Sentences with phrase «as willing slaves»
You can be a Christian in an oppressive (Romanesque) society, as willing slaves (who obey their masters as they obey God), or in any other situation.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
Keep it in context you will note they were reminded of their oppression as slaves under Egypt and set free by God.
By then, even the aristocrats will be afraid, as all the economic slave labor upon which they depend will have perished.
Perpetua was willing to give up her life for her religion, but apparently had no problem owning another human being as a slave.
So in the (not so distant) future look for him to do animal sacrifices in his yard, beat / kill his kids when they mouth off, torch his neighborhood when he realizes he lives next to people that don't believe as he does, own and beat his slaves, and we won't even discuss how he'll treat his wives.
Ephesians 6:5 - 9 (NRSV) Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ; not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ; not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
Render service with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to men and women, knowing that whatever good we do, we will receive the same again from the Lord, whether we are slaves or free.
These two truths render the definition of «will» in regard to fallen man as «captive to sin» (Acts 8:23), a «slave of sin» (John 8:34; Romans 6:16 - 17) and subject only to its «master,» which is sin (Romans 6:14).
Love God and your neighbor as yourself and SEVERELY BEAT that slave who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will.
Here goes; Back in the early days (what... 200 years ago) here in the United States, and in Europe, Blacks were held, against their will, as slaves, private property if you will.
He subjugated other people under him as slaves, and he tried to reverse God's will on the planet.
I learned about equality even from Paul, who taught that with the resurrection, something radical had changed — not merely ontologically, but functionally — in the relationships between slaves and masters, Jews and Gentiles, men and women, rendering those whose identity was once rooted in hierarchy and division brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ instead; who put a radical gospel - spin on the Greco - Roman household codes, breaking down the hierarchies so that slaves and masters, wives and husbands were charged with submitting «one to another» with the humility of Jesus as their model; who taught that power was overrated and that service will be rewarded; who surrounded himself with women he called «co-workers.»
God / The Prophet Samuel: «they have rejected me [God] as their king» «warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights» «He will take your sons and make them serve» «He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers» «He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants» «you yourselves will become his slaves.
THE question in exodus plays off of this double meaning: will Israel «avad («serve») Pharaoh and his gods as slaves or will Israel «avad («worship») Yahweh as his people on Mt. Sinai.
Later, Nympha will read other letters, letters that speak of husbands loving their wives as much as Christ loved the church, willing to give their lives for them, and of Christians «submitting to one another» and living as «slaves to one another»!
There doesn't need to be any, regardless who wrote the bible, it is a thought virus to make slaves more compliant, just as islam was created to make soldiers more bold and willing to die for their masters!
«Yes, slave, we will pay you, as long as you hide the diversity we just encouraged you to reveal yesterday!»
Slaves that followed the will of God were blessed just as you would be there is no difference when you do what is right.
The capitol building was built on the backs of slaves, and tomorrow a black man will stand on its steps and be sworn in as president of the United States.
8 With respect to those who refuse to accept Castilian sovereignty and the Christian faith the document includes this clause: «If you do not do it... with the help of God I will use all my power against you and will battle you everywhere and in every possible way, and you will be subject to the yoke and obedience of the Church and their Highnesses, and I will take your people and your women and children, and make them slaves, and as much I will send them, and I will inflict on you all the harm and damage possible.»
If you were active in opposing things like gay rights people a hundred years from now will remember you at least as well as we remember slave owners these days.
Onesimus, a runaway slave with whom Paul had become acquainted at Rome, is here commended to his master Philemon with the hope expressed «for love's sake» that Philemon will receive him «no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved... both in the flesh and in the Lord.»
Exodus 21:7 — «When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.»
-- who give heed to the meaning of the great racist persecutions and who try to understand this meaning, they will see Israel as drawn along the road to Calvary, by reason of that very vocation which I have indicated, and because the slave merchants will not pardon Israel for the demands it and its Christ have implanted in the heart of the world's temporal life, demands that will ever cry «no» to the tyranny of force.
You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.»
«In the best social order that is conceivable, men will still smoulder with lust and ambition, and be lashed by hate and jealousy as with the whip of a slave driver....
Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz
When Western leaders become unified and resolute in their hostility to Islam's violent and ungodly beginnings, as well as keep the free - flow of information available (i.e., the internet, media, etc.), Muslims will hopefully flee the religion because they will be horrified by its endorsement of terrorism, mass murder, slave trading, plunder, kidnapping, and r #pe.
7 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,» God said, «and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.»
Exodus 21:2 = > «When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are».
In Nietzsche's philosophy; there is no place for history as an upward directed arrow; except as a construction, due to the will to power of the slave.
Some twenty slaves (he continued) have stood firm through all this fiery opposition, and if the persecution somewhat lessens I am told great numbers will join... «52 Events such as these demonstrate how powerful missionaries could become in local society.
