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    There is a lot that could be said about the righteousness of God. Simply put, righteousness is the life of God. It is a pure or undefiled state of existence. Everything about God is righteousness, and everyone who has been born of God through the cross of Calvary has been given this nature of God. This is the nature of life and purity. God is a spirit and when He birthed us, He recreated us in spirit so that we may once again be like Him. When we were born again in the spirit, the Lord gave us His

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    self influenced? The nature or origin of sin is depicted throughout history, literature and philosophy in numerous ways and has been, and will continue to be, a topic of intense debate. While many believe that it is temptation and the acts of the devil that lure us to evil ways and that it is he who truly brings about the darkness within man, others consider man as being principally in control of our own actions, and that due to this we are wholly the dictators of our own sinful behaviour. Dante

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    man would only owe a debt to God but thought that somehow man owed the devil a debt. Anselm was able to change how we viewed the sacrifice of Jesus Christ along with the relationship of atonement and incarnation in relationship to his act and the relationship those two ideas have to each

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    The Devils Highway Valdivia 1 Have you ever wonder why they built borders? Or who built them? Or who prevents and controls illegals from crossing, and what they do to accomplish them from crossing? In the book, The Devils Highway, by Luis Alberto Urrea defines the effects the desert has to offer for the immigrant’s entrance. The Devils High Way is a measureless desert past Mexico and Sonora

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    The Devil In Black The cry of the storm rings out, Crashing thunder calling out in the distance. Roaring lighting flashing throughout the sky, But because she is near, I have nothing to fear. As the the clouds meet The light of the moon, Transforms their fury into pale wisp of gray, and the raging tempest Morphs into a calm halo of night. As if to let me know all my sins will soon be set right. At the cross road tracks, We stand face to face With her outstretched hand, wating, Prepared to seal

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    Most citizens have never thought about the devil who captures the souls of the dead. In the short story, “The Devil and Daniel Webster”, by Stephen Vincent Benet is about a devil who captures the souls of the dead. Jabez Stones is a male who lived in Cross Corners, New Hampshire. Throughout Jabez Stone’s life, Jabez Stone was an unfortunate man. If Jabez planted corn, he would get borers; if Jabez planted potatoes on his land, he would get blight. Since Jabez Stone was an unfortunate man, Jabez had

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    with other meanings such as representing a soul denied entry to both Heaven and Hell. The story regarding this goes Jack was parading through town and came across Satan or the devil and tricked him into climbing up a tree in which he then etched the cross in the tree trapping him there he then struck a deal with the devil saying if you keep me from going to hell I

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    called the “Red Devil Run.” Basically, the Red Devil Run was this race where all of the gym kids would run from the gym doors to a tree about two hundred meters away, and then back to the gym. We would run back and forth and see how many laps we could run in twenty minutes. In the fourth grade, I could barely get in three laps. When fifth grade came around, I decided that I wanted to make a change. I started running every day over the summer just so I would be prepared for the Red Devil Run. Long story

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    Theories Of Atonement

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    is possible, and be a perfectly orthodox believer'. Due to this, over the years theologians have formulated a myriad of types, models and theories. Alister McGrath helpfully groups these into four themes (the cross as a sacrifice, the cross as a victory, the cross and forgiveness, and the cross as a moral example). It is by these four that we will divide the atonement and address the question. The task in

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    Gethsemane is olive press and a place Jesus loved to visit. While He came here with His disciples, He desired the disciples to sit and wait while He alone talked to His Father. Jesus did not want to die, to go through the anguish and pain of a shameful cross, asking if there be any other way to remove the cup from Him, but let it not be according to His will, but the will of God His Father. No other way could be found, no other perfect sacrifice without spot, no other blood that was pure, and time

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