According to Emptage, "this act of God demonstrates that man must pay for his sin and failure to live according to the divine covenant" (n/d). ... Only Noah and his family were free from defect and sin and "found favor in the eyes of the Lord" (Genesis 6:8). ... The Abrahamic Covenant Throughout early history mankind continued in sin, despite God's swift judgements. ... According to Allen, "Its perfect law manifested sin in the earth by establishing a standard which however, none could keep. ... It was on this day that a sacrifice was made for the sins of the entire nation of Israel...

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God wants us to be saved and go to heaven, and that includes absolutely everybody not taking into consideration their sins and past life, all he looks for is repentance and he takes care of the rest. God have up his only son, Jesus Christ, in order to save us from our sins, think that giving up your son for such an unworthy human race is self-explanatory and its significance is evident. ... If you do not meet these commandments you are living a life full of sin and you need to repent. ...

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The Holiness preachers of times past would preach this message and urge people to turn to Christ. ... The question might be rephrased as "if sin is committed within time, does its penalty deserve to be without end?... Therefore the sinner will eventually cease to exist once their sins have been sufficiently recompensed. ... Packer combats Universalism from a biblical view that salvation is past, present and future. ... He expresses this by stating "we have been saved from sin's penal...

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.# In essence, it is God's dynamite# which is used to clear away the rubble of sin so that we might "have access by one Spirit unto the Father" (Eph. 2:18). ... It stands to signify the "good news of salvation" that Jesus Christ offered an atoning sacrifice once for all (Heb. 10:10) and that He "is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 Jn. 2:2). ... Elwell notes therefore that "the gospel is the joyous proclamation of God's redemptive activity in Christ Jesus on behalf of man enslaved by sin... As we continue in this word s...

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It is sometimes seen as testing from God, punishment for sins or failing to live the covenant, or a result of human abuse of free will. ... This provides a meaning for life, a reason for humans to be kind and caring to one another and to avoid "sin" or destructive behaviour. ...

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The Church has dealt with this issue before, even with new movements such as the current Sex Positive movement going on today and past sexual revolutions, like the one in 1960, it holds firm on its stance on contraceptives. ... Contraceptives have always been a sin to other Christian sects. ...

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Darwin showed that scientific observations collect facts and through these facts we can learn things about how the past was, and therefore learn more about what is to come. ... His acts are very animalistic and after the murder the killer thinks about how God has not punished him for his sin. Darwin and other scientific findings of the Victorian times made such doubts in the Bible, that sinning is not as shocking anymore. ...

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From Saul to Paul: A Religious Conversion This paper is my account of the three different versions of Paul's conversion. To get my point across, I will cover the comparisons between the three stories, in relevance to the narrative setting, characters, intent/rhetoric, and plot. Then I will expl...

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As we go about our lives in these days and times, we look and see a division between people. More than a month ago, terrorists attacked our nation, and now, more than ever, we need spiritual guidance. Instead, we have attacked each other as a people, and burned religious edifices. We have cast down ...

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Like the Judeo-Christian religion, it speaks of an ideal golden age in the distant past and a golden age at the end of history. ... History progresses through three stages: a past era of disorder, a present era of relative peace and a future utopia of universal harmony. ... In the past, European writers on religion contrasted the light which Christianity brought with the earlier period of pagan darkness. ... The world into which Christianity came was not just sunk in sin. ... The Confucian ethic was denounced for its merely humanistic base, its oppression of women and its unprogressive venerat...

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• Grade Level: High School