And why can «nothing concrete or
eternal be seen» from the standpoint of eternity?
Following Edith Stein in her discussion of Essential and
Eternal Being we see that all «meaningful» existents are enclosed by the «divine....
Talking about finite time also does not help as
an eternal being sees time in infinite terms.
Not exact matches
The history of government welfare programs
is overwhelmingly biased towards expansion; hence, President Reagan's quote about a government program
being the closest thing to
eternal life we will
see on earth.
«Most investors tend to
be either
eternal optimists who believe that they can
see the downturn right before it happens, or those who admittedly know little about investing,» said Rob Drury, executive director at Texas - based Association of Christian Financial Advisors.
One unintended consequence of
eternal QE may
be that holders of balanced, passive portfolios don't
see the same defensive performance from bonds as they have historically.
«For since the creation of the world God's invisible attributes, His
eternal power and divine nature, have
been clearly
seen,
being understood through what has
been made, so that they
are without excuse.
I do not however believe that there will
be a god who teaches love on one hand, but hands out
eternal suffering with the other if you chose not believe in him... cant
see why that would
be so important to this supposed ultimate
being..
For those who don't
see it as a free gift look at it this way: - You work hard and you get paid — it
's not always easy but the reward
is financial security You live with and for God and you get
eternal happiness — life isn't easy but the reward
is breathtaking.
Sad to
see that many have found and many will find the road that leads to
eternal damnation, which
is abroad and easy to
be found.
They say then that it
is more simple to believe at once in the
eternal pre-existence of the world, as it
is now going on, and may for ever go on by the principle of reproduction which we
see and witness, than to believe in the
eternal pre-existence of an ulterior cause, or Creator of the world, a
being whom we
see not, and know not, of whose form substance and mode or place of existence, or of action no sense informs us, no power of the mind enables us to delineate or comprehend.
My faith
is rooted in my choice to
see myself as an
eternal being that has
been created.
They
are revealed by God's historical and dialogical self - revelation by words and deeds, and in the fullness of time by God's
eternal Son becoming flesh in a certain time and space of history; in church history under the guidance of the Holy Spirit they have to
be witnessed to and developed through the living tradition (
see the dogmatic constitution Dei Verbum, 2, 8).
(Psalm 14), and Paul wrote «For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities — his
eternal power and divine nature — have
been clearly
seen,
being understood from what has
been made, so that people
are without excuse.»
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world
are clearly
seen,
being understood by the things that
are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead; so that they
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Commemorating its anniversary, Rabbi David Rosen, of the America Jewish Committee, recently said that Nostra Aetate «took us from a situation where the Jewish people
were seen as cursed and rejected by God, and even in league with the devil, to a situation now where popes say it
is impossible to
be a true Christian and
be an anti-Semite, and that the covenant between God and the Jewish people
is an
eternal covenant, never broken.»
If you haven't
been seeing Christians threatening eternal damnation, if you haven't seen Christians calling others a «fool», if you haven't seen Christians accusing people of being Satan's pawns, if you haven't seen Christians spread any of the vitrol you accuse atheists of spreading, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENT
been seeing Christians threatening
eternal damnation, if you haven't
seen Christians calling others a «fool», if you haven't
seen Christians accusing people of
being Satan's pawns, if you haven't
seen Christians spread any of the vitrol you accuse atheists of spreading, YOU HAVE NOT
BEEN PAYING ATTENT
BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world
are clearly
seen,
being understood by the things that
are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead; so that they
are without excuse: KJV
======== @Cheese «
See point one and we don't know the unverse «began»... for all we know it
is eternal.»
It has got away for so long with the kind of lunatic word - games that allow death - by - torture to
be presented as an act of love, and
eternal torment in the flames of hell to
be seen as a necessary act of justice, that we should perhaps not
be surprised that it has also managed to dupe its followers into
seeing the systematic suppression and silencing of women as an act of liberation and equality.
I
see that God desires all men to
be saved, and that by me taking a person's life, I
am sealing their
eternal fate forever.
Our lives
are so short compared to the age of the universe, we need an
eternal purpose to give our lives meaning... So, the only way I
see to do that
is to serve the purpose of something
eternal, namely God.
Jeremy it just hit me like a bolt of lightning i
am so excited about this thought that salvation has nothing to do with
eternal life but
is speaking of losing the ability to
be an overcomer in Christ.Having
been there as a carnal christian i always believed in Jesus but i felt i did nt have the power to live a christian life so i felt like a hippocrite i
was still subject to sin and sinful desires.So in that sense i had never received salvation because i had never
been an overcomer in the first place.So i can
see how a christian could lose there salvation having once walked by faith but that does nt effect there
eternal life in Christ.Just so others know i
am now walking by faith and
am an overcomer i know what it
is like to experience the power of the holy spirit and to not
be overcome by my old nature that
is what Jesus wants us all to experience rather than
being a victim of the enemy.Whether we
are an overcomer or not does nt effect our
eternal life.brentnz
So you
see Keith you
are special created for a purpose in this stage of transit test life... as true life
is the
eternal life that which comes after death on resurrection and Judgment day... God Bless
So if people
are totally depraved (
see the link list below) so that they can not even believe in Jesus for
eternal life or respond positively to God in any way, then God must unilaterally give
eternal life to certain people.
