It is my thesis that throughout history, but especially today, most violence is done
by righteous people.
Not exact matches
I'd rather be a «filthy aetheist» than a deluded, self important, self -
righteous person (as obviously demonstrated
by your posts) as yourself.
People who are in their final stages don't need self -
righteous folks like you making themselves feel better
by spouting out their beliefs.
That's why Jesus always ridiculed the self -
righteous pompous
people like Fox news and the rich, but chose to be with the sick, the Gentiles and those who were put away
by society.
God's
people do not take comfort in the eternal punishment for that rejection, but we do take comfort that God will be glorified eternally
by all men, whether in heaven with Him
by His grace and love, or separated as receivers of His
righteous wrath.
But no, it has to be this self -
righteous public display, a simple graduation perverted into a religious event
by people hoping to widen obedience to their ideology.
Inspired
by Obama and undeterred
by parliamentary scandals, as yet uncommitted to any particular party, but increasingly aware that few arenas have the opportunity to create greater positive change for large numbers of
people than the
righteous use of political power, he wants to study politics, philosophy and economics.
And you know what, after my revelation of GRACE last year which absolutely set me free from «performance Christianity» God told me that, regardless of what «scriptures»
people threw at me, what He was telling me directly to my heart, that He has made me perfectly
righteous by the blood of His son regardless of what I do or don't do, I must trust His voice in my heart, more than the printed «Word» which has been bended, bent, misterpreted and mistaught.
In spite of all the excruciating ambiguities of history, it is fundamental to the Christian faith that humanity is saved
by the life of one
righteous person!
If that is so, then our nation must be seen
by the worshipers of Yahweh not as any more sacred, any more holy, or any more
righteous than any other nation or
people, and our propaganda that would try to convince us otherwise must be countered in the name of the oneness of God.
Jesus is saying that outward behavior needs to be matched
by inward attitudes, that a fully
righteous person does more than attend to external behavior.
Why should not the choice be made
by the
person most directly concerned rather than
by the self -
righteous busybodies who torment unhappy women at abortion clinics?
A lot of
people like to justify their anger
by calling it «
righteous.»
What God is looking for is repentence and a turning to him rather than a turning away from him.God instituted the animal sacrifices to show just how bad sin was so we would be sorry that we greived him.For us to be made right there has to be a choice to turn from sin and follow him and out of that decision there should be a desire to walk in his ways.Under the old law part of that obedience was to make offerings however it was
by faith in God that made the
person righteous and not the blood of animals.
It is said
by God Allah that only good
people will inherit earth and did not say white or Black and did not say Muslim or not Muslim but said believers: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful And indeed We have written in Az - Zabûr [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books — the Taurât (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Psalms, the Qur «ân] after (We have already written in) Al - Lauh Al - Mahfûz (the Book, that is in the heaven with Allâh), that My
righteous slaves shall inherit the land (earth)(105) Sura 21:105
Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a
righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell
people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of
by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of
people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these
people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,
A more ancient view, still apparent at many points in the Old Testament, had been that righteousness was rewarded
by prosperity and long life in this world, and misfortune was a punishment for sin; but as Israel suffered more and more adversity, and the most faithful individuals and groups were the most oppressed and afflicted, it came to be felt that the humble, the meek, the devout, the poor were the
righteous people of God, and the mighty and prosperous were the proud, wicked oppressors.
The election
by this holy God to this Covenant status is, rather, a call of this
people to share God's work of redemption, to bear up under the
righteous demands of God, and to accept the abuse of the world.
People refusing medical treatment because they think they can pray disease away, The demoralizing way religion makes you feel about yourself (I am a wretch, a sinner, a bad
person by nature), the religious wars that have been fought for millenia, the self
righteous passing laws based on THEIR beliefs (change to the pledge of allegience which now excludes anyone who does not believe in a fairy godfather, the change to the national motto that turned it into the lie «in god we trust», the bigotry that «my religion is the right one and you are wrong so I'll pray for you» kind of crap... don't you realize that it is insulting to me when someone says they will pray for me... its the same as saying I'm going to do something for you but there won't be any effect, so it is just a waste of time.
The self
righteous self serving
people who refuse to discuss anything that has not been «taught» to them
by pastors... I hope
people are wise to their false love and bait they use to get you in....
Paul says «a
person is
righteous not
by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ.»
The idea of white
people being more
righteous is being phased out and deliberately so
by the Church.
Any gay
person can tell you of the same fear of rejection
by those they trust the most at that time upon coming out... the religiously - minded in our society are so self -
righteous about their beliefs that when a loved one comes out as a non-believer their first genuine instinct is to pity you and work frantically to «save» you.
The seven controverted areas taken up
by the declaration are 1) sin and human passivity in receiving justification; 2) interior renewal, that is, the way God not only declares
persons justified but also makes them
righteous, independent of human cooperation; 3) justification
by faith alone; 4) the justified
person as sinner; 5) law and gospel; 6) the assurance of salvation; and 7) the good works of the justified
person.
When a
person «accepts Jesus» into his or her life, they admit that they are the guilty one, that nothing they can do can make up for all of their sin, and that only
by receiving God's grace can they become
righteous.
If we should discover mistakes in the scriptures of their religions or should observe the misconduct of their followers we should not attribute these defaults and shortcomings to the founders of those religions, inasmuch as the perversion of scriptures is possible and it is possible that mistakes of interpretation might find their way into the commentaries, but it is not at all possible that a
person should fabricate lies against God and should claim to be a prophet and should put forward his own compositions as the word of God falsely and yet God should grant him respite like the
righteous and should bestow upon him wide acceptance
by people (Tohfa Qaisariyyah, p. g 10).
Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse
people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear
by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear
by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear
righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents
by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.
