Justified sinner

us while we were weak and ungodly. Calvin stated that, “Being ungodly, they had need of one to die for them, to satisfy for guilt, and to bring in a righteousness”. In other words, we needed a sin offering because we were weak, godless, guilty sinners. While Christ was without sin (2 Cor. 5:21) God offered Christ for us when we were weak and ungodly. In the Old Testament sin offerings were mandatory as atonement for sin (Lev. 5:14; 6:7; 7:1-6). Douglas Moo noted that the word “godless” is always

The second reason why Christians should have a heart for abandoned children is because every Christian has experienced spiritual adoption. They have done nothing to deserve what they have been given, yet they have been shown unconditional love through Christ giving His life as a ransom. The type of love portrayed through adoption, agape love, is unconditional, it is not based on works or merit. Just as children desirous of adoption are outcasts, hopeless, and in need of rescue. Humans apart from

There are seven major historical perspective on the Atonement; Ransom Theory, Satisfaction Theory, Governmental Theory, Example Theory, Moral Influence Theory, Christus Victor and Substitutionary atonement. Ransom theory states that a commercial transaction took place in which Jesus' death was the price paid to ransom the human race from its bondage to sin. This can be found in Mark 10:45 "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many”

faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the devils believe –and tremble! But do you want to know. O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?” (James 2:18-20) A common belief among people today is that once a sinner believes in Jesus and recites a simple prayer, he is guaranteed salvation; however, the Bible teaches differently. There are examples in the New Testament, before and after the Lord’s church was established, about individuals who believed but were

William Apess persuades that Natives and Whites are on the same level in the eyes of God. In An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, William Apess condemns White Men with relentless assaults and references in the form of exegesis and anaphora. Apess directly addresses a white audience (Apess, 1). He considers his audience and recognizes their pathos, and uses exegesis to appeal to their spiritual beliefs. “Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul” and “Thou shalt

Numerous of people seem to have problems with this concept, by the fact that they can not accept or understand. People go through their quarrel by denying that they are sinners, many people feel that their sin isn’t bad enough for them to get punished for it. But they are blind to the fact that any sin is absolutely unacceptable to God. Paul commences that; “Are you still not convinced? Let me show you further proof from

dependent upon her betrayal of kin. Her punishment here would include being frozen in a lake of ice, with only her head above the surface. Even if her teeth chattered here, her mouth would probably be frozen shut. Her punishment in Caina would be justified because it would represent her sin that she committed on Earth. After she murdered her children, she did not feel any remorse at all. She was only glad that she succeeded in causing Jason’s pain. By killing her own children, she proved that she is

downsizing of all known human knowledge to logical/ scientific foundations while, natural language theorists seek to understand the way language represents reality. Furthermore, logical positivists don’t allow meaningless concepts that can’t be justified by experiments and/or logical analysis. Natural language theorists on the hand, are less concerned with which words or phrases in sentences are true and seem to care more about what kinds of meanings can be true or

Confessions by St. Augustine is a narrative that offers a unique perspective--one of a man who has dedicated his life to a Lord for whom he professes deep veneration. St. Augustine explores characteristics of his God, such as His omnipotence, benevolence, and His power to mold the lives of the mortals that He created. In Book III of the narrative, St. Augustine focuses on the Lord’s merciful aspect and how he longs to serve as a witness to the His grace. St. Augustine uses the occurrence in which

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the normal criteria that a central character fits, is not met by the apparent protagonist, John Proctor. Common traits one might expect to find in a traditional hero are humility, patience and caring. John Proctor, while he is the principal, has many qualities that could instead assume him the role of the antagonist and land him in the adversary box. His background and slight character flaws cause him to take on the personalities of both a protagonist and antagonist