«' First Fruits» is a term that
comes from scripture, and because of that, the first 10 percent of any profit my wife and I make from our percentage ownership in our LLC goes to different ministries and charities,» Catarino explains.
Any authority we hold in teaching Scripture
comes from Scripture itself, not from our own credentials.
Many of the notes consist of fussy reminders that a phrase Augustine uses
comes from scripture or from a classical Latin author.
i wonder whether the accountability idea
comes from the scripture about «confessing our sins to one another»... the bible doesn't use the word accountability, but this is the closest i can think of (can't remember where it is).
Of course, there are things we need to learn about family and God that does
come from the scriptures and church and prayer and revelation.
In my case I have undergone a life changing shift in my view of what Christ achieved for us (thanks to you) and so I agree with what you have proposed as a more accurate view of the atonement
coming from scripture.
In order to demonstrate that the study of Paul is a natural part of moral theology, it shouldn't really be necessary to say more than that our theology has to
come from the scriptures and that Paul's epistles are part of divine revelation.
Not exact matches
The Bible teaches that to truly believe in and trust God means to trust in His Word, and all
scripture is inspired by God, so all
scripture comes from him (2 Timothy 3:16).
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).
These words though
come from someone much more educated than those who created your so - called
scripture.
The Reformers vigorously protested what they viewed as deviations
from biblical teaching, but they never used
Scripture to undermine the Trinitarian and Christological consensus of the early Church embodied in the historic creeds that had
come down
from patristic times.
Please read the portions of
Scriptures which
come from the Old Testament, of our Holy Bible, and see what they tell you...» Who has believed our report?
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).
I like to give you one more
Scripture referance
from Revelations, the last book of the Bible, Jesus Himself speaking:: «I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and End,» says the Lord, «who is and who was and who is to
come, the Almighty... Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
Had Martin Luther learned the proper way to translate and read the Jewish
scriptures from the Jewish people instead of his own foolish interpretations he would have never
come to such contradictory conclusions about us.
The idea
comes from many places all throughout
Scripture, but I'll list just a few here.
Origen, the fecund Christian teacher
from ancient Alexandria, said, «Genuine transformation of life
comes from reading the ancient
Scriptures, learning who the just men and women were and imitating them.»
Then, over two decades of searching for the Truth, I researched and studied mainly the basic principles and some of the details of all major ideologies, and I
came to the conclusion that man can not redeem himself
from God's judgment on his own based on proclaimed
scriptures.
Liberal Protestants in the last two centuries also claimed to use
Scripture as their sole norm, and over time
came to distinguish revelation
from the words of the Bible.
The idea that we will spend eternity in heaven
comes more
from pagan religion than
from Scripture, and has only been prominent in the church for the past 500 years or so.
The first
Scripture reading that morning
came from 1 Corinthians 12, and at First Presbyterian Church Muscatine, was read
from the The Message, an idiomatic translation by Eugene Peterson:
On occasion I have
come into contact with those Christians (and I do beleive them to be Christians) who feel that CALVINISM must be the truth
from Scripture... and they look at me with what amounts to almost sorrow when I tell them that I have no time for Mr. Calvin and his «Institutes»... here are just a few reasons why:
I'm not sure where you are
coming from with saying you did not say
scripture is not relevant or non-influential.
In
scripture, singing is what you do when you trust, because you are so free of the circumstances that you are like: «I can sing because my heart and my soul knows where my strength
comes from.»
«Male and female he created them» is not merely a statement
from Scripture but a reflection on the physical and spiritual reality of things, and in the modern era we are
coming to understand just how very interesting it is that we are male and female, how different and complementary we are, howsignificant this might be, and how much we need to study and reflect on it.
After 3 months of searching the internet and you tube to decide if I wanted to
come back to religion, I finally found someone who preaches
from the heart, the way my Mama and Papa used to hear when they went to church, DR John Collins with the Church of Biblical Christians tells it the way it should be plus he does not accept donations, He preaches against todays prosperity preachers, My Papa said hes the only guy he has heard of lately not affraid to tell you what he thinks and use
scripture to back him up.
