Sentence examples for refuse god from inspiring English sources

Bell concedes this possibility, although he's not sure that any human could refuse God forever.

The clever thing about the free will defence is that it includes those who don't believe in God as well as those who do: Augustine can respond to atheists by pointing out that their disbelief expresses their God-given freedom to refuse God.

And if they refuse, "God's punishment will be come down upon you," the letter says.

We turn from the God of mercy and refuse God's mercy -- mercy toward ourselves, mercy toward others, mercy towards our enemies, mercy toward creation and all creatures.

He alone of the angels refuses God's order to bow before Adam, the first man.

The alternative is hell, which Dr. King sometimes defined as the pain we inflict on ourselves by refusing God's grace.

He was called by God to deliver a message of redemption to the people of the Assyrian city of Nineveh, but he refused God's command.

Unfortunately, in the Islamic tradition, Shaytan or Iblis was a jinn who similarly refused God's order to bow down to Adam.

And if we refused God's love, Weil says, "God comes back again and again like a beggar". Weil believed that God's love becomes incarnate in us when we pay attention to others.

Cassandra accepted the proposal, received the gift, and then refused the god her favours.

In the weeks leading up to her discharge, her doctors urged her to make arrangements for housing and follow-up care, but Linda refused, saying, "God will provide".