Sentences with phrase «bearing witness»

«For when Gentiles [nonbelievers] who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.»

You should be honest with yourself and realize that your conscience is bearing witness to the truth of God and you are rejecting it because you don't have proof.

It's the same man at the same time bearing witness to an inseparable movement of faith who can say: «Wretched man that I am....

We thank them and pray that, they may treasure their vocation, as the baptismal rite puts it, «to be the best of teachers, bearing witness to the faith by what they say and do, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

is at work within them, bearing witness to their adoption as sons of God, (Rom.

See John 20:30; Mark 16:17 - 20; John 2:11; Acts 2:22: («Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know»); Acts 2:43: -LRB-»... and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles»); Acts 4:29 - 30: «And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy hold child Jesus»); Hebrews 2:3 - 4: («How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will»); Romans 15:17 - 19: («I have therefor whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

The way of Christ does not advance by deceit or hypocrisy but by bearing witness to the truth — even when that truth is ugly.

The Christians will be the little flock of the Gospel, perhaps esteemed, perhaps persecuted, perhaps bearing witness to the holy message of their Lord with clear and respected voice in the polyphonic or cacophonous chorus of ideological pluralism, perhaps only in an undertone, from heart to heart.

The second thing bearing witness means is you are bearing something.

Self - compassion and bearing witness are as old as the commandments of Jesus.

One of the other spiritual practices important for continuing the work of disarming racism is the practice of bearing witness.

15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

It might still serve a useful purpose in its way; it might be understood as bearing witness to the two «great commandments.»

He asks God that the disciples be kept faithful, in but not of the world, bearing witness to what they know, united to each other as Son is united to the Father.

To summarize briefly, he is one who has been given and has accepted a calling from God, and devoted himself body and soul to his service, bearing witness to the truth of God, enduring many sufferings, and in the end laying down his life for the sake of others.

says Paul, the Holy Spirit is bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

While we are interested in bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus, our mission is not to recruit people from one religious institution or belief system for another; nor to give them new laws, dogmas and rituals; but rather to persuade all to change our lives and ways, and adopt a new way of seeing, doing and being.

They accept His grace and mercy; they seek to follow His example by being baptized (see Matthew 3:13 - 17), praying in His holy name (see Matthew 6:9 - 13), partaking of the sacrament (communion)(see Luke 22:19 - 20), doing good to others (see Acts 10:38) and bearing witness of Him through both word and deed (see James 2:26).

The action in question is that of bearing witness to God in all of one's life and behavior and in all the complex variety of acts and attitudes that this involves.

Romans 2:14 - 15 14 Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15 since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.

For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law unto themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness, and their thoughts ultimately accusing or defending them.

15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.

Then, when we say: «How is it that this prophet of yours did not come in the same way, with others bearing witness to him?

N.T. Wright challenges us to fight this temptation and focus on living faithfully in the present, bearing witness to God's healing and reconciling work today.

The process is undeniably painful, but Chaput is ever confident that this purification will better enable the Church to embrace her mission of bearing witness to the Gospel in a more convincing manner.

I feel most like the mystic I might have been a thousand years ago at those moments of bearing witness to baptism.

Everything is a gift, and we are thankful for the honor of bearing witness.

When I blessed his house on December 16 of last year, I was struck by the decoration bearing witness to his faith and to his passion for history and the gendarmerie.

One of the unspoken delights in life is the rich satisfaction that comes with bearing witness to the spectacular failure of an offensive and unjust system.

The exchange went on for ten minutes, as [their personal aides] toed the ground and gazed skyward, looking as if they wanted to be just about anywhere but on the tarmac bearing witness to this unfriendly encounter between their bosses.

«His harshness towards the kuffar (disbelievers) was manifested through deeds that enraged all the nations, religions, and factions of kufr, the entire world bearing witness to this,» said the English - language article which confirmed that Emwazi was killed in a drone strike.

You'll laugh, but I've born witness to Wile E. Coyote - level stubbornness from people who couldn't let go without capitulation from the other side.

In that time, she's borne witness to what she's called «some epically bad releases.»

He was born and raised in McDowell County, and over his lifetime he's borne witness to its inexorable decline.

Much as we love boom markets and the positive impact they have on our portfolios, we've had to bear witness to the erosion of some core principles that are at the essence of the value creation process.

We weren't there to bear witness to Trudeau's arrival.

As thousands of space fans, celebrities, and the press descend on the Eastern coast of Florida to bear witness to the maiden...

The first decade of the 21st century, however, would bear witness to a spectacular turning point in the private launch timeline: the arrival on the scene of disruptive billionaire tech entrepreneurs with some truly ostentatious rocket - powered ambitions.

Good ones from this year: Walt Disney: the Triumph of the American Imagination, Persepolis, Maus, and I Will Bear Witness (Victor Klemperer's diaries of life under Nazi rule from 1933 - 1941).

Christ came to bear witness to the truth.

Unfortunately there is no greater body of evidence than mankind's complete and total history to bear witness that this is itself; a fantasy.

Yet you will not be able to blame Him for not revealing Himself to you earlier, because you refused the testimony of His Holy Spirit who bears witness to the Truth to every human being alive.

Islam's own tradition, therefore, bears witness against Islamic terrorism today.

in the midst of all this opposition, I still try to bear witness / preach / teach the kingdom of God with the hope that a believer or a non-believer will have that aha or revelatory moment and truly realize the kingdom of heaven is in deed at hand, and one can actually live the kingdom life even while in this world.

The beautiful and dignified celebration of the liturgy remedies the dulling of Christian and human sensibilities, motivates Christian mission and service, and reminds us that the disciples of the Lord are ambassadors of the King of Glory, who bear witness that the present things are passing away in light of the radical reordering of history and the cosmos by the Paschal Mystery.

Bishop Vigneron reminds Catholics of the teaching of the Second Vatican Council that it is a primary responsibility of laypeople to bear witness to the truth in the secular realm.

Milosz wished to bear witness to the great Christian insight about beauty, so memorably expressed by Dostoevsky: beauty will save the world.

Something within me bears witness with the truth of the Gospels, and Jesus.

He created a world that bears witness to His glory (Psalm 19:1 - 6), and when humanity sinfully rebelled against His purpose, He chose Israel to be instructed by word and deed in the ways of covenant fidelity in order to become a light to all the nations (Genesis 12:1 - 3; Deuteronomy 4:1 - 8).

We are obliged to bear witness.