Sentences with phrase «clear meaning of scripture»

The kingdom is about justice, and mercy, and faith (23:23), not about following the minutest of laws and the tiniest principles which not only confuse the clear meaning of Scripture, but also do not provide aid to anyone in their life with God.

Such an assertion disagrees not only with the Council of Trent but also with the Protestant Reformers and, I would think, the clear meaning of Scripture.

Not exact matches

Now restrains» that is what we call the present tense which means that the clear statement of scripture is that both the man of iniquity and the restrainer were present at the time of Paul's writing.

But that does not mean that God's clear word on the matter from Scripture, and over two thousand years of Judeo - Christian practices concerning the matter should be thrown out the window.

But when we recognize (as we saw in the post yesterday about the definition of baptism) that «baptism» means «immersion into» or «identification with» some of the tricky passages in Scripture become much more clear.

Calvin further labored to set forth the clear and genuine meaning of scripture in his biblical commentaries.

This means, according to Allen and Swain, that «pastors may only bind the conscience of the Christian when Holy Scripture so binds, through its clear warrant or by good and necessary inference.»