We could talk about the Ten Plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, the conquest of Canaan, Gideon's victory over the Midianites, the storm that
God sent upon the wayward Jonah, and so on.
Not exact matches
Each side
sends out as many gullible followers as they can find or buy and they
send them to an agreed
upon place where they bash eachothers heads in and stab at eachother with spears and arrows and eventually only a few survivors will wander back to their masters covered in blood and wounds and claim Truth for their side, since whichever side won was obviously
God's chosen ones...
The spirit of the Lord
God is
upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has
sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prisons to those who are bound [Isa.
In this post, I consider a question
sent in to me by a reader about whether or not
God can look
upon sin and evil.
This is the kind of love we are talking about — not that we once
upon a time loved
God, but that he loved us and
sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with
God.
«The spirit of the Lord
God is
upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has
sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our
God; to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn in Zion — to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
God answered this vital question by
sending His Son, Jesus, as the fulfillment of the most violent religious writings, to show us that He had nothing to do with the violence, but was instead dying along with us in the midst of the violence, taking our sin and suffering
upon Himself, bearing our guilt and shame in His own being, all for the sake of those He loved.
Their sin cut them off irrevocably from
God and so
God decided to repair the damage done by
sending his Son to take that sin
upon himself and so restore human beings to righteousness.
God sent this [fill in the blank catastrophe here] to warn us that if we don't return to
God, he will
send more death and destruction
upon us all until our nation is no more!
If a missionary is not available,
God could
send angels to teach these people, or through the Holy Spirit moving like wind
upon the earth,
God could simply whisper more revelation to those who are responding to the truth they have received.
Or are we teaching them, like Jonah, that
God is vengeful and angry, loves to punish and destroy, and
sends suffering and pain
upon the wicked?
Islam mentioned this for the longest time and as you can imagine, at a time when people had no access or means to verify those claims (people like yourself, opted to disbelief and argue about the existence of
God) but now that those scientific «discoveries» became realities and the same as supported by the Quran (that was
sent to Prophet Mohammed, Peace and Blessings be
upon him), from
God), it only solidifies Islam as the true religion of
God.
God said he would
send his strong delusion
upon the world, for not believing in the truth.
Islam came and reaffirmed the ONE
God who
sent all the Prophets and Messengers (Peace and Blessings be
upon them all) so please stop saying nonsense.
Today as i was thinking about Jesus
sending the demons into the pigs and i thought
God is not punishing but judging and he made a decision.This idea came from your other discussion which i believe is what he does he decides to make a judgement call he is sovereign and it shows his tender heart and mercy that not a single person was afflicted.The pigs unlike men have no soul so have no eternal consequence
upon them they live and they die.either way they were going to get killed.We can be assured that
Gods judgements are right and just the pork was going to the gentile nations who worshipped other
Gods and no doubt would have been offered to idols so there is a consequence when we disobey the Laws of
God even even when we do nt know or understand his laws.brentnz
with all and full respect; You know that your used name is dear to my heart, for having been a believer in
God the Creator of the whole Universe he has all the beautiful names that we know or do not know, I believe that
God starched his hand to mankind in love,
sending among them his prophets and messengers to warn and guide to righteous, am not told to force belief or religion
upon people of any faith or of non faith, am a mere reminder and Warner to my self and whom my want to know and judge their senses life is a spiritual challenge, life is a maze and only if make use of the heavenly codes that could be found in All Scriptures of
God that was relaid
upon mankind from prophets & messengers from Adam to Noah to Abrahim to Musa to Issa to Muhammed which many obviously seem to Ignore!!
People believed that if you sinned, one way
God might punish you is by
sending a sickness
upon you.
Now that is faith: when a man believes in
God, the Lord of all, who made heaven and earth, and the seas and all that is in them; he made Adam in his image; he gave the Law to Moses; he
sent his spirit
upon the prophets.
It is about the end times delusion
God will
send upon the world.
God sent judgment
upon Israel and Judah numerous times and eventually both nations were taken away into captivity.
13 Accordingly, when Jesus
sent out messengers to proclaim, as he had himself proclaimed, «The kingdom of
God is
upon you,» they are represented as reapers: «The crop is heavy, but laborers are scarce; you must therefore beg the owner to
send laborers to harvest his crop.
Then Saul
sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of
God came
upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied.
