Sentences with phrase «victory over death by»

I am a follower of Christ, I claim victory over death by the power of the cross.

I am a follower of Christ, I claim victory over death by the power of the cross.

I am a follower of Christ, I claim victory over death by the power of the cross.

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.

Not exact matches

Victory over death has been won for us by Christ on the cross: «In the context of Christian faith, the drama of evolution merges inseparably with the (abysmal) death and (grounding) resurrection of Jesus and, in him, with the eternal drama that is the Trinitarian life of God.»

The superpatient person is like one who has a very serious illness, who has come through the most dangerous phase of the illness yet later unexpectedly dies from a sudden relapse of fever; the fever was finally the cause of death.15 Again, the superpatient person is like a soldier who has had a great victory in the field — the main battle is over; going into the city thinking the victory already secured, the negligent soldier is stupidly captured by a small, insignificant force within the gates.

When he suffered death, Jesus was already the Son of God, and his death by itself was the victory over the power of death.

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.

The transfiguration narrative, balanced between heaven and earth, incarnation and resurrection, unites the two approaches by showing the glory of Christ's obedient victory over death in the form of his incarnate humanity.

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.

Like the fourth Gospel, the central emphasis of Odes is the final victory that has been won by Christ over death and evil.

Thus Goguel commented, «We can see the resurrection of the saints to be both a result of the victory gained by Jesus over death, not on the morning of the third day but at the very moment when he expired and an anticipation of the general resurrection.

In Jesus Christ we see that God's victory over evil and death is not by might, but by weakness, not by weapons but by suffering.

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

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.

Racked by guilt over his older brother's childhood death and stuck in the dead - end town of Brewster, New York, he turns his rage into victories running track.

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.