[b] 38 He is not
the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.»
«Now God is not
God of the dead, but of the living; for all are alive to God» (Luke 20:381).
We can not allow laws, social arrangements and psychological adaptations designed for this age to corrupt our vision of the one who is «not
God of the dead, but of the living.»
Tugwell's view, the resurrection of the body does not require the immortality of the soul: all thatmatters is that the dead are in some way alive to God, he says, appealing to Luke 20: 38: God «is not
God of the dead but of the living, for all are living to him».
God is not
God of the dead but of the living; for him all are alive.
If God can not or will not sustain us unto eternity, then God is finally, in Jesus» phrase, a «
God of the dead.»
(Matthew 22:31 - 33) What he said, in effect, was that when God enters into friendship with any personality, saying, «I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,» there is henceforth no doubt of the continued life of such friends of the Most High, for «God is not
the God of the dead but of the living.
34:23 - 24) GOD OF SPIRIT In this context, the God of spirits means
the God of the dead.
God is not
God of the dead, but of the living!
God's declaration to Moses (Ex 3:6), «I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,» is cited as proof that the patriarchs are still alive, because God is not
God of the dead but of the living.
The settlement was devoted to Osiris,
the god of the dead, making it a popular burial spot for many centuries.
That's the ancient Egyptian
god of the dead.
However, Nergal, unlike Ares, was also
a god of the dead and a god of pestilence.
It was said that mint was made from a Nymph named Minthê who was favored over Demeter by Hades (
the god of the dead).
It was a political assassination —
the God of the Dead was protecting his borough.
The one inhabitant of Heaven I truly loved, Ophiuchus the Snake - Tamer, the great doctor who discovered how to resurrect humans, was killed at the request of
the God of the Dead.
Great Critics and Their Ideas: Osiris, Egyptian
god of the dead, discusses the return of painting, interview by Matthew Collings
Not exact matches
His struggle to become the
god of war was often told through fighting off hordes
of monsters (based in Greek mythology), often in small arenas — you enter an area, the exits are sealed, and you must fight your way through groups
of enemies until they're all
dead and you can progress.
Instead
of seeking medical help, Madeline's parents prayed, and after her death, they said
God would raise her from the
dead, the AP reported.
«Nobody should go to
God with such darkness,» said a resident in the Acibadem area
of Istanbul, where officials and newspapers said Karabekir shot
dead a local administrator as he and a group
of soldiers tried to seize a building.
Before the «Dispensation
of Grace»
of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law
of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission
of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the
dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with
God the Father!
ER, think for a minute, with
God making an entire universe billions
of years ago, he's not going to fall over
dead after making people.
«And have hope toward
God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection
of the
dead, both
of the just and unjust.»
Hitchens claimed that believing in
God was equivalent to life in an eternal totalitarian state: «It is the desire that there be an unalterable, unchallengeable, tyrannical authority who can convict you
of thought crime while you are asleep, who can subject you to total surveillance around the clock every waking and sleeping minute
of your life, before you're born and, even worse and where the real fun begins, after you're
dead.
A group
of people, a little over 2000 years ago, said that a man called Jesus was the Son
of God, based on what he was said to have done, including rising from the
dead.
Please, are the
gods so stupid that just because an alive person claims a
dead one is now a different religion said
god would have to throw them out
of their old religion heaven and send them to the other heaven??? Really, some
of you are more obsessed with
dead people than the ones living.
Historian Paul Johnson commented on the advance
of atheism in modern history:» Nietzsche wrote in 1886:» The greatest event
of recent times — that
God is
dead, that the belief in the Christian
God is no longer tenable — is beginning to cast its first shadows over Europe.»
The stuff they say in the bible is real, but you'll know the value
of it unless you believe it first, give
God a chance first, and then the things like Jesus raising from the
dead, it's not such a big deal anymore.