It is strikingly close to the Christian emphasis
upon the overflowing love of
God: «So immense is this love and compassion that
God has intervened to guide and save humanity in a perfect way many times and in many places, by
sending prophets and scriptures.»
Not only did
God humble Himself by
sending His Son to earth, but He included the lowly, despised and looked down -
upon to be a part of the special day that would forever change history.
They believed that since there was no other elect people in the world, that
God would never judge them, would never
send his wrath
upon them, because if He did, He would not be able to accomplish His purposes in the world.
It is apostolic in that it is based
upon the apostolic gospel or good news of
God «in Christ... reconciling the world to himself» and is truly «
sent» (the root meaning of the Greek word behind «apostolic» is «
sending»), like its Lord, to bring such reconciliation to the children of
God.
If my hypothesis is true, isn't saying «
God willed your children to die in a burning car while you watched» the same thing as saying, «
God sent a flood
upon the earth so that everything which had breath died a horrible death by drowning»?
Make us to love; move in
upon us, work through us, put pressure on our little selfish lives, so that we may love «that which thou dost command» — the things, the places, the times, the persons, the circumstances in which
God has
sent us, the whole realm of the divine ordering of things.
For example, when someone I went to high school with and had not spoken to in 20 years found out I was a SAHD, he took it
upon himself to
send me email after email about how I was acting outside of
God's will.
In Jonah 1:4,
God sends a storm
upon Jonah and the ship that carries him to Tarshish.
If there is one thing we learn from Isaiah 54 about the flood, it is that although it appears as if
God sent the flood as punishment, it actually came as a result of humanities departure from the protective hand of
God, and because the destroyer had set out to bring destruction
upon the people of the earth as the just consequence for their great sin.
God sent fire and brimstone
upon Sodom and Gomorrah, the Ten Plagues
upon Egypt, and a storm on the ship carrying Jonah.
11For this reason
God will
send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 12in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
For example,
God tells Noah to build an ark because He is going to
send a flood
upon the entire earth.
However, if,
upon the end of our lives, I believed in Jesus and you didn't, You my friend, are in deep trouble, slain before the Throne of
God,
sent for complete destruction in a real place called HELL.»
God sent the revelation in the original form of the Torah & the Gospel in their original forms to Moses & Christ peace be
upon both of them then people corrupted them.
Jesus was a man of sorrow aquainted Isaiah 53:3 (not desired to be looked
upon) Jesus was a human just like the rest of us,
sent from
God.
Saul
sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of
God came
upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
First, in previous posts, I have argued that
God did not actively «
send» the flood, but that it came
upon the earth as a natural consequence to mankind's rebellion.
But the people thought they knew better than
God, and wanted to live their own way, despite the fact that He poured out His love and care
upon them, and even
sent righteous Noah to warn them about the flood that was coming.
See, if you believe cancer is
sent by
God and is always His mysterious will, then you have no basis
upon which to seek out the causes of cancer and remove them.
They were to observe the rules set forth in his interpretation of the Law, his Halakak, and submit themselves to the guidance of the Spirit, which he had
sent upon them from his place at
God's right hand.
It is only because
God can look
upon sin that He
sent His son Jesus Christ to do something about sin, and it is only because
God can be near sin that He is able to be with each one of us in the midst of our sin and filth.
Now the Jews had an opinion that the destruction of this army was
sent as a punishment
upon Herod, and a mark of
God's displeasure to him.
Amos employed them as symbols of the coming punishment which
God would
send upon Israel, and from him they passed into somewhat common prophetic imagery of the coming great day.
The gospel is the good news that
God, who is more holy than we can imagine, looked
upon with compassion, people, who are more sinful than we would possibly admit, and
sent Jesus into history to establish His Kingdom and reconcile people and the world to himself.
The gospel is the good news that
God, who is more holy than we can imagine, looked
upon with compassion, people, who are more sinful than we would possibly admit, and
sent Jesus into history to establish his Kingdom and reconcile people and the world to himself.
They were a wicked a perverse people, and Jonah was
sent by
God to preach
God's impending judgment
upon them.
God has decided to smite humanity and
sends his legions of angels down
upon us.
i came
upon a testimony while searching the internet, someone testifying of a
God fearing lender that gave her a loan amount of $ 80,000 USDollars, I thought of giving a try if really the company can help me out of my financial problems, i
sent a mail to them