Why does God command us to enter into the pain of
abhorring what is evil?
If we are talking about a larger context... Romans 12:9 seems to echo a solution to the apparent dichotomy between «love your neighbor» and «not peace, but a sword»... «Let love be without hypocrisy,
abhor what is evil, cling to what is good».
In the state of acedia, Snell explains, one «
abhors what God has given, namely, reality and its limits of order.»
«
Abhor what is evil,» is a New Testament commandment that too often is ignored and disobeyed (Romans 12:9).
Abhor what is evil.Cling to what is good.Be kindly and affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
Not exact matches
What I learned from the story of Adam and Eve was that religion
abhors knowledge!
As a cradle Catholic I
abhor the church's telling me
what to think,... after all, the Creator gave us each a brain and a conscience... the church doesn't want us using these gifts... only pray, pay and OBEY!
As part of my own story, it was once I realised that the «pace» issue was
what I
abhorred I was able to get back on / in the treadmill / church, and to enjoy the experience.
What they
abhor is the work of actually sorting out any specific moral controversy.
That's just one example of
what we
abhor about your «religion».
I have had people use Westboro Baptist as an example of this comparison and while I
abhor them and there horrible behavior I still havent seen a head rolling down the street and ir the attempt to ENFORCE
what they believe.
I don't
abhor who and
what I am now, but that doesn't mean I want to stay here
You know, Mike From Iowa, as much as I normally
abhor name - calling in
what is supposed to be polite conversation, sometimes «
what a dork» is pretty much the only reasonable response.
I'm curious, why do you so
abhor clearly stating
what you are claiming?
For example
what is wrong with
abhoring tax avoidance and evasion clearly and without caveat?
Tomorrow is the first round of
what could be the most consequential presidential electon in half a century; right - wing nationalist Marine Le Pen of the National Front,
abhorred by most French academics, is expected to proceed to the 7 May run - off easily.
What's more conducive to a harmonious gathering is to choose to view our differences as uniqueness, to be appreciated, not
abhorred.
Folks will either freak out over this album or
abhor its very existence, and that is exactly
what makes it so good.
While I
abhor most 3D films nowadays — if you have a 3D television — you will love
what the animators did with this one.
It is also a comical and entertaining account of A Man Called Ove and his peculiar ways... an honest man with strict principles who
abhors «the men in white shirts» that have done him wrong, a man who fights for
what's right, a man who will no longer be cheated out of a kroner, a man who eventually becomes (view spoiler)[a hero and loved by all.
He has a lot to get off his chest about
what he came to
abhor (e.g. our gridlocked, self - absorbed Congress) and about the troops he came to love, increasingly affected by having to send young Americans to war, to die or be maimed physically and psychologically.
Instead,
what we are seeing is
what psychologists call «motivated reasoning» — people hear about something they
abhor and they find reasons to justify their dissent.
What every administration
abhors is a minority report.
E-people
abhor all this: they don't know
what a paper form is, they do most of their business from wherever they are and whenever it suits them, they always Google before and while they are talking to experts, and they hate answering a question more than once.
Just because markets
abhor uncertainty, it is
what pulling the Sensex down.