Sentences with phrase «as the prophet calls»

Just as the prophet calls upon his hearer to turn away from his immediate existence in the world, the mystic envisions an eternal Now that dissolves the time of duration.

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Huffington Post: At United Nations, Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet MuProphet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muprophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet MuProphet Muhammad.

Joseph Smith was just a man like unto all other men who were called to be prophets throughout time such as Noah, Abraham or Moses.

Another 21 % (IIRC) of the world population says they believe Jesus, but only as a minor prophet, and they reject the Holy Spirit as well... and instead they believe Mohammed and a god they call Allah.

No one ever existed by the name of Jesus in human history, but hinduism, fabrication of hindu's, criminals of hinduism, racism to hind, fool humanity in to gentile ism, slavery of other human as their god, such as King's and their hindu criminal Prophets, criminal fortune tellers, profession of writers of book of hindu Mithraism, savior ism, called Bile.

@» @Naheed and Nonimus» Not sure I completely understand what you are trying to say, but I would ask if you understand that calling Jesus «just a Prophet» may be just as offensive to a Christian as calling Mohammad «just a man» is to a Muslim?

God called Joseph Smith as a prophet to do this great work, just as he had called Moses to deliver the people of Israel out of bondage.

Hence, we have Agabus, the wandering NT prophet (and Barnabas and Saul, the best known of the prophet / teacher combos called to wander for a time); as well as the Pillars of the Church in Jerusalem.

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.

Reforming or tweeking can not restore something to it's original condition, it has to be actually restored, which is what the Church of Jesus Chritst of Latter - Day Saints claims to be; restored through what one could call as being God - certified or called of God modern - day prophets.

It is contradicted by nearly every narrative of scripture, as God urges, warns and sends prophets to call people to turn from sin, rewards those who obey and punishes those who refuse.

As with the prophets, the call is an intensely personal experience, but has an immediate reference to the needs and the destiny of a people.

But paying attention to the prophets in this season reminds us that the sort of waiting and preparing that God calls us to as citizens of this upside - down Kingdom is the active kind that demolishes obstructions and levels the playing field, that binds the brokenhearted and liberates the imprisoned, that beat swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks, and bets it all by going all in on this irrational and seemingly impossible vision of peace on earth.

I am of opinion this is not when we misjudge a charismatic event and call it evil, for elsewhere, «Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world,» (1 John 4:1), and «For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.»

What is here said of the eschatological meals open to all is then generalized to an interpretation of Jesus» conduct as a whole: «This conduct is neither that of a prophet nor that of a sage, but rather the conduct of a man who dares to act in God's stead, by (as must always be added) calling near to him sinners who apart from him would have to flee from God.»

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).

Accordingly, Paul calls them to «test everything,» and the «abstain» from that which their prophets (forth - tellers, not foretellers) saw as contrary to God's will.

It's ok to ridicule Christians all over the place, then call them not the actual Christians, equate Jesus, Moses, etc. to someone coming out as gay, but those who «traditionally» don't like depictions of their prophet should be «respected».

Ahijah, who is called a prophet in I Kings 11:29; 14:2, 18, was commonly known as Ahijah the Shilonite (I Kings 11:29; 12:15; II Chr.

Concludes Wright: «It is as though... «the word of the YHWH» is like an enormous reservoir, full of creative divine wisdom and power, into which the prophets and other writers tap by God's call and grace, so that the word may flow through them to do God's work of flooding or irrigating his people.»

Jeremiah, also known as «the weeping prophet,» wrote a book called Lamentations.

We do not question the appropriateness of the term as applied to him, but, on the example of Samuel and Nathan, we suspect that if he was called a prophet by his contemporaries it was, again, because of regularized status as a professional, in this case presumably membership in an association of prophets at or near Shiloh.

I think what is important here is the fact that David is repenting of his sin and in so doing is confronted with the holiness of God just as Isaiah did when God called him to be the prophet to Israel.

And Yahweh is jewish terminology is the same now that mean Allah and Yahweh are the same being but christian god is unknown I don't know what he is, And Muhammad in the Qur» an is the last of all Prophets and Messengers and is known as Rehmat ul alimeen the mercy of the world he forgive his most bitterest enemies who tortured him and his followers for believing in one true God.Now Muhammad never try to fake a miracle, the pig is forbidden to eat even in the jewish testament and so even here bible agrees but I don't know why christians eat pork.Secondly wine was forbidden because Muhammad's companions saw the evil in it.So please don't speak without having proper knowledge or Blurting out made up stories that actually have no sense, the jews call Jesus the false prophet, Sorcerer, Necromancer etc would you beieve those stories or be angry.Surely we both know the answer

James lends his masterful support as a conservative Jewish Christian to the same position by fortifying it with reference to the prophet Amos, who says that the Lord will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down, and will gather therein all the gentiles (James in Acts) substitutes «Gentiles» for Amos's «heathen») who are called by God's name (Amos 9:11 - 12).

The accounts of the prophets in the Qur» an are presented as those who support Muhammad's call against sin of associating others with the transcendent God who alone is worthy of worship and the warning of punishment to those who do not heed their warnings.

