Sentences with phrase «by holy scripture»

Ezekiel 4:9 ® Sprouted Grain Bread is inspired by the Holy Scripture verse: «Take also unto thee Wheat, and Barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and Spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it...» Ezekiel 4:9 ®

I am fortified again by Holy Scripture in the Gospel of St. Matthew in chapter 6 verses 31 to 33, which reads: «Therefore, do not worry, saying, «What shall we eat?»

Ezekiel 4:9 ® Sprouted Grain Bread is inspired by the Holy Scripture verse: «Take also unto thee Wheat, and Barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and Spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it...» Ezekiel 4:9 ®

Beginning with the church Fathers, theologians undertook to conceive the God attested by Holy Scripture as the wholly absolute Being of the philosophers.

«The right of holding slaves is clearly established by the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example.»

The catholic faith is not given to us by human laws, but by Holy Scriptures, of which the Apostles» Creed is a compendium.

As Christians, it is our responsibility to bear witness to the truth about marriage as taught by both revelation and reason — by the Holy Scriptures and by the truths inscribed on the human heart.

Not exact matches

If you really go down the list looking at every word and the heart behind it in light of scripture and in the light of the law of the Spirit of life you'll find major discrepancies and see how carnal, worldly and unbiblical those points of views really are... I'm concerned about the heart behind such views because it isn't one of a disciple (one who emulates their rabbi and is possessed by the «Holy» Spirit of God).

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

But I believe that we are to not give in to our every urge, and to do our best to live by the laws governing society and those laid out for us in Holy Scripture.

People who murder their own children in order to enable their promiscuous lifestyle are not being led to do that by the Holy Spirit, regardless if what they are doing is not explicitly forbidden in the Scriptures.

Steve Finnell, you seem to be most offended by anything in the history of the church with the exception of the Holy Scriptures.

During these same years, Luther set forth what later scholars have referred to as the formal and material principles of the Reformation, namely, the supremacy of Holy Scripture and justification by faith alone.

Catholics, in turn, teach that the Magisterium exercised by the successors of the apostles — which they believe is intended by Christ, is guided by the Holy Spirit, and is in clear continuity with the orthodox tradition — enables the Church to explicate the truth of Holy Scripture obediently and accurately.

Holy Scripture and the Quest for Authority at the End of the Middle Ages by Ian Christopher Levy University of Notre Dame, 332 pages, $ 38

Many of the writings of the prophets and apostles were collected together and compiled into the Holy Bible, and by the efforts and great sacrifice of the early european reformers, these scriptures became available to the masses.

I went to a small town in the midwest to work for a non-profit thinking it'd be like chicken - soup - for the soul... INSTEAD it was a fundamentalist nightmare... it was NOT just small town mindedness... I could hardly find a church with out people wondering — why is this attractive woman in her early 30's unwed (or at least divorced with 3 kids) people were cold and unfathomable judgmental and sometimes downright hostile eager to quote scriptures seemingly un-lead by the Holy Spirit.

Scripture records, «Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.»

Touchstone provides a forum where Christians of various backgrounds — Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox — can speak candidly with one another on the basis of a shared commitment to the Great Tradition of Christian faith as revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the classic creeds of the early church.The term «mere Christianity,» of course, was made famous by C. S. Lewis, whose book of that title is among the most influential religious volumes of the past one hundred years.

Instead of accommodating its usage» and so its ideas and assumptions» a translation of Holy Scripture should serve the end of conversion by employing principles that recognize Christianity as its own culture with its own language and practices, raising readers up and rooting them in a rich tradition of translation, transforming them through the creative rationality, beauty, goodness, and truth reflective of the triune God who speaks his Word.

She had attacked the theology of the ministers, and by emphasizing the personal operation of the Holy Spirit in revealing the truth of Scripture, or truth apart from Scripture, she was denying the very foundation of the holy experiment — that of Scripture as interpreted by the ministers in the midst of the congregatiHoly Spirit in revealing the truth of Scripture, or truth apart from Scripture, she was denying the very foundation of the holy experiment — that of Scripture as interpreted by the ministers in the midst of the congregatiholy experiment — that of Scripture as interpreted by the ministers in the midst of the congregations.

Let» nourish the Holy Spirit in us by ready the scripture daily.

''... the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral evil, it can not be supposed that the inspired Apostles... would have tolerated it for a moment in the Christian Church.

For instance, scriptures come to my mind of what I should do, or I don't feel direction from the Holy Spirit — but I need to remember I am not walking by sight, nor by what I feel.

Aside from 2 Timothy 3:16, another key text is 2 Peter 1:21 which indicates that men of God were moved, carried, or driven by the Holy Spirit to write Scripture.

Rather, as claimed by Clement of Alexandria and, with much greater intellectual power, Origen, his pupil and successor as head of the Alexandrian Catechetical school, Christianity is paideia, divinely given in Jesus Christ and inspired Christian scriptures, focused in a profound conversion of soul, and divinely assisted by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus was never afraid to touch the untouchable sam is giving good advice but in the scriptures when a person in the old testament touched a leper or a dead person they became unclean that is our fear.What is different with Jesus is that when he touched the lepers his righteousness made them clean instantly when he touched the dead they came to life that is the power of the holy spirit and that power is in all of us who believe by faith in Jesus Christ.So we do nt have to be afraid because we are covered in Christ.brentnz

In his view nature was only too willing to reveal its theological secrets to minds renewed by the Holy Spirit and eyes corrected by the spectacles of scripture.

