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It also allows for a Holy God to maintain His standards as He took upon Himself the sins on mankind.

Not exact matches

The sinless Jesus bore our sins upon him on the cross.

The Catholic tradition — even the wise Pope Benedict — still seems to put too much stress upon caritas, virtue, justice, and good intentions, and not nearly enough on methods for defeating human sin in all its devious and persistent forms.

So lean upon him gently And don't call on him to save you From your social graces And the sins you used to waive, you used to waive

He also did a post on: God Can not Look Upon Sin?

I would say say that the «judgment» of God on sin in Romans 2:3 is the natural consequences that come upon us in life as a result of sin.

Despite the fact that most of us grew up believing that God could not look upon sin (see my thoughts on that over here), it was not God who hid Himself from Adam but the other way around.

But I think there is some risk that it might be misconstrued so as to obscure certain truths which I believe to be fundamental: that the Passion is the moment at which that complete oneness with the Father which is the unique and all - pervading characteristic of the life of Jesus is paradoxically manifested; that it is at that moment, above all, that Jesus discloses to us God himself in action; that the judgement passed on Jesus and the testing brought to bear upon him are a judgement and a testing exercised (of course, within the permissive will of God) by evil men, or, to use mythological language, by the devil; and that the judgement of God pronounced at Calvary is that which Christ's accepting love passes upon those men, and upon ourselves as sharers in their sinfulness, by showing up their sin in all its hatefulness.

I am so sorry I can not believe,» and then appeals to us for pity because he can not believe, but when the Holy Spirit touches a man's heart, he no longer looks upon unbelief as a mark of intellectual superiority; he does not look upon it as a mere misfortune; he sees it as the most daring, decisive and damning of all sins and is overwhelmed with a sense of his awful guilt in that he had not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

What about the triumph of holiness that is proud to say: «Look not upon our sins, but on the faith of your Church»?

When God looks violent in the Old Testament, it is not because He is violent, but because He is taking the sins of the world upon Himself, just as Jesus did on the cross.

When I read you say this as your possible resolution: «When God looks violent in the Old Testament, it is not because He is violent, but because He is taking the sins of the world upon Himself, just as Jesus did on the cross.»

The crucifying impact of sin on the whole human race will inevitably have a devastating impact upon the sacred humanity of Christ precisely because he is - by right, vocation and very ontology - ourfinal and plenary union with God.

The Christian approach would ideally include the desire to uncover and probe the goodness, beauty and divine purpose of creation, as well as an emphasis upon the pre-eminence of love among men and the dire effects of sin on creation in general (see Romans 8.22) and on men in particular.

On the cross, Jesus shows us what kind of God Yahweh is, and how Jesus came to rule and reign, not by might, nor by power, but by self - sacrificial service and taking the sins and guilt and blame of the entire world upon Himself.

«Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, when he was about to offer himself once on the altar of the Cross to God the Father, making intercession by means of his death, so that he might gain there an eternal redemption, since his priesthood was not to be extinguished by death, at the last Supper, «on the night that he was handed over», left to his beloved Spouse the Church a visible sacrifice, such as the nature of man requires, by which the bloody sacrifice achieved once upon the Cross might be represented and its memory endure until the end of the age, and its saving power be applied to the remission of those sins which are daily committed by us.»

In the Old Testament, when God looks like He is behaving in ways that do not match the nature and character of God as revealed in Jesus Christ, this is not because God is being deceptive, but because God is taking the sins of His people upon Himself just as Jesus did on the cross.

As far as Jesus sacrifice goes, I think N.T. Wright hits it on the head in «The Day the Revolution Began» in that in bringing about the «Law», Sin was brought out into the open, and Jesus drew that sin upon himself in order to put it to death in his flesh, and deal with it once and for aSin was brought out into the open, and Jesus drew that sin upon himself in order to put it to death in his flesh, and deal with it once and for asin upon himself in order to put it to death in his flesh, and deal with it once and for all.

It is asked by Jesus as He suffers on the cross, and faces the sin of the world being poured out upon Him.

It was only when He took our sin upon Himself on the cross, it was only when the crushing despair of being separated from God came upon Him, that He finally felt what we humans have lived with since we were born.

God would not be a God worthy of our worship — certainly not the God of Jesus — if he smiled indulgently upon our sins, bypassed them, and let us go on sinning with no evidence of divine disfavor.

The pain and anguish we feel every day, the suffering of being separated from God that has so numbed our souls, the despair and fear that drives us to live as we do, was felt for the very first time by Jesus on the cross when sin came upon Him.

but on the third day using his Power of Resurrection rose from the dead to claim his seat next to God in heaven, I mean next to himself since he was also God and then told the masses that he died for their sins, though oddly enough being God he could have simply absolved them of their sins and he really didn't die because he lives and is coming back to judge man based upon the original sins... but not sure if that would work since man can clearly kill a God with wood and nails... I know, I know confusing and likely to be labeled heresy... but debates about nomenclature and religion... i mean story telling... just don't mix.

