Sin is not just about outward behavior; it also includes the condition of the heart, such as selfishness, pride, or harmful intentions. Ultimately, sin separates us from God, but through His grace, we have the opportunity for forgiveness and restoration in Christ. The Old Testament Hebrew ...
of the perfection they have: “for evil, in a large sense, may be described as the sum of opposition, which experience shows to exist in the universe, to the desires and needs of individuals; whence arises, among human beings at least, the suffering in which life abounds” (see Evil)....
For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,New Living TranslationThe law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness...
(see alsoRepentance). Moreover, Jesus offered his own suffering and death by crucifixion as a sacrifice for the sins of his followers (for more on the concept of sacrifice, seeRedemption). According to Christian theology, this sacrificial act reconciled humanity and the whole of Creation with ...
Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally." The New Testament draws the lesson from God's destruction of that city. Jude 1:7 "Sodom and Gomorrah... having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the veng...
God. However, some point to the phrase at the end of the verse that the cities are “suffering the vengeance of eternal fire” as evidence that Jude is talking about eternal suffering in the flames of hell. However, several contextual insights reveal that this is not what Jude had in ...
"the God Of The Spirits Of All Flesh." Numbers 16:22 E.S. Prout This name of God reminds us of some of the relations in which God stands to us his creatures, who are immortal spirits in mortal flesh. We select three, and speak of him - I. As PROPIETOR. "He formeth the sp...
Posted inDemons, H e l l and Suffering,Sin and Salvation|Leave a comment There’s More to the Romans Road to Salvation Posted onNovember 14, 2016bySteve Husting In most cases of the gospel proclamation, the message preached is about entering into salvation. The Romans Road is often used ...
1 Peter 2:21-25Jesus suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow. Despite His suffering, He did not sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. When He was insulted while on the cross, He did not retaliate. Instead He entrusted Himself to the one who judges rightly...
Ch. 9, The Fall of the First Parents, the Beginning of Human Suffering “… I. The cause of the transgression of Adam and Eve was neither God nor a decree of God, nor the withholding of any special grace, nor the permission to fall, nor any naturally incited motive, nor the providen...