Sentences with phrase «as eternal word»

One could wish that King Henry had followed the line taken by Thomas Aquinas and prayed (as Aquinas says is correct) to God the Father, through the mediation of God as eternal Word, and in the Holy Spirit — this, in Aquinas view, was the norm for all Christian prayer, devotion, and worship.

It has been impelled to say that just as the eternal Word of God — God in God's Self - Expression worldward — is not confined humanly speaking to Jesus Christ but rather defined in him, so also the activity of the responding Spirit of God is defined but not confined to the specifically Christian response in faith within the Christian community.

Not exact matches

«It is a great hope for future peace when two great nations hating each other as foes have seldom hated, one side vowing eternal hate and vengeance and setting their venom to music, should on Christmas day and for all that the word implies, lay down their arms, exchange smokes and wish each other happiness.»

For the King of all the Gods created by GOD is the God Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior and Redeemer of godly men, whose rigtheousness in Word and / or in Deeds will bring to them an abundancy of living many lives within the mainframes of the eternal 1st Domain, that is called by us as being the Atomic Cosmos.

This, along with the words of Mr. Handspicker, is good advice — as long as we do not miss the eternal aspect of the Scriptures and the absolute directives contained therein.

Do we act as if our preaching participates by the Spirit in the creating and re-creating eternal Word?

It has got away for so long with the kind of lunatic word - games that allow death - by - torture to be presented as an act of love, and eternal torment in the flames of hell to be seen as a necessary act of justice, that we should perhaps not be surprised that it has also managed to dupe its followers into seeing the systematic suppression and silencing of women as an act of liberation and equality.

My disagreements with the five points of both Calvinism and Arminianism iare not exactly with their theology or understanding of Biblical texts, but with something much more basic than that: their definition of certain biblical words and theological ideas, such as election, grace, salvation, atonement, justification, eternal life, forgiveness of sins, etc, etc..

However Heb 5:9 is pretty clear cut as the words eternal and salvation are conflated in this verse which I think for all practical purposes equates to eternal life.

The divine is revealed largely as the eternal law or word made plain only to the self subject to it.

The word «eternal» is the same as in the phrase «eternal reward» — so certainly means «for ever».

The word «perish» (Greek apollumi) means «to die» or «to be destroyed», as in my favourite verse, John 3:16: they «shall not perish but have eternal life».

And, at the same time, to be fair, what you may perceive as a «Love Story by God» and take it «literally» others perceive it at best, a book of fiction, with some good words of wisdom now and then, to at worst, a book of an insane deity who demands obedience, among other ridiculous things, and... sent «himself» to die for «us» as we are «broken» and «flawed» / sinful» creations, and by sending his - self... if... we just «believe» we go to eternal paradise with him.

Do the words pronounced against the officer and the king, as Words of God, carry with them the eternal damnation of thesewords pronounced against the officer and the king, as Words of God, carry with them the eternal damnation of theseWords of God, carry with them the eternal damnation of these men?

Here then is where we arrive at the point: Just as God calls people to respond to His Word with obedience and righteousness through the exercise of their choices (non-meritorious though they might be) and fully expects them to be able to do so, in the same way, God calls people to believe in Jesus for eternal life, and fully expects them to be able to do so (cf. John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47).

While it is of course true that those who belong to this school are perhaps most vocal in their assertion that in our Lord alone may God be seen at work, and while it is they who denounce the concept of «general» revelation as a vain fancy of sub-Christian speculation, a considerable number of other Christian thinkers take what in effect is the same position when they make central to their teaching a kind of uniqueness in the coming and the person of Christ which effectively removes him from the context of the total sell - expressive operation of the Eternal Word.

Or again, when we speak in the creed of the Eternal Word of God as «coming down from heaven,» we surely do not think — or at least we ought not to think — that this is a precise statement of movement from an «up» to a «down»; we all know well enough that it is, on the contrary, a most inaccurate statement from that point of view.

