Sentences with phrase «be of concern to god»

Not exact matches

Thanks God, I wasn't aware of all of your concerns about WFG and became a member, licensed and start to make money, and build my own business with WFG.

For those of us who are passionate about God's truth, it may do us well to ask: «Are we more concerned about the truth being known or about us being right?&raqare passionate about God's truth, it may do us well to ask: «Are we more concerned about the truth being known or about us being right?&raqAre we more concerned about the truth being known or about us being right?»

Where cosmogony is concerned — until some evidence is presented to make a god the top candidate, I maintain the default position of not knowing.

It should be one of our main concerns to know what God intends when the Bible uses this language, so that by God's grace we may experience it and help others do the same.

WHY do they believe that their God is so concerned about whether or not they listen to musical instruments in church on Sunday, get dunked or sprinkled in ceremonial water, speak in a tongue as some kind of sign... to whom ever, read from the correct translation of some long lost ancient books, etc, etc?

Whether someone wishes to believe that God orchestrates the process of evolution, or that God provided the divine spark from which life on Earth first sprung 3.5 billion years ago, or that «Let There Be Light» is a metaphor for the Big Bang, is really none of my concern.

If people eyes would be opened to actually see the consequences of their choices in life as far as God is concerned, surely they would be more apt to respect what He is saying in the Bible.

If God held all Joshua (and generations that followed) to his vows concerning the Gibeonites, even though Joshua was deliberately deceived, how much more will God hold two men to their vows of marriage wherein there is no deliberate deception?

I will say however that I did not believe the truth (in fact I was a major enemy of God and opposed the truth of the gospel) concerning salvation until someone urged me to read the bible.

They will never ever be able to convert those of faith to being non-believers, especially with crude, derogatory remarks concerning the believer or his God.

A world of interpretation is opened to us when we consider instead that Thomas is not concerned with God's guarantee of knowledge (though he notices it in passing), but with moving through thought to the unthinkable.

The relationship between God and man, with which theology (Jewish or Christian) is primarily concerned, could now only be postulated if it contributed to the elaboration of ethical theory Moreover, the only divine - human relationship that this new anthropocentrism would tolerate was between a postulated deity and the human individual.

If we are true believers of God and we have to ensure that what we have been believing has been the Truth as ordained by God and have been doing good we will see at the time of death Heaven the place we are going to, So when we see heaven our worldly posessions like family, wealth etc go into oblivion and we are not concerned the least about them since what we are now going into will dazzle us so much.

Looking at Luther's development up to 1518, we might not be convinced that his mysticism was evolving in a catholic direction: theologies concerned with inner transformation and the purifying presence of God have, after all, been known to come unmoored from the catholic tradition.

As far your concerns about the outcome of Revelations: God desires that every single person be reconciled to Him.

... we can disagree without being divisive - yr entitled to yr understanding of correct theology that leads to faith - I'm more concerned with faith and the theology that will support it.It might appear that I just said the same thing in two ways, but I wd be quick to argue that theology shld be Faith's child.Most of us have our experience of God or Christ (including Paul) before we even know what theology is — correct or not.

«Lear's counterpart in the contemporary Church,» writes Mankowski, «is a certain segment of clergymen which has made it a practice to vindicate its prejudices by affecting to consult with the faithful, to listen to their concerns, only to announce with astonishment that God's Little Ones are pleading for precisely those changes for which the Listeners themselves have a deep and discerning sympathy.»

The document criticizes «doctrinal or disciplinary security,» «an obsession with the law,» «punctilious concern for... doctrine,» «dogmatism,» «hiding behind rules and regulations,» and «a rigid resistance to change,» while reprimanding those who «give excessive importance to certain rules,» overemphasize «ecclesial rules,» believe that «doctrine... is a closed system,» «feel superior to others because they observe certain rules,» have «an answer for every question,» wish to «exercise a strict supervision over others» lives,» «long for a monolithic body of doctrine guarded by all and leaving no room for nuance,» believe that «we give glory to God... simply by following certain ethical norms,» and «look down on others like heartless judges, lording it over them and always trying to teach them lessons.»

Yes indeed, God created the entire universe, yet one of his chief concerns seems to be whether a bunch of violent apes on a speck of dust orbiting an ordinary middle - aged star in an unremarkable galaxy are touching themselves.

I will be praying for Kerry Egan, that she is saved, because with such a lack of concern for someones eternal soul I would question her salvation ever being real, but if she is saved, then she will have to stand before a Holy God one day at the judgement seat of Christ and give an account of what she has done for Him, I pray that she may yet grab this opportunity she has to change the course of so many souls, before its too late!

I would suggest that like anyone else, you are a free to make your own «interpretations of events, concerning your personal thoughts of your God» i.e..

As far as I am concern and confident, you, Zeus, and all false RELIGION (idol worshipers) will do according to the Word of the Living God, Jesus Christ, you Maker:

«Now there is no indication that such an opinion is automatically incorrect, but as far as empirical evidence is concerned, that opinion is just that, an opinion, and it is no more solidly based than those who are of the opinion that there is a God who does not want to be made known but would rather have us develop faith»

If God is not much concerned about religion as a separate sphere of private or public life and if he is present where the needy cry out for help, then as Christians we can not fail to take most seriously the analysis of the concrete social situation in which we find ourselves.

Takeaway for me is that the pain / suffering / rejection we experience in this life does not equal rejection by God — even if it does serve as a chastisement / correction for sin / failure in our lives — it reveals God's love and personal concern for our development, reminding us of our mortality and need to rely upon him... In short, the wounds / scars we receive are God's way of branding / choosing us as his own...

