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¶ … Ontological Presence and Activity of the Living Lord Jesus within and Through the Christian.
Christianity's real meaning is described as an ontological instead of epistemological. The phrase "ontology" is deduced from two Greek words: ontos signifying 'being" and logos signifying "study" and illustrating 'study of the logical consideration of." Ontology is defined as the philosophical study of being. It takes into account the whole subject of existence and being. Most particularly, we are applying 'ontology' as describing the heavenly being of God, the creator, together with his personal relationship to His own created beings. God's personal being, the I AM (Exod. 3:14), as well as the relationship He has with human beings ought to be ontologically instead of epistemologically thought about (Fowler, p1).
He came into the world as a man with the aim of taking away man's sin, to vicariously endure the consequences of sins of man, to reinstate humankind with His heavenly life, the reinstatement of functional humanity through the ontological existence of Christ's spirit in man's spirit. This is the grace characteristic of Christianity in which the far-reaching uniqueness of the heavenly act (deliverance, sanctification, validation, etc.) is...
Hence, harmartiology is the study of sin. From a biblical point-of-view, the study entails the manner through which sin got into the world, how sin affects the world currently, the answer to issue of sin among humanity, sin's judgment, and the eradication of sin at the end of time (Harmartiology, p1).
Before looking into the different aspects of sin, Harmatiology first offers a biblical description of sin. Sin refers to the "missing mark" of the righteousness of God, via deviance of laws or opposition against His reign. According to the Bible, we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23, as cited in Harmartiology, p1). Whereas some individuals actually sin more than others, "there is no one righteous, not even one" (Romans 3:10 NIV, as cited in Harmartiology, p1). Jesus taught His followers that "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment;…
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N.A. Harmartiology - What is it? Compelling Truth. Accessed on October 6, 2015, from: http://www.compellingtruth.org/Hamartiology.html
N.A. "What is Soteriology?" Accessed on October 6, 2015, from: http://www.gotquestions.org/Soteriology.html
N.A. Jesus' Teachings on Value. Technology and Christian 'Values'. Accessed on October 6, 2015, from: http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~funkk/Technology/JesusTeachings.html.
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