Sentences with phrase «answer from scripture»

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From Christian Scripture Matthew 22:34 — «Jesus answered, «the first is, «Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Love your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.»

Where we can not answer our questions directly from scripture, we should have recourse to them.

And we answer them: «Since Scripture says that the mountain was wooded and had trees from which Abraham cut wood for the holocaust and laid it upon Isaac, [108] and then he left the as - ses behind with the two young men, why talk nonsense?

We may say then in answer to the question, Who is this Jesus who calls to us from the pages of scripture?

Right now, I can not answer them, and I don't see Tom, or Lou, or Dennis, trying to answer those questions from Scripture either.

Accordingly, on this night, after the usual period of questions and answers, Nathaniel took Jesus away from the others and asked: «Master, could you trust me to know the truth about the Scriptures?

A quick about Abba Pambo — a contemporary of Origen: «If we asked [him] for a word from scripture or some other thing, he would not give us an answer right away but would say, «I haven't figured out the meaning of this word yet»... It normally happened that he spent two or three whole days, or a whole week without giving us an answer saying «if I do not know what sort of fruit this will bear, whether it is a fruit of death or life, I will not speak.»»

But Jesus answered scripture with scripture, using again a verse from Deuteronomy (6:16): «You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.»

I am not a politician, nor am I an economist, so I certainly don't have all the answers, but I wonder if there is anything the church and our national welfare system could learn from the example in Scripture and how God wanted the Israelites to provide for those with needs in their country.

For example --- when I have asked Calvinists to interpret the majority of the Scripture, that reeks with the implication «that man has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject what is being communicated to them from God» from their «no inherent ability of man to accept / believe or reject» perspective, the usual answer I get is along this line is: «Yes, God communicates with man in a style that implies that man has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject what is being communicated to them from Him, but God knows that man does not have that inherent ability.»

Any time you reason the answer to scripture from your opinion and once you say this is what the scripture means then you can find other scripture to back up what you say because you just up and changed the meaning of the original text.

These questions are not without significance, touching on the person of Christ and the nature of faith, and the answers will only come from an engaged discussion of the authority of Scripture, the historical witness of the church, and the clarity with which the councils, creeds, and confessions give expression to the teaching of the Bible.

I don't have too many answers, but I do think all of us who teach Scripture need to think far beyond just the spoken words from our mouths (and the typed words on the website).

The answer is simple: Because Jesus taught from the Tanakh and his high regard for Scripture is obvious throughout the Gospels.

Its method likewise emphasised continuity with Scripture, Tradition and magisterial pronouncements since all these sources of revelation and authentic teaching were listed and learned.This allowed priests readily to answer questions from believers and respond to criticism from Protestants and non-believers.

I think being open to ideas, and observations, especially those from scripture, regarding these great questions are key to being able to finally answer these questions in a meaningful way.

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

If you started asking people, you would get answers ranging from Scripture, prayer, and angels, to nature, dreams, and inner voices.

As a young monk Martin Luther wrestled with this question year after year until he finally wrung from scripture his answer: Put your whole trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior and you will have eternal life.

However, after less than a year of study of early Christian teachings about the Scriptures from the primary Church Fathers (far less than one to two hours a week of study) I can totally answer the whole issue of God commanding the death of the Caananites, etc..

Who are we to judge what God does or allows he has his reasons who can fathom his ways he sees the end from the beginning and is not limited to time or space like we are.Does God want anything the answer is Yes he wants a relationship with us that is why he sent his son because he had a purpose in creating us.However the wages of sin is death in this scripture alone regardless of what happens here we all deserve to die God could have wiped us all out with another flood for who of us is worthy.It is by grace that we live and yes bad things do happen to good people just as it does for the wicked is it to test our faith i do not know but i do know that God gives us the grace to endure through trials and difficulty and that all things do work for Good if we love him..

As any convert can attest, there are many ups - and - downs during the journey: Struggling with doctrine followed by insights from magisterial passages coupled with Scripture, feeling still and alone followed by being overwhelmed by the presence of the saints before us, crying out to God for His presence and having Him answer in the Blessed Sacrament.

If Jesus followed the pattern of other Rabbis at the time, He would have read a text of Scripture and then explained it in detail, while answering questions or objections from the other members of the synagogue (cf. Luke 4:17 - 27).

While life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are valuable human ideals in themselves, they are by no means «God - given rights,» are not guaranteed in Scripture, and when such values are divorced from the understanding that we will answer to God, these rights become some of the greatest instruments of death, enslavement, and sadness the world has ever seen.

From the AIDS orphan I held in my arms in India, to the passages of Scripture that seemed to condone genocide, to the persuasiveness of biology textbooks, to my encounters with people of other faiths — my interactions with the world left me wondering if rehearsed answers would be enough to satisfy my doubts about my faith.

There is a question missing that should be right at the top, for everything else emanates from the answer: What if the church would start to preach and teach the unpolluted Scriptures in their true and accurate contexts, instead of the philosophized version that the world at large has labeled man - made religious myths?

Scripture can be read, interpreted, and ultimately used as a base from which to derive answers.