I used to believe that all our sins would be broadcast to everyone on Judgement Day, but upon getting to know God more and more throughout the past 8 years, I've come to believe this is terribly wrong.

If you have not repented then you are in error (in spite of all your accusations) If you have repented and have called upon the Almighty God to save you and cleanse you from your sin, Then what is the purpose of these letters (unless you want to pass judgment on those that do not believe like you).

On the whole, the Latin races have leaned more towards the former way of looking upon evil, as made up of ills and sins in the plural, removable in detail; while the Germanic races have tended rather to think of Sin in the singular, and with a capital S, as of something ineradicably ingrained in our natural subjectivity, and never to be removed by any superficial piecemeal operations.

Luther's insight that * sin * is not «man turned down toward the earth rather than up toward heaven» as the Catholic scholasticss taught; but was «man curved in upon himself» was an insight that has been confirmed by contemporary psychology in its teaching on narcissistic egoism.

In both cases, forgiveness is possible but, on the one hand, conditional upon man's repentance and, on the other hand, atonement is available on condition of man's act of repentance from sin.

One crosses from death to life instantly upon believing in the one who paid for my sins on the cross.

Verily a king is God's shadow upon the earth; and every one oppressed turneth to him: then when the king doeth justice, for him are rewards and gratitude from his subject: but, if the king oppresseth, on him is his sin, and for the oppressed resignation.

We make now another point which follows on from the real, the actual impact upon the creation, of the sin of man, and the rejection of God and his Christ.

Wesley frequently preached a sermon on Matthew 18, the passage in which Jesus describes the steps to take upon discovering a brother's sin.

He took sin upon Him on the cross, and then carried it to where it goes — Death and Hades — and left it there.

Here is a passage from the diary of Cotton Mather's brother: «Of the manifold sins which then I was guilty of, none so sticks upon me, as that, being very young, I was whittling on the Sabbath - Day; and for fear of being seen, I did it behind the door.

Who suffered in Gethsemane, taking upon himself your sins and mine, hung and died on a cross only to resurrect three days later.

My book was called When God Pled Guilty, and I was basically arguing that just as Jesus took the sins of the world upon Himself on the cross, so also, somehow, the violent portrayals of God in the Old Testament is God taking the sins of Israel upon Himself through the testimony of inspired Scripture.

The Roman Catholic confessional is built upon the realization of continuing sin, and the Protestant emphasis on justification by faith, though rightly stressing the lifting of the burden of sin by God's act, still is forced to recognize the sinning of the redeemed.

According to what he calls the «first degree of humility,» which is the lowest degree necessary to attain salvation, it is incumbent upon the Christian «to obey the law of God our Lord in all things, so that not even were I made lord of all creation, or to save my life here on earth, would I consent to violate a commandment, whether divine or human, that binds me under pain of mortal sin» (Spiritual Exercises # 165).

Out of all the sins the sin of fornication and immorality — if left to prosper in a church with no one speaking against it — will bring down damnation upon that church — The church can be in the world the same way a boat can be on the see but the world in the church will sink the church the same way the see in a boat will!

[The fact that Jesus placed greater emphasis upon offending «one of these little ones» than on any other sin, is not taken into account.

He cried out «Why hast thou forsaken me» because in that moment he took on the sin, sickness, pain, and death upon himself and became that sin dying upon the cross.

Yet these Christians act in the belief that testifying to the Good News is a requirement that can not be avoided, and that, potentially, faith and action based on this liberating gospel can indeed transform structures built upon human sin and pride.

Just as Jesus took sin upon Himself on the cross so that He might rescue and deliver all mankind from sin, so also God took violence upon Himself in the Old Testament so that He might rescue and deliver all mankind from violence.

At times God appears violent, not because He is violent, but because, just as Jesus on the cross took the sin of the world upon Himself, so also God in human history, took the violence of humanity upon Himself.

Are you saying that Christians, who believe that Jesus was born of a virgin mother, turned water into wine, multiplied a few fishes to feed thousands, brought forth Lazarus from the tomb, walked on water, commanded the sea, took upon himself the punishment for the sins of all mankind, was crucified yet overcame death three days later to walk among his disciples showing them His resurrected body, and yet Christians can not accept that God has worked wonders in our day by calling latter - day prophets who testify of the reality of Jesus?

God was having to face a decision on whether He would let mankind suffer for our own sin, or if He would take all that sin and pour it out upon His one and only, perfectly righteous, everlasting Son.

When God does finally reveal Himself in the person and work of Jesus Christ, the pinnacle and apex of this revelation is seen on the cross where Jesus takes the sin of the world upon Himself and dies as a criminal for all to see.

Your Cutting Edge comment on Father Jack Mahoney seems to run counter to St Paul's exegesis of the Book of Genesis: «Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death, and no death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.»

And on the cross, Jesus took our sin upon Himself.

Jesus already took our sins upon himself on the cross.