Indeed, Hegel attempts to demonstrate that the Crucifixion can only fully appear and be real in consciousness when God is known as being alienated from himself, existing in a dichotomous form as Father and Son or sovereign Creator and eternal Word.

However, not existing in an eternal covenant with God — if only because he exists in an Incarnate Word — the Christian can not know the death of God as a theophany.

This slave is the Father's eternal Word, whom God has vindicated, and so ten thousand immemorial certainties are unveiled as lies: the first become last, the mighty are put down from their seats and the lowly exalted, the hungry are filled with good things while the rich are sent empty away.

Though Genesis 12:1 - 3 does not contain the words «elect» or «chosen,» this passage is often cited as a defense of God's Unconditional Election of some individuals for eternal life.

So, while I certainly appreciate your, what I believe to be a «sincere» gesture with your quotes from the book of Luke to... «save my eternal soul,» I only wish you peace in your life... and should there happen to be an after - life... and... it happens to be exactly as you think, maybe you can put in a good word for me with St. Peter at the Pearlies!!!

But only in Jesus of Nazareth, «the Son of God, the eternal divine Word made flesh and dwelling among men,» do we see God as he really is.

You crave punishment because it makes you feel somehow superior, or correct in your discovery of «God's Word» in a book which was written and edited and re-edited (as well as redacted) by countless rulers and scholars along the way, each wishing to have some stake in the claim of the Eternal.

He does not say so in so many words, but the objective lure seems to be constituted of all the eternal objects making up the various past actual occasions physically prehended, as these eternal objects are mutually interrelated.

I think it will enlighten you as to how various theologies, including the package known as the Bible, developed, and the futility and danger of trying to capture the boundless, ineffable and eternal with words.

While I am in sympathy with your plight and suffering you endured while traveling in the Middle East, if you are truly a present Christian you should be a follower of Christ's words and life and be concerned for men who face eternal damnation as Jesus taught.

His human life, as we shall see, was an adequate instrument, thoroughly personalized, for God's eternal Word or Self - Expression.

«God is dead» are words that may only truly be spoken by the Christian, not by the religious Christian who is bound to an eternal and unmoving Word, but by the radical Christian who speaks in response to an Incarnate Word that empties itself of Spirit so as to appear and exist as flesh.

Although «here the eternal word is opposed by eternal contradiction,» this is not to be understood as a metaphysical statement implying the absolute and independent reality of evil.

We are not concerned here to consider the eventual result of this Pauline and early Christian interpretation of Jesus — the development of the doctrine of the triunity of God, with distinctions made between the eternal Father, the Word (or Son) as the «outgoing» of God in creation and redemption, and the Holy Spirit somewhat uncertainly added to round out the three-fold pattern in unity.

But there is a tension between that ministry — our ministry as followers of Christ — and our tendency to view these words as timeless, eternal and transcendent.

As long as we think that the word «salvation» refers to forgiveness of sin, eternal life, escaping hell, and going to heaven when we die, we will always be confused about whether or not Christians can lose salvatioAs long as we think that the word «salvation» refers to forgiveness of sin, eternal life, escaping hell, and going to heaven when we die, we will always be confused about whether or not Christians can lose salvatioas we think that the word «salvation» refers to forgiveness of sin, eternal life, escaping hell, and going to heaven when we die, we will always be confused about whether or not Christians can lose salvation.

If despite all this he is obedient to God's word and thinks what is noble and holy of men, believes (it is not easy) that he is a child of God, loved by God and worthy of an eternal life which is already operative and growing within him, he will not be haughty and proud, will not - regard what is promised as a matter of course as his inalienable dignity.

The problem with this word as it relates to the gospel is that some people teach that God's approval has something to do with whether or not we receive eternal life from God.

If the Calvinist really wants to say that the word «draw» means that God irresistibly drags all the elect into eternal life, then they must also say that all men are irresistibly dragged into eternal life, which would make the Calvinist a universalist as well.