The Bible, The Qur «an and Science by Dr. Maurice Bucaille THE HOLY SCRIPTURES EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE Translated from French by Alastair D. Pannell and The Author

Now it is no longer «men of God writing Scripture as they were moved by the Holy Spirit» but rather, something like this: «Men of God having inspired ideas which they provided to a professionally - trained letter writer, who then composed the letter according to standards and guidelines found in a letter - writing manual before getting the approval of the man of God to send the letter out to its intended recipients.»

By «God» I mean the pervasive personal presence, distinct from me and prior to me, who is the source and support of my existence; who through Scripture makes me realize that he has towards me the nature and name of love - holy, lordly, costly, fatherly, redeeming love; who addresses me, really though indirectly, in all that Scripture shows of his relationship to human beings in history, and especially in the recorded utterances of his Son, Jesus Christ; and who is daily drawing me towards a face - to - face encounter and consummated communion with him beyond this life, by virtue of «the redemption which is in Christ Jesus» (RoBy «God» I mean the pervasive personal presence, distinct from me and prior to me, who is the source and support of my existence; who through Scripture makes me realize that he has towards me the nature and name of love - holy, lordly, costly, fatherly, redeeming love; who addresses me, really though indirectly, in all that Scripture shows of his relationship to human beings in history, and especially in the recorded utterances of his Son, Jesus Christ; and who is daily drawing me towards a face - to - face encounter and consummated communion with him beyond this life, by virtue of «the redemption which is in Christ Jesus» (Roby virtue of «the redemption which is in Christ Jesus» (Rom.

If sometimes it is too big and slippery to be analytically or exegetically useful, it often illuminates, and is itself illuminated by, Holy Scripture.

Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than evident magic; (110) And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe.

Our minds must be transformed by grace, and that happens nowhere more powerfully than through reading scripture receptively and trustingly with the aid of the Holy Spirit.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is the name of the Triune God, revealed to us by the incarnate Word Himself and the Holy Spirit, through Holy Tradition and Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the first seven Ecumenical Councils.

When, years later, I found Calvin declaring that every Christian experiences the inward witness of the Holy Spirit to the divine authority of Scripture, (2) I rejoiced to think that, without ever having heard a word on this subject, I had long known exactly what Calvin was talking about — as by God's mercy I still do.

For Jesus, the scriptures were not to be messed around with, undermined or misquoted; they represented the «word of God» which «can not be broken» (John 10:35), in which the authors spoke «by the Holy Spirit» (Mark 12:36), and which «must be fulfilled» (Luke 24:44).

What you are saying might have some truth in it if we evolved; But since we were created by a thrice holy God, that told us about marrying, who: (marry whom you will, only in the Lord), and how: (Thou shalt not lay with mankind as with womankind), then in order to please him: (Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life...) we have to abstain from this.

Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast...

Acts 1:16: «Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.»

I am not minimizing the importance of the controversial questions concerning abortion, homosexuality, the role of pastors, separation of church and state, the priesthood of believers, or whether the holy scriptures are to be interpreted by the words and actions of Jesus Christ or by a group of elected leaders.

Demanding strictly scientific precision to guarantee Scripture's trustworthiness, requiring something more objective than the internal, personal witness of the Holy Spirit through the text itself, scholars like Lindsell end up testing the truth of the Bible by an extra-Biblical standard.32 As with Davis, externally derived «good reasons» become the ultimate criterion for judging the gospel.

Any new manuscript copy of the Holy Scripture was produced by drawing on not one, but two or more manuscripts.

Nothing would lead us to believe that women invoked the Holy One with any less frequency or fervor than did their male counterparts, yet the scriptures record only a fraction of women's prayers in comparison with those prayed by men.

I am shocked by the Christian teachings that instruct people specifically «how» to study God's Word in the «right» way — «how much time to spend» praying and studying the Bible — «how» to come to the «right» interpretation of each Scripture verse / passage (guided by them — tying the hands of God and Jesus» Holy Spirit, and ignoring that God's Word is living and active...)-- insistence that increased Bible study, prayer and intersession, by their sheer weight, automatically make us closer to being better Christians — closer to perfection and more pleasing to our Lord and Savior.

In the third round, we explored our understanding of the word of God and found ourselves in agreement that Holy Scripture, faithfully interpreted in the community of believers, is the divinely given rule by which we are to understand our life and mission in obedience to Christ.

[1] He acknowledges that a truly historical approach is necessary, but while it only deals with the isolated past as past it «does not exhaust the interpretive task for someone who sees the biblical writings as a single corpus of Holy Scripture inspired by God».

The Scriptures, given under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, are nevertheless the words of men, conditioned by the language, thought forms, and literary fashions of the places and times at which they were written.

On page 29 and 30, Dr. Playfair musters compelling Scripture to establish that those addicted to alcohol are called drunkards; that the alcoholic or drug addict is a person controlled by his or her habit; that the Christian is to be «controlled» by the Holy Spirit; that we have a choice in such matters; that substance abuse or misabuse has brought these people «under the power,» and that such «uncontrolled lifestyle» is called unrighteousness (sin).

37 Because his arguments were frequently based on Holy Scripture, he was a little embarrassed by Paul's words which declared that «flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God».