Sentences with phrase «upon human pride»
Yahweh, Author of the covenant, the Holy One of Israel, visits historical judgment upon human pride and perversity.
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Thus the eschatological event was God's judgement upon human pride, as well as God's grace giving meaning to human life.
He found reasons for thanksgiving both in God's judgment upon human pride and in God's grace toward humans in their weakness (Matt.
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«Human pride is greatest when it is based upon solid achievements; but the achievements are never great enough to justify its pretensions.»
If we are not sure how far Isaiah consciously carried his indictment of human pride, we know he saw it as a sickness that would ultimately bring ruin upon Assyria (10:12, 16 - 18) as well as Judah.
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.