Sentences with phrase «by the commands men»

Adejobi confirmed that two suspects were arrested in connection with the kidnap and are already being interrogated by the commands men.

According to a statement sent to the Nigeria Politics Online by the Spokesman of the Ogun Police Command, Muyiwa Adeyemi, Anisulowo was freed by the commands men at a village called Gbengbinlawo in Olohunda town in the state.

Not exact matches

His earliest voyage into space was on Gemini 3, the agency's first two - man flight, commanded by Virgil «Gus» Grissom, in 1965.

It is not a tradition made up later on by men but a command by Jesus Christ.

It was Christ who encouraged the fair treatment of women... God who commands us not to neglect the poor and to feed orphans and widows... God who insisted that field owners leave part of the crop behind to be picked up by hungry gleaners... God who said men should not take advantage of one another by charging interest... Christ who attacked the Pharisees for their rigid thinking and superiority complex toward Samaritans... How are my values inconsistent with the teachings and actions of God?

Among his companions from the scriptures are the pseudochristoi who, Christ says, will come «in my name» and will «lead you astray» -» the lawless one» (2 Thessalonians 2:10) who, by the power of Satan, will impress the faithful with false signs and wonders, offering «a strong delusion» to tempt «those who are perishing»; «Gog and Magog» who, under Satan's command, will gather the nations for the final battle with Christ (Revelation 20:2 - 10); the «beasts» of Revelation (16, 17, 19) that harken back to the «beasts» of Daniel (7); «the sons of Belial» (Deuteronomy 13:13 and passim) who are «base» or «worthless,» who practice idolatry, drunkenness, disrespect, evil speech, who are «empty men» (2 Chronicles 13:7); and the conspiring nations and rulers who take counsel against the Lord (Psalms 2:1 - 3).

It was really eye opening for me — simple insights like the fact that the first wound most men receive in being circumcised is an intentional act of violence commanded by God — the goal of which is to place his mark upon us, reminding us that we are set apart and specially chosen by him.

Even if parents are polytheists and even if they strive to mislead their Muslim son to follow them, he is commanded by the Qur» an to be good to them and to treat them gently, for Allah saith, «And We have enjoined upon man concerning his parents... But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not.

«First we affirm that we desire to follow Scripture alone as a rule of faith and religion, without mixing it with any other things which might be devised by the opinion of men apart from the Word of God, and without wishing to accept for our spiritual government any other doctrine than what is conveyed to us by the same Word without addition to diminution, according to the command of our Lord.»

(Exodus 19:12 - 14) Repeatedly in the early laws the command to observe some negative taboo was reinforced by the penalties of violated holiness — «Ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field.»

But these legends are the historical witness for the meaning of Jesus» message concerning the Kingdom, which tears men up by the roots from their business life and from their social relationships and commands the dead to bury their dead.

Until we do what Jesus has commanded us to do by / with His Spirit leading and guiding us NOT man... then and only then will you begin to see the move of His power in your life and in the lives of others.

For, as the New Testament sees it, man has lost that actual possibility, and even his awareness of his authentic manhood is perverted, as is shown by his deluded belief that it is a possession he can command at will.

Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times (for this was the king's manner toward all who knew law and justice, those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence, and who ranked highest in the kingdom): «What shall we do to Queen Vashti, according to law, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus brought to her by the eunuchs?»

It could still be argued that these roles impose strain on womanly nature; that they are not what women are made for; that they show a certain lack of respect for God's work of creation; that in fulfilling them a woman is likely to treat men maternally, which will impose undue strain on masculine nature; and that the woman's womanly dignity and worth are to some extent at risk while she does these jobs; but it could not be maintained that she and those who gave her her role have sinned by disobeying God's command.

It appears that there is general though only implicit recognition of the fact that a call to the ministry includes at least these four elements (1) the call to be a Christian, which is variously described as the call to discipleship of Jesus Christ, to hearing and doing of the Word of God, to repentance and faith, et cetera; (2) the secret call, namely, that inner persuasion or experience whereby a person feels himself directly summoned or invited by God to take up the work of the ministry; (3) the providential call, which is that invitation and command to assume the work of the ministry which comes through the equipment of a person with the talents necessary for the exercise of the office and through the divine guidance of his life by all its circumstances; (4) the ecclesiastical call, that is, the summons and invitation extended to a man by some community or institution of the Church to engage in the work of the ministry.

If he can stop a storm by a mere word, raise the dead at a command --- heal a blind men, and drive out demons, oh, I think he could cope --- and he did cope.

The unusual gestures and the use of spittle (a traditional habit of ancient exorcists) can perhaps be explained by the man's deafness: he is unable to hear the usual word of command and healing.

No, but God does confront man in the present historical situation by his command.

(of course Christians would have to say that this particular command only applied to the man he was talking and not to everyone — somehow they know which ones should be followed by all and which shouldn't).

Men either command such beliefs, are ruled by them or are both commanders - obeyers (TSZ 137).

A vision, not a visitation by the dead: «As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, «Tell the VISION to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.»

The most significant schism was undoubtedly Martin Luther's, but earlier ones had involved the Coptics and Eastern Orthodox; subsequent ones are too numerous to mention, but spectacularly include the Southern versions of the Baptists and Methodists, whose adherents of nearly 2 centuries ago were more persuaded by the Biblical passages endorsing slavery than by the COMPETING Biblical passages commanding love of one's fellow man.

