Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 2 June 2023 Although the performances are strong and committed - especially Qualley’s - the movie is little more than a conversation between two people who are constantly, maybe even constitutionally, full of it. Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 3 June 2023 For Plokhy, Putin is more of an intellectual, interested in the ideas of anti-Communist dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who was passionately committed to the notion of Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians as part of the same nation, if not a single state. Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023 Prosecutor Dino Litrougis' boss, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz says Viktoria Nasyrova is a lot smarter and more committed than the average criminal defendant. Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023 Through it all, Holbrook remains committed to raising awareness about NF and the important work of the Children's Tumor Foundation.
SYNONYM FOR COMMITTED A SIN SERIES
Dominique Fluker, Essence, 6 June 2023 Unlike some of the show’s characters who, over time, have given up hope of playing their dream roles, the actors behind the series remained committed to reprising their parts in the cult classic. If you haven’t accepted Jesus as your Savior, we invite you to find peace with God today.Recent Examples on the Web She was also known to be a present and committed mother amongst her peers. The BGEA is committed to reaching the lost with the Good News that our sins can be forgiven when we make a decision for Christ.
If we will repent and turn to Jesus in faith, our sins will be forgiven, and we will receive the gift of eternal life. The good news is that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins and the sins of the whole world at the Cross. However, remember that whether our sins are relatively small or great, they will place us in hell apart from God’s grace. He also reserved His most fierce denunciations for the pride and unbelief of the religious leaders, not the sexually immoral (Matthew 23:13-36). When Jesus spoke of his second coming and judgment, he warned that among those deserving punishment some would “be beaten with many blows” and others “with few blows” (Luke 12:47-48). The sins of Sodom were identified in Ezekiel 16:49-50 as arrogance, gluttony, indifference to the poor and needy, haughtiness, and “detestable things.”
In the New Testament Jesus said it would be more bearable on the day of judgment for Sodom than for Capernaum because of Capernaum’s unbelief and refusal to repent after witnessing His miracles (Matthew 11:23-24). A thief paid restitution an occult practitioner was cut off from Israel one who committed adultery or a homosexual act or cursed his parents was put to death (see Exodus, chapter 22 and Leviticus, chapter 20). In the Old Testament, God applied different penalties to different sins, suggesting variations in the seriousness of some sins. Some have chosen sensuality, others selfishness, and still others pride or unbelief. Theologians have sought for centuries to determine what the essence of sin is. Stealing a loaf of bread is vastly different than exterminating a million people. The Bible’s statement, “For the wages of sin is death …” (Romans 6:23), applies to all sin, whether in thought, word, or deed.Īt the same time, it seems obvious that some sins are worse than others in both motivation and effects, and should be judged accordingly. In one sense, all sins are equal in that they all separate us from God.
It is always difficult and dangerous to attempt to list sins according to their degree of seriousness. Graham has also been asked whether all sins are equal in God’s eyes. We can’t forgive ourselves, nor can we change our hearts and make ourselves better in God’s eyes. This is why we need Christ, for only He can forgive us all our sins, and only He can help us live the way we should. Even when we aren’t aware of it, we commit sin by the things we do (or fail to do), or by the way we think. And this is something we do every day as the Bible says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). God’s will is like the center of that target-and when we sin, we fall short of His will or miss the mark. The arrow may only miss it a little bit or it may miss it a great deal-but the result is the same: The arrow doesn’t land where it is supposed to. He draws back his bow and sends the arrow on its way-but instead of hitting the bull’s-eye, it veers off course and misses the mark. For example, it tells us that sin is like an archer who misses the target. The Bible actually uses a number of examples or “word pictures” to illustrate what this means. God is perfect, and anything we do that falls short of His perfection is sin. A sin is any thought or action that falls short of God’s will.
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