Sentences with phrase «victory over death as»

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As Christ claimed the victory over death by death, so a Christian defeats death and the fear of death with all of its tragic consequences through a mindfulness of death during his life.

The eternal peace of humanity with God, received by faith on account of Christ's victory over sin, death, and the power of Satan, is dismissed as pie in the sky to be exchanged for the various approximations of peace and happiness that in good times this world also knows about and experiences.

In the New Testament death is sometimes represented as the penalty for sin, or it becomes the symbol for separation from God, and thus Christ's victory over sin is also the victory over death.

It would then be an attempt to convey in a vivid pictorial form the truth, or the belief, that self - sacrificing love is so supremely valuable that in comparison with it even death is of small significance; that although the enemies of Jesus won their victory over him, yet in retrospect his life has become a more potent influence than theirs, for his memory has survived as an inspiration and example for all men.

To live to be old was an achievement — a modest victory over death, and one often thought of in religious terms as a blessing.

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

Jesus» death was interpreted as an act of atonement and as a victory over the forces of sin and death that hold humanity captive.

Jesus sees the whole picture, and sees his priority as a victory over the spiritual forces of darkness, which enthral mankind in the grip of sin and death.

The essence of the Christian message is that Jesus is the Christ, demonstrated as such by his victory over death in his resurrection.

Indeed, such conceptions as Christ's victory over sin and death on our behalf and the forgiveness of sins through him are part and parcel of the event itself which we know as Jesus Christ.

It is also important to recognize that the real meaning and ground of the resurrection faith in the primitive church was not particular items in the tradition nor particular views as to how Christ's victory over death was accomplished.

Christ is confessed as both creator and redeemer, and it is claimed that he has already won the victory over death and begun the renewal of all things.

But Jesus» Second Advent is God's victory over the death of the universe, just as the resurrection of Jesus is God's victory over our personal death.

Patriarchy is the ancient framework for procreation, through which the promise of life's victory over death is eventually fulfilled, as we follow the story of patriarchs through the story of Israel to the birth of Christ.

Irenaeus (130 - 200), bishop of Lyon, presents an early Christian understanding of salvation as victory over the controlling powers of sin, evil and death: «Mankind, that had fallen into captivity, is now by God's mercy delivered out of the power of them that held them in bondage.

No other New Testament passage conveys the sense of power and victory over death, sin and evil — everything demonic — as does Paul's appropriation and expansion of a passage from Isaiah:» «Death is swallowed up in victory.&rdeath, sin and evil — everything demonic — as does Paul's appropriation and expansion of a passage from Isaiah:» «Death is swallowed up in victory.&rDeath is swallowed up in victory.»

John understands the work of salvation as Christ's victory over the demonic — causing «death to die,» as one Orthodox hymn puts it.

Some Jews interpret resurrection not as God's triumph over death but as the individual's ethical victory over evil in the world and in himself.

Rather, the glorified wounds function as trophies — reminders of Christ's victory over sin and death — and not as reminders of the traumas of the Passion; they are reasons for joy, and not forsorrow.

Here Jesus» death is seen as a key part of God's victory over the evil powers arrayed against the divine aim.

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Described by the artist as «victory over death,» the work is a platinum cast of a skull inlaid with 8,601 flawless diamonds.

This symbol was adapted by early Christianity as a sign of Christ's victory over death and it has come to serve as a universal emblem of martyrdom.