Every Submitter — man, woman, and child — is commanded by God to observe the Friday Congregational Prayer.

Man has been so created by God that he can become man only by perceiving God, by receiving God's Word and — like a soldier repeating a command — repeating God's WoMan has been so created by God that he can become man only by perceiving God, by receiving God's Word and — like a soldier repeating a command — repeating God's Woman only by perceiving God, by receiving God's Word and — like a soldier repeating a command — repeating God's Word.

If homosexuals were allowed to serve in the military and occupy the same quarters, how does a commanding officer respond to the charge that, by allowing homosexuals to room together, he is discriminating against heterosexuals if he denies them as unmarried men and women the similar right of sharing the same quarters?

The story goes that a young girl was very much troubled by some passages in the Old Testament where God, for example, commanded Saul to smite the Amalekites, and «not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.»

The command that women are not to teach or usurp authority over the man was given by God to the Apostle Paul for the church during the church age so I don't understand your reference to the 10 commandments and the dispensation of the Law.

God has commanded all men to repent, acts 17:30,31, for He has appointed a day on which all will be judged by the man whom he has appointed, proven by His resurrection.

During the days when Hebrew speaking peoples were the only ones obeying God's commands, when a man fell on hard times provision was made for him to sell himdelf into slavery to another man, who was bound by law regarding the treatment of his laborers.

What God's will is, is not stated by an external authority, so that the content of the command is a matter of indifference, but man is trusted and expected to see for himself what God commands.

The command is, you must love; the will is called to action, that is, the man is addressed, with the implication that he is placed by God under the necessity of decision and must decide through his free act.

1 Timothy 4:1 - 3: The apostle Paul fortells a time after the death of the Apostles that some would «fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons, by the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, marked in their conscience as with a branding iron, FORBIDDING TO MARRY, commanding to abstain from foods which God created... etc..

The task of a non-Muslim scholar writing about Islam is that of constructing an exposition that will do justice to the Western academic tradition, by growing directly out of the objective evidence and by being rationally coherent both within itself and with all other knowledge, and at the same time will do justice to the faith in men's hearts by commanding their assent once it is formulated.

As I re-read the story it seemed obvious it couldn't really be history — or if it was, it was completely unverifiable: Eve is created from Adam's rib; a snake converses with and tempts Eve; God puts a very desirable fruit tree in the garden then commands man not to eat it; eating this fruit causes all the world's pain and suffering; God curses Adam, Eve, their descendents, and the earth; «every living thing» is destroyed by a worldwide flood; all our modern animals descend from the originals on Noah's Ark; and so on.

Thus did the devil, who was unwilling to be subject to Him, and man who refused to be, as a servant, bound by His command.»

So Jesus Christ is the Master Mind of the world, the greatest and purest of Lovers, the utterly authoritative Truth - sometimes hard to hear who alone can command by right the clever, powerful minds of men of the scientific age.

Agree 100 % His reflexes were great but his command of the area and set - pieces were about as convincing as Higuain taking peno's this year Quite a few times Ospina was caught in no man's land and bailed out by one of our defenders.

Kolarov made some great forays into and around the Barca box, DeRossi was able to spend more time pressing the 4 - man Barca defense, winning balls and commanding play by bombing passes, short and long, all over the place, and Florenzi was able to make great runs creating space, winning balls, and collecting passes from the back and finding creative places to pass them.

According to Don Balon, as re-reported by The Express, Man Utd could try and secure a stunning # 440m move for the Brazilian superstar in a bid to move the club closer to winning the Premier League title which seems a distant dream this season given Man City's commanding lead.

Wenger was officially in command of managerial affairs at Arsenal by the start of October, but Vieira had already made his mark, coming on as a substitute against Sheffield Wednesday on 16 September 1996; The Times described him as a «thinking man's Carlton Palmer... who, at last, gives the Arsenal midfield some variety.

The point is that thanks to this we are now in a better position, instead of being left for dead completely by Man City and Chelsea and their unlimited resources we will now be able to buy players commanding transfer fees like Sanchez or Ozil every season or two, we achieved this while staying in the Champions League year after year.

The same man who had spurned golden chances in Argentina's last three major finals, who had missed a penalty that would have put Napoli in the Champions League last year, now commanded a transfer fee bettered only by Galacticos Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.

While Man City may well have opened up a sizeable gap that is unlikely to be made up between now and the end of the season by any of the chasing pack, Chelsea still have to play for second place, and their supporters will be in good spirits for the New Year after such a commanding display, albeit against a struggling Stoke side.

Also, his command of the area and set pieces were shaky to say the least on multiple occassions, and was bailed out from a number of situations caught in no man's land by one of our players getting their head to the ball first.

I am saying this because the winter was on the injury front, difficult for the Gunners on the field of play to handle 2 seasons back when they were in the command lead on the table, but evetually lost the title to Man City by 7 or 8 points.

It was far from a commanding victory through for Antonio Conte's men as they were made to work for it by their opponent.

«One of the first commands of the Bible is found in Genesis 2:24: «For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh (NIV),»» said Rosemond, who has written numerous books on parenting, including the recent Parenting by the Book.

It was dictated by man, and is not the biblical commanded circumcision rite.

She commanded awe and respect everywhere she went, and was relentlessly prayed to by men, women and sea creatures alike.