It probably
comes from the idea of the refiner's fire, and also how man of the people in
Scripture were «broken» before God began to really use them.
Sura 05 - Al - Maeda In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful To thee We sent the
Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety; so judge between them by what Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that hath come
Scripture in truth, confirming the
scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety; so judge between them by what Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that hath come
scripture that
came before it, and guarding it in safety; so judge between them by what Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging
from the Truth that hath
come to thee.
When we ask again: «How is it that when he enjoined us in this book of yours not to do anything or receive anything without witnesses, you did not ask him: «First do you show us by witnesses that you are a prophet and that you have
come from God, and show us just what
Scriptures there are that testify about you»» — they are ashamed and remain silent.
Over the years, as I have tried to discern where this mentality
comes from, I always end up at the doctrine of the Inspiration of
Scripture.
From that then
comes, why I would call the art of making it all seem to be non-contradictory — the
scripture is the
scripture's interpreter.
But this Rabbinic reverence for the
Scriptures comes not
from the Hebrew
Scripture itself, but
from Jewish tradition that is built up around the
Scripture.
From Genesis 3:15 on,
Scripture is pointing toward the
coming Redeemer.
From the novelist as well as from the stories in Scripture the theologian should take courage to concentrate on the experience of coming to belief, not on the «beliefs» themselves (the sedimentation of experiences of coming to beli
From the novelist as well as
from the stories in Scripture the theologian should take courage to concentrate on the experience of coming to belief, not on the «beliefs» themselves (the sedimentation of experiences of coming to beli
from the stories in
Scripture the theologian should take courage to concentrate on the experience of
coming to belief, not on the «beliefs» themselves (the sedimentation of experiences of
coming to belief).
The
scriptures demonstrate that the chiefest of apostles were quick to repent with error (Acts 23:5 Gal 2:14) even when the rebuke
came from the wicked.
For instance,
scriptures come to my mind of what I should do, or I don't feel direction
from the Holy Spirit — but I need to remember I am not walking by sight, nor by what I feel.
No, with surgical precision which
came from a lifetime of study and meditation upon the Word of God, Jesus was able to use
Scripture properly, in the way God intended.
And
scripture's witnesses are properly understood only in the context of the social, cultural and historical circumstances
from which they
come.
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.
The phrase «Inspiration of
Scripture»
comes primarily
from 2 Timothy 3:16 which says «All
Scripture is given by inspiration of God...»
The result of all this is that just like Wilberforce we may sometimes
come to a developed, or even different, view
from some of those contained in the canon of
scripture.
This approach to
scripture even inspired me to start a Bible study in which we are studying the harmony of the Gospels
from the standpoint of how Jesus offered himself in relationship to broken people He
came in contact with.
What makes common sense to me is that this is
coming from the same volume of
scripture that has within it revelations
from the past present and future
from the time in which the events that were written about took place.
Although, when you mix in a religion that has
scripture verses that says whole categories of people are going to hell coupled with the belief that these
scripture verses
come from God almighty, then you have the situation where some additional percentage of people (say y %) will also tend to be mean and nasty (who otherwise may not have been) because they think that is what God wants them to be.
I thought straight away this is a joke as
scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have
come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will
come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it
from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz
If we meant that
scripture comes from God, we would speak of
scripture as the Words of God.
When it
comes to Judaism, one would think, judging
from his use of
Scripture as proof texts, traditional Jews simply read
Scripture verbatim without
coming to it and drawing normative conclusions
from it through the lens of the Talmud.
In
scripture, faithfulness seldom
comes from, or results in, large numbers or success.
We know
from scripture that His
coming will be as a thief in the night.
Psalm 119 gives several blessings that
come from studying and meditating upon
Scripture.