God speaks into our lives in lots of different ways, but we need to remember that while God's revelation is pure, we are not.
Not exact matches
If we were ever able to look outside of Acts 2 to understand true biblical community, we would know how to
speak into one another's
lives about where we are running from
God.
The proof is in the pudding so to
speak, since man was created by
God in His image, there is within every person the knowledge of
God.Standard equipment.In order to become an atheist you first have to lie yourself past your inner knowledge of
God.You have to ignore your
life, your spirit, your environment and the whole of creation.That takes a lot of lying to oneself, and you have to buy
into a lot more lies to get there.This is not made up, it is a part of the process that ultimately allows the created to deny the creator,
God.Deep down every atheist knows they are a liar, but as with any repeated sin the suppressed truth gets farther away, and harder to recognize.
God bless
Through this revelation, therefore, the invisible
God out of the abundance of His love
speaks to men as friends and
lives among them, so that He may invite and take them
into fellowship with Himself.
His word from the Lord
spoke into the chaos and confusion of a people who had suffered not only a disruption of
life, but also a disrupted understanding of
God.
One of these that remains in my memory was a time when this simple man, who complained to his confessor that he does not know how to
speak, talked late
into the night about the nature of
God and indeed what
life with
God is.
The
God that
spoke the universe
into existence breathed
life into a clump of dirt.
Not until they decided to follow Jesus did those words
speak to them, or we might say not until then did
God use those words to
speak into their
lives.
But
God has been
speaking in secular ways to men and women through the ages; he has led them
into more of the truth about the structure and functioning of the world in which they
live; he is at work in the areas of human study, explorations research, and enquiry, which have given us this «new» world.
And, if it can be shown that
God spoke to such a people in the past, we can more readily believe that the
living Lord of history can come
into my
life today and transform it by his presence.
I believe this practice, however, is the most basic and fundamental spiritual practice, and when a person learns to
live life with
God, this allows
God to
speak into their mind, and work in their
life in ways that lead to other spiritual practices.
only reason y i say this is because of Santification, once we give our
life to the Lord, we streight way (so to
speak) begin the process of Santification, this is Christ making us like him, and this Is SUFFERING It does nt happen over night, but for the duration of our time here, as you have said, its sort of like sin being done unto us, and we are handleing it just like Christ did, (with Love) of coarse with the help of the Holy Spirit, This Does NOT feel Good At ALL since our soulful flesh is Corrupt, (but our spirit is saved) This is were your trails and tribulation, your own desire, and All play apart, Now Moment by Moment we choose by our own will, And Jesus helps in these times, as he was tempeted, but without sin, The devil can do nothing but try and decieve the Christian
into thinking that he has to work for his salvation as you have said, this thing here is about your Inheritance In Christ, Its gonna be some show nought broke christian in Heaven, because their trying to set of for themseleve trasure on earth, and their is going to be weeping and gnat of teeth, but it wont be, because of their going to Hell, It will be cause they miss out on what they could have had, and it is Devistation, cause they waste so much time, and they wont be able to attend the wedding, supper of the lamb, they wont be, getting the position over city, galacy, ectt... just check it out some of the points i have made,
God Bless you!
Undoubtedly
God uses other writings, events, people and circumstances to also
speak into our
lives.
Within the Jewish - Christian tradition, this refreshment and companionship is given a supreme and clear statement in the language in which the biblical writers
speak of
God as the
living one who identifies himself with his creatures, works for their healing, enables them to experience newness of
life, and enters
into fellowship with them.
It is surely central to the religious
life to enter
into commerce with
God, to
speak to Him and be answered, to have
God respond to one's situation, to have
God act on and in us at certain crucial moments.
That conceptuality
speaks of the fashion in which events or occasions are received
into the divine
life, making a difference to
God; it also
speaks of the way in which
God gives back, as it were, the past event — it «floods back
into the world», in Whitehead's way of saying it — so that it is not «dead and gone» but is effectual in the ongoing relationship between
God and the world.
For me I do believe in the Sacraments and the role they play in Salvation - Jesus did change wine
into this blood and the bread
into his body during the last supper and told believers to do this in his memory and he did foreshadow what would happen on the Cross he gave up his
life so we maybe could be saved, because not all who profess Christ is Lord or believe in
God will be saved, there are many people who claim they can abuse, sleep around, steal, cheat and that they'll still go to heave because 1 day they said the sinner's prayer, actions
speak louder then words.
The less people fake it, the more effectively we can
speak into the areas of their
lives that need the transformation of
God.
So the fact that it exists in this form and actually
speaks the
life of
God into people must be some kind of miracle.
Hence it is drawn
into the conflicts of human
life to such a degree that it can no longer
speak with that authority or objectivity which ought to be expected of those who believe in
God.
