Sentences with phrase «wall of hostility»

But we know that we have helped to build walls of hostility.

The communication of the gospel to the world involves the call to be a new nation and race because Christ has broken down the dividing wall of hostility between Jew and non-Jew.

What grace will break forth among us all when we stop building walls of hostility between ourselves and other people who are loved by the Holy Spirit!

Their doctrinal walls of hostility just won't permit it.

«If you jump ahead of someone's readiness to change, you come up against the brick wall of hostility and resistance.»

Gracious God, in Jesus Christ you teach us to love our neighbors, but we build dividing walls of hostility.

«For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility» Whenever Christians seriously grapple with the question of who should be included as full and equal partners in the commonwealth of the God and Father of Jesus Christ, Paul's words about Christ having «broken down...

Christ has already removed the dividing wall of hostility, but it's not yet our reality in this broken, sin - soaked world.

«For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility...»

'' [Jesus] himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations.

he has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility... (Ephesians 2:14) Hostility is the motivation behind separation.

For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end.

It would seem like confronting such brazen racism would be a no - brainer for a people whose holy book tells them that their God has become their «peace, making the two groups one [speaking of Jews and Gentiles — but applying to all races] and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility» (Ephesians.

For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two so making peace.

For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of two, so making peace» (Eph.

The Apostle Paul in his letters, referred to this barrier not as the gates of hell, but as the dividing wall of hostility (Eph 2:14).

In fact, Paul had firsthand experience with this dividing wall of hostility.

Acts shows that the dividing wall of hostility has been torn down.

The dividing walls of hostility are being broken down; forgiveness and mutuality are being learned; reconciliation and koinonia are being experienced as real possibilities and not mere ideals.

«For he himself is out peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility.»

In Ephesians 2, that the wall of hostility has been torn — the wall of hostility first between us and God and then between our brothers and sisters.

The old covenant has not been revoked, but it has been fulfilled, and the essence of that fulfillment is the breaking down of the wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile.

We can live in peace, without the dividing walls of hostility, and without the blame, violence, and scapegoating that we perform in God's name.

But now Jesus has broken down the walls of hostility and brought everybody into one family where we live by new rules.

In the midst of the walls of opposition erected by men stands Christ, who breaks down the «dividing wall of hostility» that separates us.

An ill - conceived application of the Torah helped ensure that a wall of hostility was solidly in place among those in the growing Christian community.

Whenever Christians seriously grapple with the question of who should be included as full and equal partners in the commonwealth of the God and Father of Jesus Christ, Paul's words about Christ having «broken down the dividing wall of hostility» ought to provide — and in moments of grace have provided — a powerful impetus toward the destruction of the various prejudicial barriers.

It is, the apostle writes, a profound mystery that signifies the intimate relation between Christ and his bride the Church (Rev. 21:2) and proclaims Christ's unifying power, which in his death and Resurrection «has broken down the dividing wall of hostility» between Jew and Gentile (Eph.

His efforts encounter a wall of hostility derived from having threatened a long - standing parent - child style of relating.

The New Testament speaks of «the wall of hostility» between people, which Jesus Christ's life and death have broken down.

«The walls of hostility must come down.

The other was that, on arriving at these conclusions, they had come up against a wall of hostility from the scientific establishment.»