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Jesus said; I will show you my faith by my works: Faith without works is
dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith
of Christ (a gift from
God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident
of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far from the life
of Words
of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked; even Paul who said; follow me as I am
of Christ; how was that??? In and by the Holy Spirit, even Spirit
of truth as Paul takes us through the Words
of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word
of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher
of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.
I've been thinking about the phrase Neitzche coined
of «
God is
dead».
The actual verse is where Paul
of Tarsus is articulating his theology that the rising
of the
dead would be imminent and that
God would provide all the now zombies with a new body.
What a Christian buys is servitude in this life, at the cost
of his liberty (and often property), to people who claim to be authorized agents
of God, on hope
of reward that can not be verified until they are
dead.
Apart from Christ (the risen and living
God — the image
of the invisible Father) you are hopeless, lifeless and
dead.
Q. 4 It is only acceptable as an adult to believe childish Bronze Age mythology like talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine by magic, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a talking donkey, superhuman strength, a man rising from the
dead and angels, ghosts,
gods and demons in the field
of:
I don't understand why anyone would be offended by someone praying for the souls
of their
dead ancestors, whatever religion you happen to be, if you don't believe in
God it isn't like it hurts anything, if you beleive in a different
God, again it isn't like it hurts anything...
If man is not created in the image
of God, and if there is no
God in heaven Who will judge the living and the
dead, if there are no objective standards
of right and wrong — then life becomes cheap.
The Mormons got this right, and as explained in Corinthians, the modern christian churches have lost the principle
of baptism for the
dead... and ultimately lost the doctrine
of a just
God.
Let me just ask one question: Can we PLEASE start the debate in the country about how «
God», «Hell», «Heaven», «Satan», «Muhammad», «Jesus», «Angels» «Ghosts» «Demons» and «Spirits
of the
Dead and or / Nature / Mother Earth» do not exist in any rational form as the way they are presented throughout world history?
(I Peter 2:24)» Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes ye were healed»
God is not finished, at all, with THE NATION
of Israel.
Forget that Christians believe that children will inherit the kingdom
of God, and yet when a child is in a hospital declared brain
dead, those same Christians want the
dead body to stay there being kept «alive» by machines..
So when you use your post as a bashing tool against
God's people, and mock Christ's resurection from the
dead as a comparison to creepy, ungodly, demonic «Halloween» practices, you only show your immaturity in putting your foot in your mouth about things you know nothing about, and your words are
of no more value then empty, silly ranting.
References to the communion
of saints, which includes those who are physically
dead as well as those who still physically exist, suggest perhaps that the physical
dead are still very much alive in the eyes
of God.
Regardless
of some pagan uses in the past, Easter today is the day to remember and be thankful for a
God who sent is only begotten son, who was without transgression, to die for our sins and then be raised from the
dead that all who believe in Him may have eternal life.
As someone who has sat by the death bed
of a sister, father and mother, I full heartily agree that those looking into the thin veil that separates the living and
dead, think about their loved ones not
God.
the same priests that take an oath under
God to do good mispresent themselves again and again its morally not right» anybody under legal law to be molested in the name
of religion is wrong
dead wrong and the point is a pedaphile can never be cured sp whats the alternative (death that way innocence is not lost on bottom dweelers) i say feet first in a meat grinder in low gear i'm just saying
Their presence is most obvious in the Reform branch
of modern Judaism, which altered the traditional prayer book to soften or even erase the affirmation that
God will raise the body from the
dead at the end
of time.
all things were created by nothing with nothing and for nothing... that takes more faith than i have... i prefer to believe in Jesus Christ — the one and only who rose from the
dead — the most astounding historical fact ever recorded; Christians don't have all the answers but as the author Don Miller noted: «I can no more understand the complexity
of God than the pancakes I made for breakfast can understand the complexity
of me»
Galatians 1:1 «1 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency
of man, but through Jesus Christ and
God the Father, who raised Him from the
dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me,»