Sentences with phrase «than sinning when»

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CNN viewers are likely significantly more savvy now when it comes to social media than they were when Nasr committed her unpardonable journalistic sin.

(For instance I'm fairly confident that promiscuity is sinful, especially when it comes from a place of lust, but I'm less convinced that my committed same - sex friends are sinning by expressing their love physically any more than I am sinning when my wife and I express our love physically — even though I think we can be if we are acting out of lust or as a means of asserting power over one another, but that is another story).

«Love the sinner — hate the sin» I thought was what Christianity pushed, but as we can see from this priest's actions Christianity is nothing more than hollow rhetoric when it comes to love and compassion.

Today we have science dictating our Lives when it is the tool of the devil and leads to more Sin, than ancient torture methods ever did.

'» If by days, we understand years and by sanctuary, the church, than cleansed, Miller thought, «we may reasonably suppose means that complete redemption from sin, both soul and body, after the resurrection when Christ comes the second time «without sin unto salvation.

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.

The most painful part of the process, though, was when friends and well - meaning mentors dismissed my questions as silly, or, even worse, questioned whether my doubt was nothing more than an attempt to justify some sort of secret sin in my life, usually pride.

If folks don't have a sin issue any longer than why did God use the word sin throughout the rest of the NT even when referring to believers.

But when Christians talk about getting saved from their sins, more often than not, they are referring exclusively to what they believe are the eternal ramifications of sin — damnation in hell.

When it comes to sin and the need for forgiveness, we are all «beggars before the throne» even though those of us whose self - interest is stronger than our self - will are more prone to sins of omission than commission are less likely to be found out.

Rather than seeing sin eradication as a series of don'ts and self - inflicted hand slaps, our time and energy is better spent, and more effective, when we focus on what we can do.

When Ezra cries, «Thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve,» (Daniel 9:16) or a prayer in the Book of Nehemiah says, «Thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly,» (Nehemiah 9:33) or Daniel exhausts tautology in confessing, «We have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled,» (Daniel 9:5) we see the self - accusation which resulted from the acceptance of national misfortune not as an evidence of Yahweh's weakness in protecting his people but as proof of his inflexible righteousness.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Luther's teaching on forgiveness, when preached apart from the context of 16th century Catholic emphasis on perfection, can easily lead to a retarded spirituality of sin, claim your forgiveness, sin, claim you forgiveness,... and a retarded spirituality where sanctification becomes an eschatological hope and no more than a legalistic fulfillment of the Law.

And none is more real than that which comes to light in Cary's explanation of what Luther actually means by «faith alone,» namely, a simple, firm belief that our sins are absolved when we hear the divine words to that effect pronounced in the sacraments of Baptism and Penance.

If we evolved from the lower primates, then when we reached the stage of reflection and conscious choice (when the image of God entered into that line of primates), we made the decision to «sin» — to dominate and to kill in order to serve our own ends, rather than to follow the call of that «image of God» which had entered into the human creature.

Hi my name is Lindsey and I'm recovering heroin addict and my mother is a very devoted rightous Christian her favorite saying is I am the head and not the tail meaning she is the head is far better than me and I am the tail and because the way Christians have treated me recently through my struggle I have felt that I should convert to Hinduism when I brought this up to my mother she told me I will go to hell because Jesus is the only God which I do believe to an extent but I also believe in having peace within your own life and treating others equally fairly with love respect and dignity which my mother and my sister do not do the act as though they are better than anyone they do not sin they do not make mistakes and they are perfect in every way another one of her favorite sayings I'm not perfect but I'm going to try to be BC Jesus loves me that much.

Hebrews 1:1 KJV God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Sin is when we choose not to see that everyone is our neighbor, that we are all connected, that the homeless guy on the corner needs food, and the poor of Iran need food, and here we sit complaining about our jobs being outsourced overseas, as if some woman making shirts in Bangladesh is a lesser person than an American woman.

By this person's statement it makes me think of them choosing the oppisite of what Moses chose as we see in Hebrews 11:24 - 26 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Your sins are already forgiven, no one goes to Hell because they did not ask for forgiveness, a person goes to Hell because when they have passed the age of innocence, and have come to the Knowledge of the Gospel, or they have learned that Jesus died for their sins, and that He gives us salvation freely because He loves us more than we love ourselves, and we have to make a choice to accept or reject this free gift, if that individual accepts Jesus as their Savior, then they go to Heaven, and if that individual rejects Jesus, then they go to Hell.

You seem to have highlighted particular sins as though some are worse than others all sin leads to death not just the big ones because we all are sinners.All have gone astray none are righteous.I believe the worst sin is pride idolatry is the first commandment we set ourselves as Gods.Regardless of what the sin is, our hearts are condemned by our pride.It wasnt the sin of homosexuality or sexual deviance that destroyed sodom.It was there pride and it is one of our biggest stumbling blocks in our christian walk or it certainly was for me.We look at the story of the adulterous woman and we think adultery is a terrible crime but the story is for our benefit to show that we all are sinners that Jesus does nt condemn us but came to save us.And when Jesus says go and sin no more he was not only talking to the woman but everyone else that was around judging her for her sin its a universal message that we all need to see that we all are condemned because of our sin that Jesus came to save us and that we turn from our sin and follow him.Because he is the way the truth and the life.brentnz

Anymore than Jesus was when He spoke of sin.

When I read the Bible, I am amazed at how much it describes me: my heart, my sin, my foolishness, my pride, my need for forgiveness, my desire for something better than this messed - up world.

Have you never felt a twinge of doubt when all those glamorous but corrupt celebrities — courtesans and congressmen — whose sins are so much more interesting than yours, manage to get born again just as their scandals are cresting in the media?

