battle against sin.

Here Paul is using himself as an example to describe an inner struggle in which his mind wars against his flesh, which is manipulated by sin.

People who became Christians as adults know from experience that prior to believing in Jesus, they often struggled with sin and fought against the desires of their flesh, usually to no avail.

Perhaps it is because many of us struggle to find words adequate to lament those sins committed against indigenous people, African Americans, immigrants, women, and other marginalized groups throughout American history.

But while we continue to struggle against these sinful temptations, what has been given to us in Christ Jesus is liberation from the shackles of sin that claims us as its own.

Think of all the wrongs crying to be righted, all the pain needing relief, all the illnesses requiring cures, all the evil that ought to be conquered and destroyed, all the sins that should be forgiven and obliterated, even life itself struggling against death and needing his divine intervention to survive.

It claimed that Tompolo was hiding in the creeks for his alleged sins against the region by using the struggle to empower himself and his immediate family and a few cronies.