Not exact matches
Jesus said; I will show you my faith
by my works: Faith without works is dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith of Christ (a gift from God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce
fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far from the life of Words of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked; even Paul who said; follow me as I am of Christ; how was that??? In and
by the Holy Spirit, even Spirit of truth as Paul takes us through the Words of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «
belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.
God created Adam from a handful of dirt and his spouse from a rib; Talking snakes; trees that bear
fruit, that imparts knowledge and eternal life; a global flood, that required a pair of each organism on earth, be stuffed onto a boat; people who lived hundreds of years; a man who was swallowed
by a fish, only to be spit up 3 days later, unhurt; a tower god was afraid might reach heaven; a woman who is turned into a pillar of salt; talking donkeys; unicorns; satyrs; a leviathan god creates and then does battle with; a zombie messiah, who was actually god incarnate; zombie Saints who left their graves and wandered about the town;
belief in a circular, flat earth.
At the season of the Bon dance in mid-July — when, according to Buddhist
belief, the spirits of the dead return to visit the living — Watanabe honors his father according to Buddhist custom
by placing
fruits before his picture, symbolically to nourish his soul.
Unfortunately, in the Western Church, after the substitution of «right
beliefs» for «works» or «
fruits of the Spirit» as the sign of authentic faith
by in classical Protestantism and the Enlightenment's emphasis on a reductionistic understanding of reason based solely on empirical logic, faith became confused with orthodox theological
beliefs.
Moreover, they are heartened
by the formation of the
fruits of religion, the practice of the time - honored moral imperatives, independent of the trunk and branches of theistic
belief.
Also, I believe that if one is made alive
by God and saved, that one of the
fruits of regeneration is holding truthful
beliefs about God and what God reveals.
Research conducted
by The Miriam Hospital and The Rhode Island Community Food Bank demonstrated that — contrary to popular
belief — healthy diets rich in
fruits and vegetables are affordable.
This
belief is shared
by many others such as Ms Maggie Maunye, former Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs who stated that non-citizens prevent South Africans from enjoying the
fruits of their freedoms and Ms Fatima Chohan, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, who stated that given the huge influx of individuals abusing the asylum management system, the state can not allow refugees» access to national resources until the asylum system is reviewed and strengthened to ensure bogus asylum - seekers are detected, including the reviewing of the cases of those who were granted asylum.