Sentences with phrase «good out of evil»

«God moves in mysterious ways, and He is certainly capable of bringing good out of evil.»

But it is seen in relationship to the basic activity which is God himself who is able both to bring good out of evil and at the same time to rejoice in the good which is achieved in the creation.

She continues to act in various ways, but always wisely and well, making creative use of human folly and wickedness in ways that bring good out of evil.

In films that make the point that God can bring good out of evil, there is always a danger of becoming facile and condescending — an unexpected blessing proves that it was all for the best, and the evil wasn't so bad to begin with.

But this reconciliation never seems forced or cheaply won, because the truth of the bromides «evil is a privation» and «God draws good out of evil» are enacted, not pronounced.

God is a risk - taker and suffers setbacks along that joumey, but God is also an omnipotent redeemer who knows how to bring good out of evil.

This is why open theists can say as confidently as any Arminian or Calvinist that God has a plan to bring good out of evil that he's been preparing from the foundation of the world.

In his treatise on persecution, Aphrahat told his fellow believers that they are the followers of a persecuted Jesus and that God in his mercy will bring good out of evil.

If people wish to regard homosexuality as a freak of nature, and even if it is not the condition ordained by God when He said that it was not good for man that he should be alone, then we can only rejoice that God is, as ever, bringing good out of evil.

Not exact matches

There are few better ways to get terrified this summer than by turning the lights low and trying your best to get out of «Resident Evil 7» alive.

Conference calls tend to be a necessary evil for many of us, dragging out conversations that could be better covered in another medium.

Sacrificing the children to preserve the «good» name of the church is flat - out evil.

We can thank God that He can take evil actions and make good out of them as only God can do.

Still, as Carl points out, the moral drama of GENESIS is an indispensable part of MUD's fidelity to the realities of good and evil.

> I know this may hit a nerve but i will pray for you whether you believe in God or not and just know there are things that go bump in the night and there is a force of evil just as there is a force of good out there.

So Pat Robertson advised one of his viewers who wondered if there were evil spirits in her thrift store clothing that... well... better safe than sorry... cast those demons out!

The culture feeds a mentality that crowds out a necessary give and take — the very concept of good - faith disagreement — turning every policy difference into a pitched battle between good (us) and evil (them).»

True, where humans are involved, we see a reflection of good and evil in how we can create Babel towers out of a lot of things.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart [a] brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

(53) Twice will they be given their reward, for that they have persevered, that they avert Evil with Good, and that they spend (in charity) out of what We have given them.

The central claim is made that moral evil... occurs because God — even though he is all - good and all - powerful — out of goodness decided to give freedom to human beings.

In this obscure indie film, two little read - comic books come together in a subtle, dialogue - heavy character study that plays out like a slow - burning portrait of good and evil in the modern world.

This view entails a complete dismantling of traditional Christian doctrine, including: creation out of nothing, the finite duration of history and nature, miracles as direct divine acts, and the final triumph of good over evil.

It is very sad that the evil actions of the weak wipe out the great good of the many.

Religion exacerbates the grotesqueness of warfare because it deals in in - groups and out - groups along line of good and evil respectively.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

Evil consists in that part of the good that is left out; hence we call evil the privation of a due gEvil consists in that part of the good that is left out; hence we call evil the privation of a due gevil the privation of a due good.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life» - so, yes God knows good and evil.

His was the astounding faith that, in this regard, the attitude of a good home could be carried out into an evil world.

His argument, part of which appeared in these pages («Leading Children Beyond Good and Evil,» May 2000), is that moral education as presently conceived almost inevitably ends up by thinning out moral content, removing the sharp edges of judgment, avoiding normative traditions of moral experience, and thus stifling the factors most crucial to the formation of character.

Many other specific acts of good or evil flow out of the main parts of the tree into tiny branches, buds and fruit.

For the Almighty God, who, as even the heathen acknowledge, has supreme power over all things, being Himself supremely good, would never permit the existence of anything evil among His works, if He were not so omnipotent and good that He can bring good even out of evil.

Second, do you think it is impossible for good to come out of the result of an evil act?

It seems to have been proved within out time that the problem of human evil is not much affected by better education, better housing, higher wages, and holidays with pay — desirable as all these things may be for other good reasons.

In River out of Eden (Weidenfeld and Nicolson) Richard Dawkins writes: «The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.»

But, my listener, would you dare, as a father (and I feel confident that you have a lofty conception of the meaning of this name, a responsible conception of the charge which it lays upon you) would you dare, as a father, to say to your child as you sent him out into the world, «Go, with your mind at ease, my child, pay attention to what the many approve and what the world rewards, for that is the Good, but what the world punishes, that is evil.

Here's the confusion: Arkes proposes and defends the notion that natural law best accounts for our intuitions of equality and justice; Prof. Smolin responds by pointing out that people have believed evil things in the name of natural law.

James: that the Church is only out for money, that priests are control freaks, that Catholicism has no good answer for the problem of evil.

The * natural * reaction is to demonize the aggressors; after all, as Edmund Burke and others have pointed out «the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.»

I'm going to tell him that although I'm only looking out for the good of the universe, and since I'm so holy and just, I just can not stand evil and sin, and I'm gonna have to shoot him.

It is not sufficient, however, to point out that there are innumerable ministries in the several Christian communities that insist on the objectivity of truth, the authority of Scripture and Spirit - guided interpretation, the ecclesial means of grace, and the reality of moral good and evil.

As an example, to say that the genocide of the Amalekites is objectively morally evil is to say that it is evil even though the Isrealites who carried it out thought that it was morally good.

People disagree on good and evil, not mainly out of ignorance nor because of the changefulness of the world, nor because perfection is beyond reach, but primarily because they are self - centered.

And now suppose the best the atheologian can do by way of an antitheistic argument from evil is to point out that theists do not have an explanation for evil: then theism has nothing to fear from him.

But dry bones can live; and good can may out of evil.

It is not sufficient, however, to point out that there are innumerable ministries in the several Christian communities that insist on the objectivity of truth, the authority of Scripture and its Spirit - guided interpretation, the ecclesial means of grace, and the reality of moral good and evil.

LUKE 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil:

When we think about modern culture, we might naturally gravitate towards some of its «evils» (more on this in a moment), but there is so much good to point out.