Redemptive suffering Redemptive suffering Redemptive suffering is the Christian belief that human suffering, when accepted and offered up in union with the Passion of Jesus, can remit the just punishment for one's sins or for the sins of another, or for the other physical or spiritual needs of oneself or another. Like an indulgence, redemptive suffering does not gain the individual "forgiveness" for their sin; forgiveness results from God’s grace, freely given through Christ, which cannot be earned. After one's sins are forgiven, the individual's suffering can reduce the "penalty" due for sin. Christians believe that God loves mankind so much that
Christians Talmudic term originally derived from the fact that Jesus came from the Galilean village of Nazareth, today in northern Israel. Adherents of Messianic Judaism are referred to in modern Hebrew as יְהוּדִים מְשִׁיחִיִּים ("Yehudim Meshihi'im"—"Messianic Jews"). In Arabic-speaking cultures, two words are commonly used for Christians: "Naṣrānī" (), plural "Naṣārā" () is generally understood to be derived from Nazareth through the Syriac (Aramaic); "Masīḥī" () means followers of the Messiah. Where there is a distinction, "Nasrani" refers to people from a Christian culture and "Masihi" is used by Christians themselves for those with a religious faith in Jesus. In some