Names were not pre-written in it, but as time went on — throughout the OT history God continuously sent prophets to call the stiffnecked nation to repentance and turning from their wicked ways.

When we Muslims said that those claim call for jihad and those of Alqaida are shallow Muslims and not are as our peaceful teachings of Islam by the Prophet Muhammed (saws)... no one believed us for that so why should now Muslims believe that now it accured to you??!

It was not written by the prophet Isaiah and is often called «Deutero - Isaiah» as a nod to its dubious authenticity.

The original message of Jesus, as was the case with all other Prophets, such as Abraham, Moses and Muhammad (peace be upon all of them), was to call the people to worship the ONE TRUE GOD ONLY.

Moreover, as Montgomery Watt notes, in the Qur» an, God loves all humanity and has sent to each community a prophet - messenger calling on them to serve God — so all people are given an opportunity of attaining «the great success», which is life in Paradise.

Because these men so despised the prophet, Elisha called upon the Lord to deal with the rebels as He saw fit.

Although the Five Books of Moses, containing the codes of Hebrew Law, are specifically called the Torah, the prophets often speak of their own teaching (delivered not as their own, but as the «word of the Lord») as Torah, though it never had statutory force.

He calls attention to (1) the degeneration in syncretism of the old Yahweh faith prior to the appearance of the eighth - century prophets; (2) a kind of «emancipation» from Yahweh in increasing dependence upon the maturing structure of the political state; and (3) the dissolution of the old tribal social order with the shift of economic power to the cities, the increasing inability of the farmer, because of the burdens of heavy taxation, to maintain himself as a free man, and the growing concentration of land in the hands of a few wealthy urbanites (cf. Isa.

hinduism absurdity called Christianity is nothing more than hindu Mithra ism, pagan savior ism, and their lord is none but hindu Mithra, pagan savior of hindu Mithra ism, pagan savior ism, religion of hindu, pagan Roman and their hindu Magi Prophets, pagan trickster fortune tellers, labeled as Catholic ism to hind fool humanity, Mithra savior named as Jesus never existed.

Viewed in this light, we may see the birth and deaths of stars, the emergence of life, its moments of complexification, and the eventual rise of consciousness as sacramental evidence of revelation's promise no less significant than God's calling of Abraham and the prophets.

This from a person who practices a religion that has millions of it's adherents everywhere calling for the death of anyone who draws their child touching, slave owning prophet, but is upset when new yorkers are mad about the building of a mosque (which as everyone knows, become hotbeds of islamic fundamentalist education) right next to the spot that your pathetic comrades killed thousands of innocent people.

The Hebrew prophets who were his predecessors were accustomed to perform symbolic actions to reinforce their words — «acted parables» as they are sometimes called.

The prophet knew himself addressed by the divine «I» and as he became aware of the tension between the requirements of that «I» and his own thought and feelings, he found himself called to responsibility for his actions in a new way.

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.

Simultaneously a secret new faith spread across Europe: theosophy, as it was called by its prophet - priestess Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.

It's like Mormons adding a book contrary in message, with god the father living on a planet..., works - righteousness, a prophet who can have as many and any wives he chooses, even those of other men, can burn printing presses, etc. and insist on calling themselves «Christian».

John is the only Gospel to portray Jesus as different in nature from the prophets, as more than the culminating high point of the succession of people called by God and commissioned with special tasks.

In the light of the message entrusted to it the church is called to act as prophet, pastor and priest at the same time for the same people.

As a whole, the prophets give passionate testimony to their faith that in the context of Israel's life under election / covenant, her rebellion and judgment call forth at once Yahweh's compassion and redemption.

BTW... The black color is because their self - proclaimed terrorist prophet's flag was black as well, as he too used the Muslim testimony of faith on his own flag when he FOUGHT and KILLED for this whacked ideology called ISLAM.

Buddhism, as it comes to us based on the early teachings and in most of the main stream streams today does not call on anyone to believe in god nor is Buddha a prophet.

In the progressive revelation view, we see humanity at its lowest in the early chapters of Genesis, and then as God calls Abraham, then Israel, then Judges, then Prophets, and then Kings, each successive step gets us higher up the ladder of truth until we ultimately arrive at Jesus, who then encourages us to keep learning and moving upward toward truth.

Cindi, There is also much that has to be discerned about the book of remembrance, the so called OT, and this NT, that I call the (Not True), book, for it does not fulfilled the OT book, it changes the laws of life, as prophesied in Isaiah 24:1 - 5, and YHWH says He changes not in Malachi 3:6, and He also teaches us in this book that He does nothing without His servants the prophets, in Amos 3:7, so that we are not consumed, (lied to).

As God laid a prophetic mantle upon the prophets he called in the Old Testament, local congregations could do more to affirm and confirm callings today (including commissioning those who feel called to leave, as God guides themAs God laid a prophetic mantle upon the prophets he called in the Old Testament, local congregations could do more to affirm and confirm callings today (including commissioning those who feel called to leave, as God guides themas God guides them).