Sentences with phrase «other scriptures need»

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In other words, just because you have all these debts does not give you the right to twist and manipulate scripture and cause people to give under fear of being cursed by God to meet your needs.

In light of scripture and the circumstances, he said, the congregation needed to stop in the middle of the service and process together to the homes of the other two families.

Wright notes that «we need to note carefully that to invoke «the literal meaning of scripture,» hoping thereby to settle a point by echoing the phraseology of the Reformers, could be valid only if we meant, not «literal» as opposed to metaphorical, but «literal» (which might include metaphorical if that, arguable, was the original sense) as opposed to the three other medieval senses...»

As a group, they might want to also go out and put into practice what they have learned in Scripture to meet the physical, emotional, and psychological needs of others in the community.

Will we affirm the sufficiency of Scripture — that the Bible is all we need for life and doctrine — or will we demand that God reveal himself to us in other ways, such as mystical raptures?»

Ratzinger and other like - minded scholars believed that aggiornamento needed to be combined with ressourcement - a «return to the sources» of Catholic theology in the Scriptures and in the early Fathers of the Church.

The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei verbum, reminds Catholics of the need to attend to the literary genres of scripture, since truth is presented and expressed differently in historical, prophetic or poetic texts, or in other styles of speech.

I think one of the reasons I blog and write is because of my spiritual giftedness and my need to disciple others and learn Scripture along with others.

There certainly is A LOT that goes into studying any single passage in Scripture, and nobody can fully wrap their mind around all of it, which is partly why I think we need each other.

I don't want to rewrite this article in english, but basically, I came to the following conclusions 1 - that Scriptures ought to be used in close interaction with daily reality (not out the blue, in abstraction, or in academic ivory tower) 2 - it ought to be interpreted by what we could call «crucified» christians 3 - and that «crucified» christian should interpret in the context of a «crucified» community / church (because being in a close knit church is a very good way to actually be «crucified» and sanctified, and because I need insight from others in my interpretations.

I just know that if someone says scripture is silent on something (ie: abortion would be another good one) does not mean it is tacitly for or against that issue... we would always need to dig deeper for an interpretation based on the intenet of other similar ideas in the bible.

I probably need to write a post explaining what scapegoating is and is not, and how to recognize it in Scripture, and (more importantly) how we scapegoat others.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

«Prosperity in scripture simply means that our needs are met and that we have enough to give to other people.

But the Scriptures make it plain; when I don't take the step to get needed wisdom from others, my way that seems right could be all wrong.

I fail to see why you need to have a» theology of scripture» before you have faith in God... or in other words, what came first....

Cant see that would be an issue i belong to two churchs one fellowships during the morning on sunday and the other at night.I find it is heathy to mix with other denominations my identity is not in the church it is in Christ.Even if the word spoken conflicts we take it back to the holy spirit to reveal the truth he will reveal what is right scripture does not contradict.That is why we need to feed ourselves and study the word the holy spirit is incredible what he reveals when we ask him.brentnz

In particular, evangelical leaders need to covenant together to avoid and publicly condemn name - calling, slanderous stereotyping, inaccurate, one - sided depictions of another's position, distortion of facts and an unwillingness to test one's views against others on the basis of Scripture.

My understanding of the Scriptures is that Christians need to point others to Jesus, who would then fill them with the Holy Spirit, enabling them to walk in the ways of God.

According to the Hebrew Scriptures, the now - fallen human race (of two) was left alone to sort out its own destiny, but we get an idea of where things were going, because the Creator did express approval of certain individuals and used his holy spirit to give them help, guidance, and power, if they had need of it, e.g. Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Daniel, and the other ancient prophets.

This allegiance to each other is MOST likely what the quoted scripture is alluding to... not some inexplainable need to absorb Eve's flesh back into Adam's body.

In the end, any theology worthy of the name would need to work out some accommodation between the structures of the Church, on the one hand, with its monarchical papal authority, its traditions and practice, and, on the other, Scripture, the written record of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, together with the records of the life and teachings of the group of His first followers.

THE BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR CHURCH IS THIS: Every Christian should gather together to hear the Scriptures and worship Jesus together with other believers weekly (see Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 2:42; Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Romans 16:5; Acts 20:20; James 2:2; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 92:13) It is also good to meet for smaller groups of Christian community in each other's homes regularly (see Acts 2:46) It's good to have leaders overseeing the work and needs of each local church — this is the Biblical pattern — not all of us are called to church leadership, and so we should submit to, and serve whoever God has called to lead at the place we find ourselves (see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 13; Philippians 1:1 b; Ephesians 4:11 - 12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Peter 5:1 - 2; Acts 20:17;) If there are believers who are unable for physical reasons to attend a church weekly, they should find a church or believers who will gather together with them regularly for worship in their own home.

This policy is based on the scripture from Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

The practice need not be proven through scripture or dictated by religious leaders nor even practiced by others.