Sometimes Christians need to judge Christians live in a fallen world‚ where there are genocides‚ hate crimes‚ slander‚ sin and brokenness. Because believers should be “in the world and not of the world”(John 15:19)‚ we should be the light in this troubling world. However‚ the attempt at being the light in the world can throw off some unbelievers. Judgement according to the general web is to “form an opinion of something.” In this case‚ we should form Christ-like opinions‚ and see lifestyles from
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is dealt with prior to the confrontation” (McConnell‚ 2010). At this stage one should admit and confess their sin… “Jesus links repentance with forgiveness in Matthew 6:12 where He says ‘And forgive us our debts‚ As we forgive our debtors.’ The ‘as’ that joins them together shows the need for balance between the two practices… So the first obstacle to repentance is seeing our brother’s sin much more clearly than we see our own. One way to find out if this is the case is to ask yourself‚ ‘Do I do the
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Edwards incorporates simile‚ personification‚ and metaphor as his rhetorical techniques within his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Edwards incorporates rhetorical devices as a means to terrorize and persuade Puritans and to repent their sins. Throughout his sermon‚ Edward utilizes details and God himself to construct a frightening corollary for sinners in the after life. Edward emphasizes how dreadful and cruel the wrath of God truly is. For instance‚ Edward compares the "destruction"
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Base on “black veil‚” had a symbol beneath which i lived and die. I looked around me‚ and lo. On everything the visage black veil. “Beloved and respect as you are‚ there may be whisper‚ that you’re hide your face under the consciousness of the secret sin. As we read this story “God is the most powerful man and can strike on anyone at anytime‚ but doesn’t.” because “ The bow of god’s wrath is bent‚ and the arrow’s made ready on the string.
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Alcohol will be banned when people will understand that alcohol is bad. The damage alcohol does to a person is indeed considerable. Like all drugs that have an effect on the brain‚ alcohol soon has one addicted. The side-effects of alcohol consumption are poor health‚ impaired judgment‚ violence‚ broken careers‚ broken families‚ lost opportunities‚ lost fortunes‚ incoherence and disorientation in society. I doubt that talking and preaching about the evil effects of alcohol will have a substantial
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C.S. Lewis argues that he is not looking from the view point specific to a certain branch of Christianity‚ while he is anglican. The name Christians was first given at antioch (Acts 11:26) to ‘the disciples’. To those who accepted the teachings of the apostles. The book started as Radio broadcast delivered from 1942-1944 in WW2. He served in WW1. Lewis ‘ Christianity is not philosophy or theology but a way of life. The Law of Human Nature People are moral creatures. The Law of Nature refers
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hypocrites do… to be honoured by men” (Matt. 6:2). The Whiskey Priest does not look to find ways to be powerful or to have glory‚ it is his simple actions coming from a good conscience that bring the power and glory to him. Even though the Priest lives in sin‚ people still see good in him‚ in that‚ “it’s good to see a priest with a conscience” (Greene 2003‚ 182)‚ it shows the love that is comes out of him. The Priest finally learns to love‚ fulfilling many elements from the Sermon on the Mount. Glory is
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she has a bigger chance of losing. The spider knows that it cannot fight the wasp and so it doesn’t because it does not want to lose. “To tangle Adams race Iris stratagems To their Destruction‚ spoil’d‚ made base By venom things Damn’d sins.” (Lines 36-40) Taylor implies that we may all be born
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people of the Americas were undertaken in drastically different ways. Preachers took the avenue of religion‚ while academics used the philosophies and logic of the enlightenment to teach people. Preachers often only cared that their followers were sin-free‚ while philosophers wanted their audience to come to a self-realization of their moral code. Jonathan Edwards‚ an austere pastor‚ and Benjamin Franklin‚ a Renaissance
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it.” (Chap. XV Sect. 3). All humans are born with this sinful nature‚ which we cannot escape unless we repent to God. It is very important to note that emotional breakdowns are not repentance. Repentance is motivation by conviction to turn away from sin. If you keep rejecting the motivation by conviction that God gives you‚ you will become hard hearted. Since the dawn of time Christians have hated the way guilt feels from God‚ most of the time they will quit believing the Truth because of this. In
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