Sentences with phrase «came by a revelation»

Rather it came by a revelation from Christ.

-LSB--RSB- Now, while the principles of the science of theology are not known by philosophical reasoning (they come by revelation), the further conclusions that flow from these principles are derived with its help.

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«Fraudulent activity of your employees was not limited to Wells Fargo's consumer banking operations,» he wrote in the letter, which was reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday, explaining that the revelations came during congressional staffer discussions with the bank.

The revelation came after a recent class action lawsuit suggested losses stemming from the breach were greater than that suffered by retailers Target and Home Depot.

Its latest revelation came last week: for its 2015 fiscal year, Cloudera's unaudited revenue topped $ 100 million (the CEO won't disclose by how much), two - third of which are attributable to software licenses (not deployment services).

Then came the gut - punch revelation that the new phones won't be available in the American market until March — more than a month after its debut in the U.K. and Canada — thanks to testing delays by U.S. wireless carriers.

The latest revelation about U.S. government surveillance comes by way of a June 14 Bloomberg report that says «thousands» of American companies are working with U.S. intelligence agencies in a mutually beneficial arrangement where the latter secretly piggybacks on normal commercial operations.

The act comes as revelations of data monitoring and sharing by private companies continue to trouble parents and schools nationwide.

Spying by the National Security Agency is another concern in light of revelations coming from Edward Snowden, the former agency contractor turned whistleblower.

On the day that Daniels canceled the deal, protesters gathered in front of Trump Tower in New York City to express outrage over week - old revelations that the Republican presidential nominee had once bragged about grabbing women by the crotch, news that was prompting a number of women to come forward with stories of alleged sexual misconduct by the candidate.

It is a slight story, made perhaps somewhat more significant by the authors» revelation in the very last sentence that the strange ex-slave who was Matthias» servant came to be known by history as Sojourner Truth.

«By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioBy further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.

Which is to say that the path which the individual life must take is one of growth from nothingness to being, by attempting first to understand that one's life situation is ambiguous; second, by opening oneself up to the creative God - power within oneself and waiting for its revelation, however gradually it may come; and third, by acting upon its discovery.

Nevertheless, at the first possible q moment, alone and in danger, Mary comes into the thundering absence of the one she loves — and by so doing, puts herself where revelation finds her ready to face the sacred moment.

In fact, those who understand it will see the event in its present context immediately following the first prediction of the passion and Peter's confession of that which never comes by observation of flesh and blood but only by revelation (16:17).

Wonder and awe before the majesty of the Creator, answering a high call to service, being transformed by a Power greater than our own, being aware of a Presence in whose fellowship we find our strength, being reinforced by the divine help so that we triumph over trouble, opening our lives to inspired hours when the best seems the most real — all these are responses to revelations of reality above and beyond ourselves, but nowhere is such revelation so compelling as when it comes incarnate in a person.

They came so close to Hebrew and Christian moral insights that some early Church Fathers wondered whether some Greeks had received private divine revelations; a contemporary secularist historian of ancient philosophy once wrote that almost the same sex ethic was espoused by Plato and Paul VI.

And from this starting point there is an incessant coming and going, from the revelation by means of the word to the word concerning the revelation, from the word as inspiration to the word freely spoken as expression of this inspiration.

In the perspective of the FAITH Movement, the Son of God incarnate comes as Son of Man, as God's self - revelation to us by taking on flesh, our flesh, as a communication of His love.

The revelation of the Word, the building up of the Church and the «Covenant», or family bond of communion between heaven and earth, these are natural to the constitution of the universe, but they do not come about by the laws of scientific inevitability.

We may recall that Christianity is in the first instance a gospel, a proclamation, in which it is declared that the eternal Reality whom men call God has crowned His endless work of self - revelation to His human children by a uniquely direct and immediate action: He has come to us in one of our own kind, the Man of Nazareth, uniting to Himself the life which, through His purpose, was conceived and born of Mary, and through this life in its wholeness establishing a new relationship to Himself into which the children of men may enter.

The concept that arises from a person's heart or mind is transformed into a work fashioned by human hands and takes the place of the invisible revelation that comes from above.»

Irony is ever present in the writings of St John, and Our Lord's words, though part of divine revelation to all, nevertheless gently point out the fault of the one who will only see Jesus by night: «men have shown they prefer darkness to the light» (Jn 3, 19) and «the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light» (Jn 3, 21).

Yet he does not seem to recognize that this can only mean one thing: The revelation of God in Christ must come to you and me by way of a kind of interchange between individuals in deep communion, whereby the meaning of past events can possess our minds and transform our lives, even as it did in the fellowship that formed around Jesus.