If anyone desires to His will, he will know concerning the teaching whether it is from God or I speak of my originality.»

As I said... God does not appear to have been or be concerned about our sexuality outside of when our hearts are wrong and we are violating the law of love.

I do pray that I will honor God with the opportunity, that my books will be truthful and that they will mean something to people... but to imply that I write out of selfless concern for humanity makes the whole process sound a lot nobler than it is.

«Every week is unique, and pastors are faced with the need to get insight from the Spirit of God to understand the mood and emotional state of the congregants,» said Ríos, citing a rise in depression and marital issues among hurricane victims, as well as concerns over suicide rates and violent criminal activity in the long recovery period.

And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

the reminder that Orthodox theology continually refreshes its thinking by reference to the early Church Fathers, who were much concerned with the question of God's activity in the other sects and traditions and in the wisdom of humankind.

However I feel about Jesus» reply to the Sadducees concerning the poor woman with seven consecutive husbands, I am glad that Jesus cited Exodus to demonstrate to his opponents why he believed that God «is God not of the dead, but of the living, for they are all alive to him.»

Hence, while heuristic theology is not limited to interpreting texts, it is concerned with the same «matter» as the classic texts, namely, the salvific power of God.9

Nevertheless, this coming reign of God involved the ending of social wrongs, and it is of importance to note that, so far as the records reveal, Jesus» concern about social iniquities always sprang from his indignant perception of their ill effect on individuals.

To paraphrase Jesus» comment, people who are concerned only with the affairs of this world often show more ingenuity in seeking their ends than religious people do in trying to accomplish God's wilTo paraphrase Jesus» comment, people who are concerned only with the affairs of this world often show more ingenuity in seeking their ends than religious people do in trying to accomplish God's wilto accomplish God's will.

Instead, John is concerned that these genuine believers to whom he is writing — who already have been regenerated, who already have eternal life, and who are already born of God — will abide and remain in that position of being born of God, so that their righteousness, fellowship, and faith will grow and increase daily.

First, its premisses concerning society and modern man are pseudoscientific: for example, the affirmation that man has become adult, that he no longer needs a Father, that the Father - God was invented when the human race was in its infancy, etc.; the affirmation that man has become rational and thinks scientifically, and that therefore he must get rid of the religious and mythological notions that were appropriate when his thought processes were primitive; the affirmation that the modern world has been secularized, laicized, and can no longer countenance religious people, but if they still want to preach the kerygma they must do it in laicized terms; the affirmation that the Bible is of value only as a cultural document, not as the channel of Revelation, etc. (I say «affirmation» because these are indeed simply affirmations, unrelated either to fact or to any scientific knowledge about modern man or present - day society.)

People that do nt know the Lord would think that way, read the bible then u will know what God is about, God cares about your soul in the name of Jesus, he wants to save your soul from hell if u would surrender your life to him and live for him, he is not concern about no football game or worldly things, he wants u to come to him and get saved thats what God is about, learn of him read the Holy Bible.

Likewise, William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942 - 4, said «that what is offered to man's apprehension in any specific revelation is not truth concerning God, but the living God Himself».

Deism is the doctrine that God created the world and its natural laws but takes no further part in its functioning, he does not interfere in the day - to - day workings of the universe, he does not concern himself with humans and our affairs.

I have been concerned to demonstrate that Camus» writings leave open the possibility of God as understood by Whitehead, and that Camus» thoughts on rebellion and its source in the beauty of nature are compatible with and made consistent by a process notion of God.

If we are struck by Francesca's courteous speech, we note that she is also in the habit of blaming others for her own difficulties; if we admire Farinata's magnanimity, we also note that his soul contains no room for God; if we are wrung by Pier delle Vigne's piteous narrative, we also consider that he has totally abandoned his allegiance to God for his belief in the power of his emperor; if we are moved by Brunetto Latini's devotion to his pupil, we become aware that his view of Dante's earthly mission has little of religion in it; if we are swept up in enthusiasm for the noble vigor of Ulysses, we eventually understand that he is maniacally egotistical; if we weep for Ugolino's piteous paternal feelings, we finally understand that he, too, was centrally (and damnably) concerned with himself, even at the expense of his children.

Comes very near to the position of Tödt, so far as the authenticity of sayings is concerned, but argues that Jesus thought of himself as Son of God and used the Son of man idea to denote himself «reinstalled in his heavenly seat... exercising his intercessory or judicial functions».

And yet he is the object of the God's love, and the God desires to teach him, and is concerned to bring him to equality with himself.

Minority Christians and white evangelical Christians «have a very personal view of God, a God that is very active in their daily lives and very concerned about the things that matter to them,» Jones said.

Goss is not concerned here with the validity of Whitehead's conception of God, but rather to demonstrate that Camus» writings leave open the possibility of God as understood by Whitehead, and that Camus» thoughts on rebellion and its source in the beauty of nature are compatible with and made consistent by a process notion of God.

Yes, of course he does... god is too busy monitoring your bedroom to be concerned with silly requests from it's ilk.

While a novelist's artistry is limited «only» by his own imagination and abilities, God as artist is limited by the lack of sensitivity or concern on the part of the creatures God seeks to persuade.

When it comes to living life and loving others, God is not as concerned with the cleanliness of our hands or the perceived purity of our words, but with the attitude and motivation of our hearts.

None of these are given the authority to interpose anything whatsoever between the individual believer and God concerning any matter of faith».