Sentences with phrase «citizens of the kingdom of»

Following the third national vote in just over two years, Jo Swinney looks at what nationalism might mean for citizens of the kingdom of heaven More

As I have wrestled over whether it is appropriate for me as a Christian and citizen of the kingdom of God to feel love, loyalty, pride and a sense of belonging to a nation state, I have come to see there is an unresolvable tension at the heart of the question.

Following the third national vote in just over two years, Jo Swinney looks at what nationalism might mean for citizens of the kingdom of heaven

Christians are citizens of the kingdom of God, but they are also citizens of some state, and all states are founded on violence, nothing else.

In the gospel message, Jesus seemed to be more interested having citizens of the kingdom of heaven become like a little child than becoming authority figures.

The only important requirement for a citizen of the kingdom of heaven is that the person please God.

We do not regard our children as simply citizens of the State, but also citizens of the kingdom of God.

Not exact matches

The ceremony was held at Newfoundland's World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, where Rev. Sean Moon prayed for «a kingdom of peace police and peace militia where the citizens, through the right given to them by almighty God to keep and bear arms, will be able to protect one another and protect human flourishing.»

Saudi Arabia is a youthful country — about 70 percent of its citizens are under the age of 30 — and so the kingdom is also seeking to modernize its society and relax several restrictions that are believed to have held back economic growth.

When we look at the Bible holistically, we see the mandate is for every citizen in the kingdom of God to eradicate injustice The command is there, hidden in plain sight like a plot twist in a movie that our eyes missed because they were looking for something else.

He taught Christians are citizens of two kingdoms, the City of God and the City of Man.

Every Christian is a citizen of this new world order, this kingdom with no end, we live our lives in light of this truth and it effects our worldly interactions and supersedes our earthly allegiances.

But here they are applied to those who desire to be subjects of the king and citizens in the heavenly kingdom.

Thus the parables, like the sayings, show how to be acceptable citizens of God's kingdom, both now and in the coming age.

Our sins are forgiven — Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14 and 2:13, Galatians 1:4 We have peace with God — Romans 5:1 We have the righteousness of Christ imputed to us — 2 Corinthians 5:21 We are a new creature in Christ — 2 Corinthians 5:17 We are baptized into the body of Christ — 1 Corinthians 12:13 We are indwelt with the Holy Spirit — 1 Corinthians 6:19 We are sealed with the Spirit — Ephesians 1:13 We are sealed with the Spirit unto the day of redemption — Ephesians 4:30 We are preserved in Christ — Jude 1 We will be confirmed to the end by Christ — 1 Corinthians 1:8 We are citizens of the household of God — Ephesians 2:19 We are children of God — Galatians 3:26 We are in the kingdom of God's Son — Colossians 1:13

This touches my first point, because we need to remember that if we are citizens of a kingdom, we must hold fast to the words of the king.

To illustrate, he takes six scribal interpretations of the Old Testament and interprets each in such a way as to show what it really means for the disciple, the citizen of the kingdom, the Christian.

Our sins are forgiven — Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14 and 2:13, Galatians 1:4 We have peace with God — Romans 5:1 We are accepted by God — Ephesians 1:6 We have the righteousness of Christ imputed to us — 2 Corinthians 5:21 We are a new creature in Christ — 2 Corinthians 5:17 We are baptized into the body of Christ — 1 Corinthians 12:13 We are indwelt with the Holy Spirit — 1 Corinthians 6:19 We are sealed with the Spirit — Ephesians 1:13 We are sealed with the Spirit unto the day of redemption — Ephesians 4:30 We are preserved in Christ — Jude 1 We will be confirmed to the end by Christ — 1 Corinthians 1:8 We are citizens of the household of God — Ephesians 2:19 We are in the kingdom of God's Son — Colossians 1:13

From Colleen: I'm a Canadian born / raised Christian, now an American citizen... American conservatives seem to talk a lot less about the Kingdom of God and more about the kingdom of America... As an American conservative Christian, do you ever consider the potential idolatry of patriotic pride?