The invisible
God out of the abundance of his love
speaks to men as friends and
lives among them, so that he may invite and take them
into fellowship with himself.
But by those who have become sensitive to the fact that their freedom is a gift of
God's self - absenting, a new and invigorating relationship of love and gratitude, and one of deep, mature dependency as well, may take over their
lives and shape them
into the new creation of which St. Paul
speaks.
New Delhi said: «[This unity] is being made visible as all in each place who are baptized
into Jesus Christ and confess him as Lord and Savior are brought by the Holy Spirit
into one fully committed fellowship, holding the one apostolic faith, preaching the one gospel, breaking the one bread, joining in common prayer, and having a corporate
life reaching out in witness and service to all and who at the same time are united with the whole Christian fellowship in all places and all ages, in such wise that ministry and members are accepted by all, and that all can act and
speak together as occasion requires for the tasks to which
God calls His people.»
Try as I might, and despite all the people
speaking into my
life (and even the still small voice of
God), I find it extremely difficult to believe something other than what I have believed my entire
life.
Most of the time, Bible teachers use «repent and believe» in order to convince you that in order to be «right with
God» that you have to abandon your former, sinful way of
living, thinking, acting, and
speaking to come
into accordance with their theological system.
M.d religion is about man there is alot of man in the evangelical church as well as other churchs however the Holy spirit is the one we lean on to teach us
Gods word he reveals the scriptures just as though Jesus was teaching his disciples in his day.Often after
speaking in parable his disciples would ask what he meant and he would give them insight
into the messages.I find for me if i struggle understanding a topic i ask the holy spirit to help me if you havent received him just invite him
into your
life if you have already confessed Jesus as your Lord and savior.We can not
live a christian
life without him.He is the one who empowers us to
live righteously rather than according to our old nature.In the last year or so he has been showing me extraordinary insight
into the word its new its fresh he is amazing.brentnz
We would undoubtedly stop short of longing for the early death about which Paul
speaks, but we share the same temptation, to retreat from the world
into a churchly style of
life which equates Jesus» presence with the church and not the world and which unwittingly denies
God sovereignty over the whole world of which he is creator and lord.
By seeing this rub for what it is, a permanent problem for a nation which would
live under its own laws (not to
speak of the laws of nature's
God), we are all made
into conservatives — and liberals.
Gary: To do a thing apart from His Spirit is just self works: It is not in and by The Faith of the Son of
God: Paul said; he
lives by the Faith of the Son of
God, that comes with the in workings of the Holy Spirit: Even as Paul says; follow me as am of Christ: This was Paul commission: Little Children I labour in birth again until Christ be formed in you, this takes us from self works
into the in workings of the Holy Spirit, that we too are conformed
into the image and likeness of Christ, as Christ is formed in us: Even as it was with Peter's commission, Peter when thouest is converted convert thine brethren: But we can see many left Jesus and Paul when it can time for the strong meat to be had: So too is it in each generation: The great falling away, that only the faithful remain: Thank - you Gary; In Jesus name Alexandria: P.S. if Peter or Jesus or Paul would stand here today in your presence and
speak forth what they
spoke forth then, would you truly receive them??? Now it is the Christ in us that comes forth to minister the Words of the Lord through others as they: That is why Christ is not divided, those of the same Spirit will know because we
speak the same things in and by His Holy Spirit:
The Bible does not say if
God used and evolutionary process when He
spoke life into being.
Without getting
into the issue of homosexuality, I understand what you are saying about Christians who «use»
God's love as a license to
live however they want to
live regardless of what
God may be
speaking into their hearts directly or indirectly.
But if we are missing out opportunities to hear from
God or
speak truth
into other people's
lives, then what's really the point of all this anyway?
I now read the Bible as a
living history book not just a book filled with great stories or â $ œMythologyâ $ I believe in a
God that can look out
into utter darkness and
speak the words â $ œlet there be light â $ œ and immediately billions of suns burst
into existence (and continue to do so) and, one who knows our every thought.
Joseph had it super rough (sold
into slavery by his family, imprisoned, falsely accused) but it was only because his
life was so excruciating that
God was able to use him to the extent he did and raise him to the heights he did (Prime Minister of Egypt, so to
speak).
Of course, this is only possible with the Spirit of
God who
spoke the world
into existence, and who can resurrect the sin - dead heart of a man, and breathe
life into his soul.»
Many years ago
God spoke into me and gave me a vision of my
life.
The complex, bittersweet relationship that occurs between adoptive parents and birth parents is impossible to put
into words, but we have used it as an opportunity to
speak the truth of
God's love
into their
lives every chance we've had.