Sentences with phrase «come out of the scriptures»

Two religious systems have come out of the scriptures we call the bible.

Not exact matches

But even the most orthodox of Jews will admit that GeHenna (named after the dump outside Jerusalem that existed in the Valley of Hinnom and whilch was considered the most unclean of places, where the «fires never went out» and the «worm never died»... a reference seen in Isaiah...) was an idea adapted from Babylonian theology (taken from Zoasterism), not an idea originally developed in the Tanach (thus you will find references to «the world to come» and «tikkun Olam» only in the Talmud, not in the Tanach... which for Jews is not a problem since our view of «scripture» is not the same as a Christians).

I came out of the Methodist tradition which is based on the Wesleyan Quadrilateral which demands that faith be based on four elements — Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience.

Nevertheless, the recognition of the similarity of the problematic, coming as it does out of that which both communities accept as Sacred Scripture — the Hebrew Bible — can lead to a new mutuality.

My point to Steve was to point out that we do come to different conclusions using the same scripture therefore neither of us can claim scriptural authority.

And none differed over the Scripture except those who were given it — after the clear proofs came to them — out of jealous animosity among themselves.

I come to wonder, if what we read out of scripture needs a proper interpretation of it following some basic principals to be in the proper context and we don't follow those simple rules, then what we interpret creates in our minds a false will of God and we follow this so called «Gods will» are we going down the wrong path?

Similarly, when it comes to biblical interpretation within evangelicalism, I've experienced a sort of «flattening - out» of Scripture in which the words of David carry the same weight as the words of Paul, which carry the same weight as the words of Christ.

In modern times, Christians, upon further analysis of scripture, have come to find out that they were wrong for millennia and that God had been telling us of an ancient, round earth this whole time.

While there was a certain security to having this infallible roadmap on my nightstand, there was also a deep fear that came along with my belief that if just one thing was out of place in Scripture, if just one thing didn't resolve, the whole thing would fall apart.

If you have stepped out somewhere where you shouldn't have done then the conviction as a child of God will surely come but I tell you this, if Satan did not hold back on trying to kill the baby Jesus, and many children were slaughtered in that process, if he even thought he knew the scriptures so well he could try to deceive Jesus, and he did try then you can be sure that for every believer there is an adversary who would do anything to stop you from finding the forgiveness and grace of God that has the power to wash you clean of anything.

They even remember Scriptures, learned in childhood, which on troubled days come up out of the garnered treasures of their recollection to comfort them: «The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want,» or in a happy mistranslation by a little child, «The Lord is my shepherd; that's all I want.»

if more would read and study the scriptures we would not be in need of so many teachers and buildings... we would come out of her and carry the good news with our hearts hands and feet.

With a lot of the so called Christians I have encountered, it seems that they distort scripture to fit a political agenda.I am convinced that if Jesus were walking the earth today, and came into the home of a born again, with his message of mercy, forgiveness, charity, and love, they would call him a pinko or a hippie freak, and throw him out on his backside.Constitutionally, our government can not create a state religion or interfere in the inner workings of the churches.It should work in both directions.

At Washington Bible College and Capital Bible Seminary they taught you how to think thru heretical arguments in light of scripture and come to reason it out for yourself AND how can any CHristian Apologist be worth anything if they don't know and understand the heretical views that oppose Orthodox Christianity!?

Scripture does speak of a group coming out of the Great Tribulation; but whether some will be from those left behind, or not, was not made clear to me in this dream - vision.

Further Voobus points out that it was neither the Greek Old Testament which became scriptural authority for Hellenistic Christianity nor the Hebrew original text which was translated into Syriac but the scriptures of the Palestinian synagogue, namely, the ancient Palestinian Targumim which came to be used among the Jewish Christians.

The scriptures teach that the Christ is to be descended from David and to come out of Bethlehem» (7:40 - 41, AP).

I don't want to rewrite this article in english, but basically, I came to the following conclusions 1 - that Scriptures ought to be used in close interaction with daily reality (not out the blue, in abstraction, or in academic ivory tower) 2 - it ought to be interpreted by what we could call «crucified» christians 3 - and that «crucified» christian should interpret in the context of a «crucified» community / church (because being in a close knit church is a very good way to actually be «crucified» and sanctified, and because I need insight from others in my interpretations.

It seems clear to me (I have been putting off and coming out of the religion of men for 28 years) that the clear teaching of Scripture is that Man IS a Body AND Spirit in combination — and the experience of this interaction is the ephemeral thing we call Consciousness — «Soul».

As you all know, I've been a bit critical of the conservative Christian community for «picking and choosing» when it comes to applying Scripture to public life, so I couldn't help but chuckle when Jack Black brought out the shrimp cocktail and called it an «abomination.»

For instance, «Blessed are the pure in heart» is an affirmation, not a command, but how many times do the great affirmations of the Scriptures come out as imperatives in the pulpit.

Our beliefs are not composed out of thin air, but they come from the revelation of Jesus Christ and were handed down to His disciples through Scriptures and the Church, which is the «pillar and the foundation of the truth» (1 Timothy 3:15).

You have to twist scripture or take it out of context to come to that conclusion.

The scripture do tell us that he will be from the «seed» of David, YHWHs chosen, and that he will come out of Judah (Yhwhudah), in Micah 5:1,2.

Heb 7:5 And they indeed from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is from their brethren, though these are come out of the loins of Abraham: Error # 1 - According to this scripture it was a commandment to take tithes from the people according to the Law

That's right, if you look at the scripture the translation of Peter comes from the Greek «petra» The Lord Jesus Christ is merely using Simon Peter's name to point out THE TRUTH of WHO HE IS, not who «peter is.»

We're all sinners, and though the characters of The Witch purport to understand this idea by directly quoting Scripture, what they live out looks nothing like the humility that comes from truly believing it.

Out of meditation on Scripture comes guidance for prayer.

The church is made up of humans, therefore faults are inevitable, and yes the fundamental church have taken some stands that are not biblical, infact if you read the bible and read the chapters, not just the verses they claim their beliefs come from, you will realise that alot of fundamentalists take the scripture out of context, telling the churcht hat the bible tells us one thing when infact it tells us another.

This led some in Matthew's church (he had come out to a small group) to accuse him of «elevating his experience over Scripture.»

If you don't like gay people - stop hiding behind your interpretation of scripture and just come out as a bigot.

Many of the meditative phrases or sayings which I attach to the rhythms of breathing come directly out of the Scriptures (especially the Psalms) and prayers of the church.

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This policy is based on the scripture from Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.