Bible is full of exapmles of
people who did wrong yet remained loved
by God and considered faithful and even
righteous by God.
When my good and
righteous god shows
people how to really «love their enemies»
by torturing you all forever and ever and ever.
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight
people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered
righteous Lot, who was oppressed
by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that
righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his
righteous soul from day to day
by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority.
Its disgusting to see
people like that being fawned over
by other «
righteous»
people.
If what you interpret Paul as saying is that before creating all the myriad galaxies and star systems God decided that They would put some humans on the third planet from an insignificant star on a little arm of a middling galaxy and that the first hominids chosen role would be to perform pretty much to spec and do something silly and rebellious (arguably without sufficient information as to consequences for themselves and their off spring, oh, and for serpents) and cause affront to the tripartite godhead warranting separation of Gods grace from all their offspring; then we are left with
people being chosen from way back before the Big Bang to do some terrible things like killing babies or betraying Jesus who was chosen on the same non date (time didn't exist before creation) to die in a fairly nasty fashion and thereby appease the
righteous wrath of himself and his fellow Trinitarians
by paying a penalty as a substitute for all future sins (of believers?)
And excusing
people for their false beliefs that they force upon others
by attempting to legislate morality because they are a majority is
righteous how?
Paul explained the gospel so clearly the
person he was explaining it to said, «Well if I can be declared
righteous simply
by faith in Christ with no works at all, why can't I just sin all I want?»
Ah, the sickeningly sweet (like decay) of the self
righteous special
people, blessed
by god for their highly moral stance.
I'm as hypocritical as the next
person, judgmental of those I deem judgmental, self -
righteous, indulgent, a gossip, too careless with my words, too quick to get angry at certain
people with certain theological views, too easily seduced
by money and notoriety and... my favorite things in the whole entire world... AWARDSI LISTS!
Jefferson in his many words is todays paul
by basically testifying to a lost society
by preaching «The heart «that is what God wants not the shell which will rott away.I can stand with this truth until the day I die because I also have had disagreements in my church about this same topic.I dispise religion and encourage salvation which come from having a relationship with Jesus.Many may ask how do i have a relationship with him?
by simply asking God through prayer, not what we know as pray but simply given up and telling God he win.That is what being
righteous means saying «lord your're right and i will believe and obey that.Last i will like to thank jefferson for this clip, becuase for so long I have been feeling like todays churches in not like the first churches.They are stuck into their four cornered walls preaching to those who already obtain the word and
people who already think they are perfect, but what about the weak and the sinners who we are suppose to love, go after, preach to, help and deliver the same way as Christ camed for the sinners so do we also be like him.Jefferson basically telling all us young
people and old no matter who have suffered in the world, the church, or no matter what party or the past that there is hope and «God wants that
person» not the sin but the
person.Jefferson wants us to know that God can become personal with us and we do exist or can exist in the christian world not because we are perfect but because «he is perfect and he saw our broken spirits and rescued us!
Isn't a
righteous person, especially a teacher, seriously compromised
by table - sharing with sinners?
Bob, georgia, and ttwp, nowhere in the so called OT, (the obvious truth book), and truly was named
by YHWH, «the book of remembrance» in Malachi 3v16, does it say jesus, nor does it tell of his story, and in all of those scriptures in the chapters that are in Isaiah 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44, are speaking of the servant, the elect, from the «seed» of David, as the future prophecy in Jeremiah 23 vs.1 - 8, and Jeremiah 33 vs.14 - 21 of the
righteous BRANCH, named «The Lord (YHWH) Our Righteousness», and not just one
person here, and again there is no name of jc here either, and this is taught to us, in Jeremiah 33 vs. 22 that there will be a great number of David's seed to be on the throne.
Lot and his family were the only
righteous people in the entire city, and He made sure they were removed — escorted
by angels — before destroying it.
That is not to say there shouldn't be Christian or other religious values present but it is to say that
people shouldn't be conned and public opinion shouldn't be manipulated
by claims of
righteous values — as we have seen, it is just too easy to fake and sway
people to support what may not be in their best interests based on having a cloak of religion.
The meaning of Guy Fawkes Day was originally a story of the government foiling a dastardly plot
by lunatic terrorists against the legal,
righteous government, which is EXACTLY the opposite of how most
people see it today.
Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the
righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the
righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed
by over 500
people that were alive at the time and was recorded
by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz
Some might argue with this
by pointing to the preceding verse where Isaiah says that God meets with
people in their rejoicing and in their
righteous deeds (Isaiah 64:5).
(Romans 2:9 - 16) Many exclusivists themselves concede that
people living before the time of Christ were made
righteous by faith without explicit knowledge of Jesus.
projection of blame); and «Uproar» (having a fight to avoid anxiety - producing sexual intimacy); «Why Don't You — Yes But» (futile P - C advice - giving); «I'm Only Trying to Help You» (rationalizing manipulative behavior); «Kick Me» (played
by a submissive
person); and «Look How Hard I've Tried» (to convince the counselor one is the «helpful» and «
righteous,» wronged partner).
I think you are someone who has been hurt or disgusted
by some
people in your life who hid behind a self
righteous religion.
Everyone who speaks the bad of (perceived) and the legitimate bad that is perpetrated
by people who are wrongly guided, doesn't know Islam and the peace and
righteous judgment it brings to a
person who seeks a better conscious and better standing with their Lord.
The most adequate and accurate single way of describing the saving meaning of the event (or the saving «work» of the
person) is
by saying that God through Christ brought into existence a new
people — a
people in which he could be known, in precisely the way he is known there, as
righteous love, as grace and truth, and could thus reconcile us to himself.
There are so many sad kids out there (abused
by their care givers, etc) that
righteous people ought to try to help than to vent their spleen on a humour site.