Sentences with phrase «teaching about salvation»

Even though we do not engage in missions of conversion directed toward the Jews, our normal teaching about salvation continues to imply that those who do not acknowledge Jesus as Lord and Savior are not saved.

Christianity should focus on the Gospel's core message, which is to teach about salvation and immortality.

Ephesians is a book that has been widely misunderstood, especially in light of what it teaches about salvation.

Not exact matches

At our church so many people are confused and worried about loosing their salvation because of wrong teaching about sin and salvation.

These teachings can be read as being about divine love and salvation, sure.

But it has taught one reader, at least, more than many sermons about the potential of intercession, about the possible workings of redemption beyond the grave, and about the ways of salvation and damnation.

All three of these ideas» the ultimate possession of the transformed earth by the physically resurrected saints, the explicit prophecies about Christ by pre-Christian prophets, and the deification of man as the ultimate goal of salvation through Christ» are ideas for which Mormons are still deemed un-Christian, because they are distinct from the teachings of most Protestant denominations.

When they stem from Christian teaching, as many do, it is from later teachings about Jesus and the salvation of the individual soul rather than from Jesus» call to follow him and seek first the basileia theou.

Is it possible that the reason that the Corinthians were so concerned about baptism is that they had been taught by the Apostle Paul and other Christian evangelists that salvation and the promise of the resurrection of the dead and eternal life are received in Baptism, just as orthodox Christians, including Lutherans, have been teaching for almost 2,000 years??

He taught about heaven and hell, and revealed mysteries, including resurrection, judgment, salvation and the apocalypse.

Therefore, one could conclude that those two verses are not talking about the capability of man's will to accept / believe, but about the fact that it is God that chooses, grants, teaches, calls and draws; and that is what God was doing through Christ speaking to this crowd of people — giving all of them in the crowd (Jn 3:16; 1 Jn 2:2; Jn 6:40) the opportunity to be taught by God (by Christ) to believe in Christ for salvation.

The Kingdom (or Reign) of God, Jesus» «comprehensive term for the blessing of salvation,» is an eschatological concept which shows that Jesus stands in the historical context of Jewish expectations about the end of the world and God's new future» 7 yet his teaching also contrasts with that context.

«I'm constantly battling between what my mind believes, which is what I've been taught and told my whole life... and what my soul or maybe my cells know,» Pearson says, comparing what he believed for most of his life about exclusion of salvation through Christ and what he now believes.

This is not talking about losing your salvation, as many teach, or relationship with husband and wife.

They said they have made «a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today,» that their faith is very important in their life today; believe that when they die they will go to Heaven because they have confessed their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior; strongly believe they have a personal responsibility to share their religious beliefs about Christ with non-Christians; firmly believe that Satan exists; strongly believe that eternal salvation is possible only through grace, not works; strong agree that Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; strong assert that the Bible is accurate in all the principles it teaches; and describe God as the all - knowing, all - powerful, perfect deity who created the universe and still rules it today.

This is why theologians today can still illustrate important features of the Good News by looking at Paul's teaching on circumcision, even though there is no live debate among Christians about whether it is necessary for salvation anymore.

So if we think that the word «salvation» refers to «eternal life,» then the clear teaching of Scripture is that receiving and keeping eternal life is conditional about believing the right things and behaving in the right way.

Nevertheless, both are devoted to the personal vocation of man, though under different titles... [Yet] at all times and in all places, the Church should have the true freedom to teach the faith, to proclaim its teaching about society, to carry out its task among men without hindrance, and to pass moral judgment even in matters relating to politics whenever the fundamental rights of man or the salvation of souls requires it» (Gaudium et Spes, 76).

They teach diverse beliefs about the nature of Jesus, God, the second coming, Heaven, Hell, the rapture, criteria for salvation, speaking in tongues, the atonement, what happens to persons after death, and dozens of other topics.

Because we are taught to love our neighbors, we must love them enough to tell them about Jesus, God's grace, and the gift of salvation.

It later explained, «While Islam and Christianity are both monotheistic, we believe there are fundamental differences between the two faiths, including what they teach about God's revelation to humanity, the nature of God, the path to salvation, and the life of prayer.»

While Islam and Christianity are both monotheistic, we believe there are fundamental differences between the two faiths, including what they teach about God's revelation to humanity, the nature of God, the path to salvation, and the life of prayer.

About Site - Saint Stefanos Greek Orthodox Church is dedicated to the continuation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's ministry of salvation through the proclamation and teaching of the Gospel; through the grace of God; faith; Baptism and through loving service to God and to mankind.

About Blog Saint Stefanos Greek Orthodox Church is dedicated to the continuation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's ministry of salvation through the proclamation and teaching of the Gospel; through the grace of God; faith; Baptism and through loving service to God and to mankind.