«If we acquire this perception we shall
see that the One who created the world and the One who
was born in a grotto in Bethlehem and who continues to dwell among us in the Eucharist,
is the same living God who calls us, who loves us and who wants to lead us to
eternal life.»
What religion offers: — The opportunity to avoid
eternal punishment for not worshiping / believing in my god (not worried enough to care)-- An explanation for the universe and why we
are here (I'll take the knowledge gained from the application of the scientific method, but thanks)-- Living forever in heavenly bliss (I
am content with this life)-- The opportunity to divide humanity based upon different belief systems (There
is enough dividing us already)-- Purpose, a code of ethics, and fulfillment (I have that already, without religion)-- Develop a personal relationship with god (I've never
seen or heard from any gods nor have I
seen any independantly verified scientifically collected peer reviewed proof.
We have already
seen how everywhere in the Bible, 99 times in the book of John alone, the single and only condition for receiving
eternal life
is believing in Jesus Christ for it.
To obey Paul's command for your children means giving them more than a rational faith — it means also giving them a well - formed Christian imagination that can look at a starry night sky and
see more than the infinite reach of empty space and the
eternal stretch of endless time, that can «keep seeking the things above, where Christ
is, seated at the right hand of God» (3:1).
To consider why this
is so, let us go back to the very beginning, the institution of the Eucharist... Approximately two thousand years ago, Jesus had a roller - coaster Holy Week ride, which ultimately
saw Him, through God's power, famously defeat sin and death, thereby providing us with the possibility of
eternal life.
As
seen above, Calvinists sometimes argue that faith would
be meritorious if people could believe in Jesus for
eternal life, and therefore, faith
is a work.
See 1 John 1:2 — «The LIFE appeared; we have
seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you THE
ETERNAL LIFE, which
was with the Father and has appeared to us.»
Romans 1:20 «20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His
eternal power and divine nature, have
been clearly
seen,
being understood through what has
been made, so that they
are without excuse.»
Here
's another verse: «Whoever believes in the Son has
eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not
see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.»
You
see, this person doesn't believe in
eternal security because certain people who claim to
be Christians certainly don't act like Christians.
One can
see here the connection between the internal relation between
eternal objects, and the fact that from the standpoint of the prehending occasion, its datum, as a logical subject placed within a functional context,
is internally related to it.
I don't exactly disagree, though I think where we differ
is that I
see a distinction between receiving
eternal life by faith and living as a follower of Jesus.
As Paul would say, «Ever since the creation of the world his
eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they
are, have
been understood and
seen through the things he has made» (Rom.
In these quotations we can
see that the envisagement of the
eternal objects, which
was referred, in the first Lowell lectures, to the underlying substantial activity, (
see earlier in this ch.)
She has
seen that Elisha
is in truth a prophet of the
Eternal.
What strikes me most watching this address,
is something I always
see when I watch King's speeches given during his last year: a weary vessel speaking
eternal words.
In effect we
see him asking for some of the soil of Israel, as much as can
be carried by two mules, so that he can make a little bed of soil on which to build an altar to the
Eternal.
Do you
see that we have a «tent» of skin, and when we finally put on our «
eternal house» we won't
be found naked, and at that point will
be fully alive.
Mostly I have
seeing that election
is always linked with glorification and the
eternal purpose themes in scripture eg Romans 8:16 - 30, Hebrews 2:10 and 2 Thessalonians 2:10 - 14.
While it
is of course true that those who belong to this school
are perhaps most vocal in their assertion that in our Lord alone may God
be seen at work, and while it
is they who denounce the concept of «general» revelation as a vain fancy of sub-Christian speculation, a considerable number of other Christian thinkers take what in effect
is the same position when they make central to their teaching a kind of uniqueness in the coming and the person of Christ which effectively removes him from the context of the total sell - expressive operation of the
Eternal Word.
For Locke, society can no longer
be seen as part and parcel of the
eternal, divinely ordered nature of things.
Larry, It
's nice of you to judge and condemn this man to
eternal hell, even though you have never met him, never talked to him, and have never
seen what he
is doing.
In fact it would
be a greater blessing from the Christian perspective because I would then get to inherit
eternal life and
be with my Savior, whom I long to
see.
Certainly death
is now
seen as something which lls us with dread (together with the expectation of «bodily pains») rather than, as it
was meant to
be, the gateway to
eternal life.
In discovering beauty, therefore, we come closer to God in all his attributes, for we
are able «to
see through perceptible beauty to
eternal beauty» (VP, II.1).