For He is the literal Incarnation of the eternal Person of God the Word, and it is in Him and for Him as well as through Him that the Law of Creation was set out in the first place.

As Ogden indicates, this can be expressed in nonmythological language: «Jesus» office as the Christ consists precisely in his being the bearer, through word and deed and tragic destiny, of the eternal word of God's love, which is the transcendent meaning of all created things and the final event before which man must decide his existence.&raquAs Ogden indicates, this can be expressed in nonmythological language: «Jesus» office as the Christ consists precisely in his being the bearer, through word and deed and tragic destiny, of the eternal word of God's love, which is the transcendent meaning of all created things and the final event before which man must decide his existence.&raquas the Christ consists precisely in his being the bearer, through word and deed and tragic destiny, of the eternal word of God's love, which is the transcendent meaning of all created things and the final event before which man must decide his existence.»

In other words, this revelation of God in Jesus Christ is not the same thing as choosing some individual people to receive eternal life.

If you walk thru Jesus door you will find him to be real as you or I.He says in his word I «AM THE DOOR TO ETERNAL LIFE, THE ONLY DOOR.

The Word is the eternal object [= Whitehead's realm of eternal objects as internally ordered] of the Father's self - expression, and the Spirit is the Immanent principle of actuality and unity in their mutual relations.

As long as we think of this Word as the expression of God's underlying character or eternal purpose, we overlook its contingent relatedness to the evolving worlAs long as we think of this Word as the expression of God's underlying character or eternal purpose, we overlook its contingent relatedness to the evolving worlas we think of this Word as the expression of God's underlying character or eternal purpose, we overlook its contingent relatedness to the evolving worlas the expression of God's underlying character or eternal purpose, we overlook its contingent relatedness to the evolving world.

His human soul, as it was hypostatically united to the Eternal Word, enjoyed the Beatific Vision.

As God reveals and prompts, builds and leads towards the full knowledge of himself and the consummation of all things, this is the work of the eternal Word who is coming in the flesh.

Most Calvinists understand the word to be in the passive voice, and translate it as such so it appears that people who believe in Acts 13:48 are totally passive in their reception of eternal life: They were ordained by God to believe, and so they did believe.

Article I of the Statement of Belief, which must be signed by all who seek membership in the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, the Mother Church, reads: «As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal life.&raquAs adherents of Truth, we take the inspired word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal life.&raquas our sufficient guide to eternal life.»

The word Son here refers to the eternal Word of God, the divine Self - Expression, who in much Christian discourse has been called «the Son» — although some of us regret this because it tends to confuse things when a term appropriate to Jesus as humanly God's Son is applied to the divine reality itsword Son here refers to the eternal Word of God, the divine Self - Expression, who in much Christian discourse has been called «the Son» — although some of us regret this because it tends to confuse things when a term appropriate to Jesus as humanly God's Son is applied to the divine reality itsWord of God, the divine Self - Expression, who in much Christian discourse has been called «the Son» — although some of us regret this because it tends to confuse things when a term appropriate to Jesus as humanly God's Son is applied to the divine reality itself.

He pointed out that all God's actions are according to His eternal Logos — which «means both reason and word — a reason which is creative and capable of self - communication, precisely as reason.»

As a thinking being, it is possible for me to suppress and quell in my consciousness every movement of self - assertion, every notion and opinion that is merely mine, every desire that belongs to me as this particular Self, and to become the pure medium of a thought that is universal — in one word, to live no more my own life, but let my consciousness be possessed and suffused by the Infinite and Eternal life of spiriAs a thinking being, it is possible for me to suppress and quell in my consciousness every movement of self - assertion, every notion and opinion that is merely mine, every desire that belongs to me as this particular Self, and to become the pure medium of a thought that is universal — in one word, to live no more my own life, but let my consciousness be possessed and suffused by the Infinite and Eternal life of spirias this particular Self, and to become the pure medium of a thought that is universal — in one word, to live no more my own life, but let my consciousness be possessed and suffused by the Infinite and Eternal life of spirit.

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