The Christian gospel, whether as revelation or redemption, comes to us from God by his will and purpose, and is not merely of our own devising.

Days passed, weeks went by, month followed month, one year was gone, another began, and according to the account of al - Cha» bi even a third year came without another revelation.

I propose as that definition, realizing that it would probably exclude some of those already discussed, the following: The sacred book contains writings that purport to have been produced under divine or extra human inspiration or impulse, and which have come to be recognized by a substantial number of people as the basis of their religious faith, since it is regarded by them as the authentic revelation of God to them and to the world.

Christology — I have had to learn to refocus all my theology upon the cross of Jesus Christ, and have come to see Jesus as the center of God's revelation, the lens by which Scripture is read, and truly the «image of the invisible God.»

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

We can cause no man to permit his life to be determined by the revelation of Jesus Christ as the coming of God to him.

Thus, in this book we have proposed that revelation comes not only through sacraments of hope, although this is the indispensable entry point of God's promise; it also enters into our awareness by way of the mystical, silent, and active sides of hope.

And although Vatican I did not explicitly dwell on the topic of revelation, its promulgations on infallibility and faith alluded to the «deposit» that comes to us from the apostles and that needs to be protected by Church authority.

No need to set our faces sternly against the massive cultural power of the academic and media establishment if we qualify any peculiar practices we retain by the qualification: We're open to change, that is, you progressives may be right» in fact it seems you are, so please excuse our very temporary clinging to old ways here, we're just waiting for the right (that is left) revelation to come along, let's hope sooner rather than later...

Earlier, we supported the first objection by arguing that a theology of revelation must be prefaced with a mystagogical opening to the silent dimension of mystery from which any revelatory word or vision might come forth to us and thus be experienced as disclosed or «unconcealed.»

From the starting point of the revelation of the nature and will of God that has come to man through Christ, she has dealt first with the biblical foundations of Christian ethics followed by their application to specific contemporary problems, including self and society, marriage, economic life, race, the state, war, peace and others.

Belief can only come from a direct revelation from God by Holy Spirit.

In God's revelation in Scripture we come to the recognition that the divine liberation of the oppressed is determined not by our perceptions but by the God of the Exodus, the prophets and Jesus Christ, who calls the oppressed into a liberated existence.

Al - E-Imran sura 03: Allah verily hath shown grace to the believers by sending unto them a messenger of their own who reciteth unto them His revelations, and causeth them to grow, and teacheth them the Scripture and wisdom; although before (he came to them) they were in flagrant error.

Is not this only what has been meant by religious people when they have claimed that the «initiative» in any «disclosure» or «revelation» must come from God?

We have already said that this truth is beyond the grasp of unaided human reason and that we come to it by way of revelation.

The third way that philosophy comes to the service of theology is built upon the fact that truths known by sound philosophy and truths known by revelation alone can not contradict each other.

But based upon a plethora of New Testament passages, Christians have also recognized that there IS indeed also a technical usage of the term «the gospel» that came into effect after Christ's resurrection that refers not to good news in general, nor to the general revelation of God given through the Old and New testaments, but to the specific message that must be preached to the lost and must be believed by the lost to receive eternal life.

«You may have an opinion that a man is inspired, but you can not prove it, nor can you have any proof of it yourself, because you can not see into his mind in order to know how he comes by his thoughts; and the same is the case with the word revelation.

Yet, because full apprehension of God's revelation comes slowly, step by step, black Christians have been a long time discerning their purpose in the world.

What stands out is that revelation comes in the mode of a promise of future fulfillment to which we can relate only by adopting the posture of hope.

I was touched by your response to the moveie, my heart is broke in prayer for you.This moment and this season may be the most holy time you have ever walked.The fullnest of God sits on you.Wierd way to express that, sit is just the word that came to me.Sit what does that mean?Any way just by you being so vunerable makes this holy ground.I love you and may God open heaven over you and give you revelation and understanding, and may His peace be with you this days.

This greatly offended the manager, who was pentecostal himself, and who also aired a program that came on an hour or two later each afternoon called «Prepare for War» which was hosted by a self - proclaimed apostle and prophet who gave new revelations from God each day over the air and claimed to have power to heal people over the air.

This comes from the Mormon doctrine of health, given in 1833 by founder Joseph Smith in a revelation called the Word of Wisdom.

These revelations have come on the back of Ryan being named by an MP as the footballer who took out the super-injunction to try and hide his affair with Big Brother beauty Imogen Thomas.

Barely a day goes by without new revelations coming to light about Pompey's perilous financial position, hence the need to sell Kaboul to his former club Spurs for possibly as much as # 11m.