Sentences with phrase «apostles and prophets as»

The advantages of this metaphor are the combining of elements of structure (apostles and prophets as the foundation, Christ Jesus as the cornerstone), sequence (from foundation to complete temple), and organic growth (the whole structure is joined together and grows).

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You've written off all the apostles and prophets in the bible as liars, lunatics and dreamers.

Posing as godly loved ones who have died, saintly clergymen who are now dead, Bible prophets, or even the apostles or disciples of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:13), Satan and his angels will deceive billions.

in the day, s that jesus our lord was on the earth (jesus) there was many people named jesus, just as among hispanic and central american peoples, it was a common popular name of many people, if you want to prove to your self that jesus was not married, look up what the apostle said,» i saw standing upon mount zion with the lamb 144,000, these are they that have washed thier robes and were not defilled with women, for they are virgins, jesus emphasised in parts the need and values of a husband and wife in a home, the two mary, s and the women that followed him and ministered unto him tells us the great importance of women, and women in the home, he wanted all married men to have thier own wife, in those days of so many years ago there was false prophets, storytellers, wild imaginations, he told us not to believe them, whether you are catholic, christian, islamic or any other, we can all take pride in the fact what the prohets, jesus and the apostles told us all fits jointly to gether, they were a work of love, to understand the christian bible correctly, islamic people are not rejected, but rather they are a equal, the angel told hagar to return to her mistress, he also told her he would make ishmael a blessing and his seed a great nation, regards

The Church of Jesus Christ today has a prophet like Moses, 12 apostles who represent the 12 tribes, and 70 men who also serve the people, just as in the Old and New Testament.

Today's Latter - Day saints (Mormons) believe in both the Old and New testaments, and in Another Testament, and they believe in continued revelation from God through a prophet 12 apostles, and 70 men, just as in the times of the Old and New Testaments (see Joshua 4:4, Numbers 11:16, Luke 6:13, Luke 10:1).

At this time, I lean towards the «elder» in Paul's writings to be someone that we would call a fulltime pastor / evangelist / prophet / apostle; and further, assomeone recognized as such by outsiders / non-believers.

As he enumerated the tasks of faith, being an apostle came first; being a prophet came second, preceding such essential tasks as teaching and heelinAs he enumerated the tasks of faith, being an apostle came first; being a prophet came second, preceding such essential tasks as teaching and heelinas teaching and heeling.

Angels, as we mentioned previously, are the messengers of Allah to His prophets and apostles, but Jinn, like mankind, receive the revelations through His apostles.

This emphasis on the primacy of belief was the first message of Muhammad to the Arabs, just as it was the message of all apostles and prophets; as the Qur» an says, «Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from theprophets; as the Qur» an says, «Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from theProphets received from their Lord.

Islam calls mankind to believe that Muhammad is the last of all prophets and apostles, as is made clear in the Qur» an, «Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is Aware of all things» (Surah XXXIprophets and apostles, as is made clear in the Qur» an, «Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is Aware of all things» (Surah XXXIProphets; and Allah is Aware of all things» (Surah XXXIII, 40).

In the Pauline churches official leaders such as apostles, prophets, and teachers were present, but in the act of gathered worship their role as leaders was muted by the Spirit's urging and prompting of contributions by every group member.

Apostles and prophets are the foundation of the church - as - God - wants - it (Ephesians 2:20; 3:5 - 6; 4:11).

For Luke, Paul was not an apostle in the sense of the Twelve, but was numbered among others as a prophet and teacher (Acts 13:1).

No work that the church does can be successful in the eyes of God if not built on the foundation as laid by the apostles and prophets.

Don't need the Quran to tell us that Jesus or any of his apostles or prophets is righteous... The bible speaks for itself and then so does the Spirit of Christ known in these parts as the Holy Ghost...

In seeing him thus, they can place him on the same level as all the prophets of Israel and the apostles of the early Christian church.

These writings have their being, as they had their origin, within the life of a community which traces its descent from Abraham and Moses, from prophets and apostles, and plays its part in the history of our own time; and the Scriptures not only recall its past, but serve the needs of its day - to - day existence in the present.

He answers through modern day prophets and apostles and through His Holy Spirit as answers come to my mind and I know they are true.

Each grew up in an environment rich with monotheism; each saw himself as the equal of the prophets and apostles; each had an intense desire to spread his faith.

We believe as the Epistle to the Ephesians says that the church is organized of apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists and so forth for just such occasions.

And so on the day called Sunday, there is an assembly in one place of all who live in the cities or in the country; the memorial of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read as long as time allows.

Scripture is said to have one primary author, the Holy Spirit, with the prophets and Apostles as the secondary authors.

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

The church is organized on the same principles as the original and ancient church of Jesus Christ on the foundation of living apostles and prophets and with priesthood authority from God.

It is not a correct inference to take Paul's list in I Corinthians 12:28 — first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues — and see all of these as «set - aside» persons performing such functions on a specialist basis.

Even before important Christian beliefs such as the canon of Scripture (list of books in the Bible) and the Trinity had been carefully articulated, the mainstream of Christian believers and leaders had a sense of the essential truths that had been handed down from the apostles and the prophets, and passed along to each generation of Christians through Scripture, sermons, and baptismal creeds.

I mean, communicated from a divine source by Jesus Christ as God, through inspired prophets and wise men, apostles, teachers, the writers of the books of the Bible, councils of church leaders, popes, and so on, in such a way that the message has been transmitted in human language, clothed in the external forms of human thought, given, indeed, in the characteristic language and thought - forms of particular nations and cultures, but at the same time in such a way that its essential content has been unaffected by the human mind's fallibility, ignorance and feebleness of apprehension.

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A clear glass screen seventy feet high and etched with figures of angels, apostles, and prophets serves as the new cathedral's back wall.

What he actually does in the preface is lament the ways in which pagan superstition has twisted and distorted the true religion spelled out in what he repeatedly refers to as the sacred books of Scripture and the divine law revealed through the prophets and the apostles.

The marks of the true church are «especially the lawful and sincere preaching of the Word of God as it was delivered to us in the books of the prophets and the apostles, which all lead us unto Christ... the only head and foundation of the Church,» and the participation of faithful believers in the sacraments instituted by Christ, worshiping one God with «one faith and one spirit.»

which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

It covered such topics as tongues, healing, so - called apostles and prophets and new revelations today.

This is as true of Paul, the prophet and apostle of the Kingdom of God, and of Jeremiah, as it is of Luther, Kierkegaard, and Blumhardt!

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

The Bible would have been «a very different book and may have produced a very different history for mankind,» had it drawn on the work of philosophers and writers as opposed to prophets and apostles, says Grayling, a philosopher and professor at Birkbeck College, University of London, who is an atheist.

Herein, in contrast to all other church orders, the deacon is mentioned first «as servant in the midst of the holy people,» the presbyter upon whom «we [other presbyters or bishops or both] stretch forth the hand» that «he may be able to be steward of thy people and an ambassador of thy divine oracles and reconcile thy people to thee who didst give of the spirit of Moses upon the chosen ones [the elders];» and finally the bishop who is ordained as «shepherd» of the flock «in succession to the [Old Testament] prophets, patriarchs, and the New Testament apostles.»

Just as there are no longer «apostles» in the same sense as in the days of Peter and Paul, so there are no longer «prophets» in the original high meaning of that term.