Sentences with phrase «man dominion over»

He believes, with the Testament, that God created the universe and called it good, that God gave man dominion over the things of nature and expected man to enjoy them, Christianity has fought off these religions and heresies which called creation evil.

To some degree it must do, since it is improbable that any writer would make God give even a shadow of his own unique likeness to a Creature that had nothing in common with him; and this common - sense conclusion is confirmed by the fact that God entrusts to man dominion over his new and wonderful earth and its other inhabitants.

God gives man dominion over a perfect creation and a free will to choose good (God) or evil (Satan).

But God has not given man dominion over his own soul, to save himself by his own goodness or wisdom from either inner dissolution or outward destruction.

Creationism is a failed concept because if taken to its logical conclusion it gives Man dominion over God.

Not exact matches

You assert that God gave humans dominion over all the plants and animals — therefore, Man is the predilect object of God's Creation.

GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»

So at least to some, one would think they have a view that man has dominion over all other living things.

By contrast, the Genesis injunction to man to have «dominion» over the other creatures does actually mean «domination»» hence it should be «retired.»

Jesus restored to man the dominion (ruler - ship) he lost over the earth.

If man is not the predilect object of Creation, then why did God give us dominion over the entire planet?

Man must work for his living, then return to the dust, but no revocation of dominion over the creatures.

Darryl like you i also know that without him i can do nothing i am weak but in him we are overcomers its a good place to be dependent on him he can use us when we are in that place i believe God has plans for you that is why the enemy is playing mind games i had a season of that he does nt bother me now as i fire scripture back at him.Like greater is the lord in me than he that is in the world.Sin shall not have dominion over me.In my weakness i am strong in Christ.Weakness is not an excuse to give in or give up its our opportunity to trust God and walk in his strength and power.You are a mighty man of God you tell the devil to flee in Jesus name and he will.

In the creation narrative, men and women were both given an equal responsibility to bear God's image, have dominion /» rule» over creation, and be fruitful.

Nor were animals and the forces of nature to be bowed down to by man as in pagan religion; rather man, as a rational being made in the image of God, was to exercise dominion over them.

Men and women are made for one another, to be fruitful and replenish the earth, and to have dominion over it.

But in the Old Testament man is regarded as the very crown of creation, entrusted with dominion over all other forms of life.

Christianity has been subject to much recent criticism for its acquiescence — even encouragement — of the exploitation of nature, said to be based on the verse in Genesis where God gave man «dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle and over all the earth» (Genesis 1, 26 AV.).

To cite again the Genesis story, God has given man the right to «have dominion,» that is, to exercise stewardship, over all that he has made (Genesis 1: 28 - 29).

In documenting the first indictment authors often cite Genesis 1:26: «Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.»

In seeking to root out man's claim to a special status in the universe, deep ecologists are pagan pantheists who reject biblical religion, especially the injunction of Genesis 1:28 to «Fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the seas, the birds of the sky, and all the living beings that move on this earth.»

Anyone who uses religion or ethnic cleansing as an excuse to have power and dominion over thier fellow man like Iran, Pakistan, and the Sudan does internally and through importing terror through the likes of aL - Qaeda, Hezbollah or the Janjaweed.

Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz

When God created the Earth in the Bible in six days and gave Man asnd Women dominion over the Earth, God gave us a responsibility to take care of the Earth (i.e. the Environment).

12But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Because in doing so — they endorse that a woman would have dominion over a man — specifically 100 men — The Senate.

I've always wanted to find an american christian evangelical who believes and follows the quote — that women should hold no dominion over men — and ask them if they voted for McCain.

In Genesis 1:26 - 28 we are told that God addressed the divine beings who made up the heavenly council, proposing that they make man in the divine image and that he be given dominion over all living things.

Man is given dominion over all things on the earth (Genesis 1:28) and science may be thought of as one form of such dominion.

It begins with an epigraph from Genesis 1:28: «Let man have dominion over the fishes of the sea...» But men have no such dominion; the sea has dominion, as the Quaker fishermen and Ahab's whalers knew.

Irenaeus therefore made a distinction between the image of God which is man's distinctive endowment of reason, his dominion over nature, and his creaturely dignity; and the similitude to God which is faith, hope and love, that is, the full and righteous relation which man is supposed to enjoy as God's creature.

Men's dominion over women is a result of the fall and is, therefore, something to be overcome in Christ, however imperfectly, in this life.

Since a social group may profitably organize itself around more than one set of ideals (AI 356f), it becomes necessary to use a certain amount of «compulsory dominion of men over men» in order to secure «the coordination of behavior necessary for social welfare» (AI 108f, cf. 218).

As species, man produces the configurations of history, culture, society, technology, politics, economics, the arts and religion which serve as his «life - world» and represent his «dominion over the earth.»

It is rather that the Word and the church will be interpreted to them as God's will for the freedom of man to live a human life, to fight against the demonic forces of his own nature that seek dominion over social as well as personal life, to order his life by structures of love and justice relevant to the conditions of society.

He even sent His Son to redeem us and restore power and dominion [ruler - ship over the earth] back to man.

Then God said, «Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.»

«And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let THEM have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.»

26Then God [Elohim] said, «Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.»

@Evan 1) The Design Argument This argument is an example of the anthropocentrism that is engendered by the Genesis account of creation in which the world is created so that man may have dominion over it.

For in their faith they are vindicated as immortal souls, and from this enhancement of their dignity they find the reason why they must offer a perpetual challenge to the dominion of men over men.

Man has God given dominion over this planet.

A scientist's quest to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease unintentionally results in a highly intelligent chimpanzee, which may signal the end of man's dominion over Earth.

However, the great hero of Eternia, He - Man (Lundgren, The Punisher), is still free, and with his cronies, the faithful Man - at - War (Cypher, «Hill St. Blues») and his daughter Teela (Field, The Last Boyscout), he seeks to thwart Skeletor's plans for dominion over Eternia and restore Castle Grayskull back to its original state.

But for Toller, the faith of those early founders, who once used their chapel to shelter slaves fleeing north along the Underground Railroad, stands in stark contrast to the slick, corporatized hypocrisy of the modern American church — an institution that has betrayed its believers, its mission and, above all, the Earth over which God decreed that man should have dominion.

Without adequate food or medical supplies, the men become fodder from the wild arctic wolves who have laid dominion over the territory, and want this new threat dead.

Our great country was founded by Christians and the Constitution was written by Christians who followed the teachings of a religion which says, 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

I'm sure there are many others who hold that view, and who'd point out that man — by virtue of that «dominion» he has over other animals, by virtue of being the superior, more developed being, by virtue of his position atop civilized society — has every right to chow down on his dog when trapped in the wilderness with no other options available.

What started out as a somewhat simple story involving genetic memory and a secret war between a cadre of assassins and the Knights Templar has spiraled out into a nearly convoluted tale about space Romans who held dominion over Man until they rebelled and Adam and Eve became the first Assassins.