Roman flags didn't stand next to Christian flags in first - century house churches, and followers of Jesus viewed themselves as citizens of One: One Lord, One baptism, One kingdom of sojourners scattered across the earth as colonies of heaven.

The Church of the first century never identified its own visible structure with the kingdom of God, and both the accounts of unbrotherly strife in the churches that give realism to the records and Paul's continuous moral injunctions give evidence that the citizens of the commonwealth of heaven still retained plenty of earthly qualities.

Yes, living as citizens of the kingdom is done by living and loving like Jesus.

The celestial kingdom groans amid the citizens of the terrestrial kingdom; and sometimes the terrestrial kingdom... exacts service from the citizens of the Kingdom of heaven, and the Kingdom of Heaven exacts service from the citizens of the terrestrial kingdom.25

As dual citizens, we first seek the kingdom of God and then accept the mantle of responsibility to our communities and the precious children within them.

The church they establish in Jesus» name will be the new Israel, and those they baptize will constitute its members, citizens of a universal kingdom that is coterminous with the whole world.

The gospel also offers us, as citizens of the kingdom, a call — a call to come and die, to forsake everything for the expansion of the kingdom of God, and to push back what is dark in the world.

But clearly, the citizens of a kingdom are not only in a relationship to their king, they are also in a relationship to each other.

I certainly didn't think I would be so encapsulated by the settlement building aspect of the game as it's not something I'm usually into but I found myself getting sidetracked from the main quest for hours trying to recruit citizens and improve my kingdom.

It's my hope that as citizens of the animal kingdom, we can all thrive successfully together.

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan even measures its country's prosperity by its «gross national happiness» (GNH), measuring the spiritual, physical, social and environmental health and happiness of its citizens and natural environment.

As Avil your job is to protect the cities and citizens of the kingdom from the incoming Ravenii assault, the Ravenii being massive beasts capable of leveling buildings with a single swing of their giant arms.

To get the citizens that should work for your kingdom, you will find a lot of recruitable ones.

All that being said, the best part of allying with a new kingdom is the flood of new citizens that comes afterwards — again, it always comes back to Evermore.

To make the most out of your kingdom you need to recruit citizens.

You visit each kingdom to convince them to sign Evan's Declaration of Interdependence and also to protect them from Doloran, a sorcerer who's undermining rulers by using magic and cunning to force them to oppress their citizens.

And though it's minimal, a travel brochure that serves as the player's map contributes a bit of world building, with each kingdom getting some little details given to their environment, citizens, and local industries.

These units are drafted from the same citizens that make up the kingdom of Evermore and operate on a simple rock - paper - scissors trifecta of effectiveness against other types: swords beat hammers, hammers beat spears, spears beat swords, with a couple of other wildcard classes as well.

In Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom, there are a total of 103 citizens that can be recruited to your kingdom.

So its ungrateful citizens decided to get rid of him by organizing a grand combat tournament where knights across the kingdom would compete, with the victor being named Whyrule's new king.

You can either use them in battle as support attacks or leave them be in your army and turn them into citizens of your new kingdom.

In The Wind Waker, the entire once - kingdom has been whittled down to a few dozen Hylian citizens, and I imagine the Gorons that had made their home inside the tunnels of Death Mountain were forced to migrate far away (which they did, according to Spirit Tracks) or perish (which I assume a few stubborn ones still did).

Create and place a variety of buildings to build out the kingdom's infrastructure and provide jobs for the citizens of the kingdom.

The citizens of this proud kingdom, who can shapeshift into ferocious wolf - beasts known as worgen, are bringing the fight to The Witchwood with tooth and claw - and soon, Hearthstone players will join the pack and help them face down the horrors within.»

The trailer focuses on the gameplay systems, starting with the battle system and the use of skills, then moving on to the Kingdom Mode that lets Evan build his own kingdom SimCity - style, also scouting several NPCs as citizen.