Sentences with phrase «undeserved grace of»

What we call salvation or justification is given to man, the creature and sinner, only through the free and undeserved grace of God, that is through God's free self - revelation in Jesus, the crucified and the risen Christ.

Not exact matches

There is no «we» who magnanimously admit «them»; there is a community of outcasts who together recognize their common need of undeserved grace.

We may easily give up on each other and believe ourselves incapable of the call to holiness; but God never ceases to call us and to offer us his grace, which is «the free and undeserved help that God gives to those who respond to his call» (CCC 1996).

Because our basic theological understandings of grace include assent to the claim that the most beautiful and precious things in and about our lives are unearned and undeserved, themes of gift and gratitude sometimes seem overworked.

Luke so badly wants us to see the pictures of undeserved grace and unexpected joy in the prodigal son that he leaves the negatives lying around as clues.

In this moment, God departing from Christ and conquering humanity's sin illustrates both the reality of human depravity and the undeserved gift of God's amazing grace.

These people, knowing it necessary that people that we have been given an undeserved gift of Grace didn't choose to «keep it simple» but felt compelled to also make sure we were aware: Christianity is shocking in that God loves us so much he was willing to die for us rather than leave us trying (and failing) to impress him on our own; but frankly, people had conceived of such an notion before, the twist is that a God fully capable of saving us has already accomplished all the necessary work to save us but without needing us to do so nonetheless invites us to participate in our own salvation.

Faith is the acceptance of God's grace, God's incomprehensible, undeserved Love; and whosoever does that fulfils the will of God.

We believe individuals are saved by grace through faith and that baptism is the outward sign of one's acceptance of the free, undeserved gift of salvation.

Grace is undeserved favor, akin to forgiveness, the cancelling of moral debts.

I had the privilege of listening to this message on the desiringGOD.org website when it was first posted, but I'm so glad to hear it again... Thank you, Lord, for the completely undeserved and amazing grace that you offer us every day!