Prayer has its great end when it lifts us to be more conscious and more sure of the gift than the need, of the grace than the sin.

Rick the more i think about it we are to live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz

When was the last time you were more concerned about sin in your own life, than you were the balance of your checkbook?

Like the one I had when I took a Catholic Philosophy course — espousing that r - ape is less of a sin than mas - turbation, because at least r - ape can result in a pregnancy.

I get so angry when certain sins are seen as more evil than others!!

I just hope that when you are in church this weekend celebrating the resurrection of the blue - eyed WASP Jesus (he looked more like Osama bin Laden than Brad Pitt, btw) that you say died for your sins, that you have an epiphany and understand that he died for the sins of the homosexual, atheist and the girl who thought an abortion was her only choice.

Janet i think what you have said is quite insightful and you are right and there is another meaning to Go and sin no more and that speaks to me of repentence making a decision to Follow Christ the one who saves.The words Go and sin no more is referring to a continual ongoinging process of living for Christ rather than dying in our sins daily there is no comparison.I thought that was awesome pointing the law back to all of us for we all have sinned and the judgement is death but Jesus came that we might have life in its fullness.Many people only see the adulterer when she portrays who we are as sinners that he came to save all of us sin is sin and the punishment is death so again you are quite right people use the scriptures to judge and that was never Jesus intention.I hope that helps when someone uses that scripture incorrectly and you can you use it like Jesus did to point it back at those who judge i hope that helps.brentnz

I think things are simpler than they appear — pope - a-dope wants to allow his priests to use condoms so that when they abuse innocent children, they are protected and guilty of one less sin.

When it comes to people who have been historically mistreated, abused, and sinned against, any attempt at whole relationship that skips this step of honest understanding of history and heartfelt confession will be little more than assimilation.

Because if grace is water, then the church should be an ocean It's not a museum for good people, it's a hospital for the broken Which means I don't have to hide my failure, I don't have to hide my sin Because it doesn't depend on me it depends on him See because when I was God's enemy and certainly not a fan He looked down and said I want, that, man Which is why Jesus hated religion, and for it he called them fools Don't you see so much better than just following some rules Now let me clarify, I love the church, I love the Bible, and yes I believe in sin But if Jesus came to your church would they actually let him in See remember he was called a glutton, and a drunkard by religious men But the Son of God never supports self righteousness not now, not then

America's sense of mission was never higher than during World War II, but it was at that moment when Venerable Fulton Sheen warned his fellow countrymen not to allow the justice of their cause to minimize their personal sins:

Racheal that is great God forgives you for your past decisions and he will help you to make better decisions.It is the Lord who empowers us to live the christian walk we cant do it in our strength because we all are weak.Our naturally inclination is towards sin that is why we must surrender all our heart to the Lord.In the past i tried to live as a christian in my strength and failed miserably i felt guilty and condemned and powerless to change that is why we need the holy spirit.Since putting my trust in the holy spirit he has helped me to be an overcomer and live a christian life.I realise the quickest way of getting my life right is when i get thoughts that arent of the Lord to just admit them to him that i am weak and need his strength to help me and he does.He is your strength as well and will help you to become all he created you to be which is really awesome.In Christ you are more than an overcomer more than a conquerer.regards brentnz

Yuri thats is what the world believes that we all sin and so why struggle just give in to it we are all sinners afterall.The truth is that is a lie we are overcomers not victims we have no power in ourselves to overcome sin however we have every power available in Christ through his holy spirit to be overcomers more than conqueres which means we crush the satan the serpent underfoot satan has no power over us if we walk in the spirit.If we walk according to the flesh satan has every right to trample upon our lives by causing guilt and condemnation because of our sin.In myself i am weak but in Christ i am strong.To many christians give up or give in because they try and live in there own strength and wonder why christianity is a struggle we can only live a christian life when we submit all our hearts and lives to Christ.brentnz

Luther was correct when he challenged the Medieval Catholic Scholastics over their teaching that * sin * was man turned down toward the things of earth rather than up towards the things of heaven by teaching that * sin * was actually man turned in upon himself or, as modern mental health professions state «narcissistic egoism, a disorder that closes us off from others rather than opening us up to them.

This I can not square away — however, I look at the gay issue much differently than most — I think it's much to complicated and we are jumping the gun by saying we just accept gay marriage — or it's an evil sin — what about the science that says testosterone starts forming around the babies brain when they are only 8 weeks into the womb?

Christ is sinned against, I believe, when anything less than this universal, complete love is made central, either to God's nature and purpose, or to man's nature and destiny.

it's not self - projection — especially when God's Word often calls me out on * my * sins (much more than on * others *: 1 Cor.5: 12).

It is only when we see how much God loves us that we can invite Him into that sinful space with us, so that He can work within and inside the sin, to show us that His love is greater than any satisfaction or enjoyment we could get from sin.

For it is a sin against the reason to tell men that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive; and when once they believe it, they travel hopefully no longer.

It is believed that this sin is committed when people see the works and miracles of God, but state that the miracles are being performed the power of Satan rather than by the power of God.

When confronted by suffering, death, and sin, it does not despair but affirms meaning in Christ crucified, whose resurrection proves that Love is stronger than sin and death.

We have already seen, when we were studying the Gospel in Paul, that there is no easier doctrine to distort than the doctrine of grace; there were those who made grace simply an excuse for easy sinning.

The same with zeal, which becomes fanaticism when we are more outraged at others» sins than our own.

It is often taught that this sin is committed when a person sees a miraculous work of the Spirit, and rather than give glory to God for what was done, gives credit to the devil instead.

This is why the Christian faith, when it is made vital in terms of the equal worth of all persons to God, is a more effective solvent of ill feeling than argument, even as a sense of sin about race prejudice is a necessary prelude to repentance and change.