In fact you are in bondage or a slave and as such will not see truth.
Perhaps we will have to take religion away from the deluded as we had to take slaves away from the morally corrupt.
-- When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.
It's a little too late for praying, it's Mrs.Clinton's call to be @ the helm; now, with her hubby Mr.Clinton as VP; and one of you out of all of you, need to tell Romney he's committed fraud, for leaving the Post of so - called gov.that theirs a 2 yr.interval that must be met; the same fo Obama; whom is worst off then Bush Jr.then for none of you to have no Allegiance to be nothing but commander of thieves, since April 4th, 1968 to presently; in the killing of Dr.King Jr.must still go under Oath to all you perjurers; that mustn't go unpunished to the array of charges I have stored up against each of yo on every job, on every public premise; that Obama didn't praywhen he lied to GOD ALMIGHTY in perjury; to have left the seat of sen.to jump to the office; knowing he hadn't a clue what to do; so he got Joe, which is Cheney all over; whom should of been out of public; and he knows that and all the fugitives, even in the Italian led court in DC; that will have to answer to what is -LCB- H.R. 7152 -RCB-; and why they let Olsen for Bush Jr.waste the American's People's time, not to mention all the lives that's been lost; for the tyrannies since 1968 to presently has cost; Vote I, Edward Baltimore; to confirm I; Governor of DC; as of 2/16/12; cause DC; has been a State, already; and all you slaves from State to State; need to snap out of your peonage which is prohibited by Federal Laws; on anybody!!!!!!!
The master tries to keep this truth hidden, to suppress it, by making his control more and more arbitrary, so there is no recourse beyond his will as to how he treats the slave.
«Here you go Jimmy, I know you always liked Bertha who nursed you as a baby, you take her with you along with her children to clean your new house... but make sure if you beat her that the stick is no larger than your thumb and if you kill her you will be punished, so be careful with your slaves.»
As time goes buy the kind defenders of free will over their rejection to «dead» here and colossians 2:13 tend to resort to a familiar defense, that of labeling it a Calvinist viewpoint and that its almost a cultist view point to hold.Very sad yet very much the defense of many christians.Dead may i suggest is dead, the inability to respond, does not mean that prior to being saved one could not read scripture but because of this spiritual deadness its not profitabel / meaningful - we just can not continue to revise the meaning of dead to fit a view point - because natural man has not been born again this deadness (spiritually) shows itself as «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human wilAs time goes buy the kind defenders of free will over their rejection to «dead» here and colossians 2:13 tend to resort to a familiar defense, that of labeling it a Calvinist viewpoint and that its almost a cultist view point to hold.Very sad yet very much the defense of many christians.Dead may i suggest is dead, the inability to respond, does not mean that prior to being saved one could not read scripture but because of this spiritual deadness its not profitabel / meaningful - we just can not continue to revise the meaning of dead to fit a view point - because natural man has not been born again this deadness (spiritually) shows itself as «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human wilas «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human wilas «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human will.
Itâ $ ™ s as if I have been released from leg chains in the hold of an 18th century slave ship and transported to a world of such natural beauty that I canâ $ ™ t find a point to begin observing it for fear that I will miss something in another location.
All them Northerners keep saying I can't keep slaves and saying how public opinion is changing towards owning humans, but they can all just go with the flow if they like, i'll be staying alive swimming against the current for as long as my racist arms will carry me...
God does not make us His property in Jesus Christ to show that He can do with us what He wills, as the slaveholder stamps His name upon His slaves.
Through streamlined ingredient lists and simple yet effective cooking techniques, you'll learn how to pull together delicious dishes that taste as if you've spent hours slaving away in the kitchen, even though you haven't!
It is perfect for a busy school night when you need something fast or if you want to have a nice casual dinner with company, this will look as if you slaved over the stove, when in all actuality you spent only 30 minutes!
The grandson of slaves, Walker will be an eloquent spokesman for less favored members of the Olympic movement, as well as for the movement itself.
and someone more imaginative on a loudspeaker remarking «this is a security announcement, the slaves will not be allowed to revolt» in perfect harmony, as the gun carriage where the country's most discussed former PM lay nestled in a Union Jack rode up Fleet Street towards St Paul's.
It's quite lightweight, as it should be, and even your kids will have no problem slaving away with it... erm, we mean helping you clean the car.
While competitions and prizes suggest that Griffin is eager to change NASA's image as a slave of big contractors, there's no sign that this sort of thinking will spill into the way the agency pursues its core - mission hardware.
This is one of my favorites that I will tell you as someone that has worked in a corporate setting, and also as an entrepreneur myself I know exactly what it's like to slave a lot of hours and beat yourself up all the way to the point of exhaustion.
I'm a stranger here, but I know your sins You will take my hand, you will walk with me As a slave of love, I'll make you see with Magic.