Sentences with phrase «greater than the son»

Secondly, and on a greater note, how can the Father be greater than the Son if they both equally powerful?

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For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

Jesus» original disciples likely never thought of him as anything more than a great rabbi, and some might have thought him a good rallying point for a revolt, they could have even whispered that he was anointed by God, but the idea of his being divine only seems to enter into the gospels around the time many Greek educated folks had converted, bringing their own views of what a «son of God» means into the faith.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

Perhaps both subjects, the Son of David Messiahship and the return of Elijah before the end, were questions of even greater moment within the Christian community than in the unadjourned debate with the synagogue.

Do you, Abraham, fear - and - revere God more than you love your son — and, through him, your great nation, great name, and great prosperity — and more even than you desire the covenant with God?

His parables frequently end with a «punch line» that presents a challenge to conventional expectation: the scorned Samaritan is the «good» one who proves neighbor to the victim on the Jericho Road; those who come to work late at the harvest are provided the same reward as those who toiled all day; the wayward prodigal son is the one who is feasted; the prayer of a repentant sinner is more acceptable to God than that of a righteous Pharisee.9 Shorter sayings make the same point: A camel could pass through a needle's eye more easily than a person of great wealth can enter into God's inbreaking realm (Mt 19:24).

«So you see, the Son of man is greater than the law; his authority embraces even the Sabbath.»

By this person's statement it makes me think of them choosing the oppisite of what Moses chose as we see in Hebrews 11:24 - 26 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Honestly, I actually have more respect for Him now than I did when I saw Him as only this great loving God who sent His Son to die for me.

What things then we have heard as done in the days of our fathers, greater than these will be done in ours, by the strength of the Son of Man who is born to us.

This is stated many times in the Bible but nowhere more vividly than in the great words of Paul, «He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?»

Great changes had occurred when he returned to his homeland, which had been ravished by Napoleon and was more than ever in need of her best sons for the work of reconstruction.

The cumulative effect of instances of such «seeing» might add up to faith and trust in a power wiser, greater and nobler than any we know, or, at any rate, it might commence that son of awakening, causing us to ask for a transcendent selfdisclosure that is unlike anything remotely resembling self - aggrandizement.

This presence of the Spirit within each believer bringing with it mystical union with the Father and the Son empowers the believer beyond anything that was possible before: «Truly, truly, I say to you, any who believe in me [and this new mode of God's presence] will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will they do, because I go to the Father» (14:12).

Jesus recalled Jacob's vision to Nathaniel, telling him, «You shall see greater things than these... You will see heaven thrown open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man» (Jn 1:50 - 51).

The same Gospel which says, «God so loved the world that he gave his only Son», also puts into the mouth of Jesus, «Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.»

Well, if he is greater than God the Father, it should be no surprise that Smith thought he was greater than God the Son!

There is no greater honor you can give to God the Father than to follow His only Son's example and say yes to His will for you.

It is a greater trustworthiness even than Moses because Christ is trustworthy as a Son.

I'm due in less than a month and a half, and I'm looking for easy things to make and freeze for my son and I to eat - these look great!

Kim English — Better shooter than Harrison Barnes, decently athletic, and destined to be stolen by a great team in the late 20s, just because — that's how the rich stay rich, son.

On a tangent Jon my son (he's 4) asked me why he should support Arsenal, I said «well because I do, you're granddad does and your great granddad did» I was going to say its because of the values and principles that our club has but then I stopped myself because I have no idea what they are anymore other than paying a has been manager and over hyped players a fortune for non achievement while being owned by a majority shareholder that has no interest in the club other than as a business and having a board that view the fans as the gift that keeps on giving.

Conor sitting around playing with his son and not fighting while khabibs fan base has grown exponentially, along with his «legend» despite his less than stellar resume has already proven to be a great decision.

Since our son was born, Waddle and Swaddle has been more than just a store with great items, it has been a support system.

My son's friends have become great givers over the past 10 years and they have learned that this is actually much more rewarding than the few minutes they would play with favors.

When your son is a teenager with a bigger shoe size than his father, these pictures will be great sentimental keepsakes.

His son, Dr. Bob Sears adds, «You guys can rest assured, literally, that your baby — even though it happened to some distant relatives — your baby is at no greater risk than any other baby.»

My son took to it really well and it worked great for us — he really never had anything but breastfeeding poops in the cloth, at six months he started pooping in the bjorn little potty, and since 10 months (he's 2.5 and in underwear now) we've had less than a dozen poops in diapers.

It does take a little more work than traditional potty training, since they are a baby and you will be doing more, however it does work very well and if you have the time and patience for it, it can be a great way to get your son or daughter potty trained very early on.

Telling her how great it is that her son just took his first step, even if he's younger than your still - crawling child, will stop the competition before it starts.

My son is a week younger than your twins — and unfortunately we are having the opposite problem here — been sleeping great up until the 6 month mark... We are going through a growth spurt, two teeth, and shots — but I think the biggest issue for us is separation anxiety!!

Babysitters, nannies, preschool teachers provide many different services as well: counseling / behavioral therapies (think children fighting in a sand box who need to be directed to «use words» rather than hit one another), nutritional guidance (our son's teachers have given us great ideas and resources for healthy meals), arts training (music class, creative arts class), occupational therapist (correct hand hold for four year old grasping a pencil), physical therapist (Hop on one foot, kids!

Your oldest daughter is just a little older than my son so it's great to see that example and get ideas.

With my first son I went to breastfeeding classes, but Lindsey's class was a great refresher and taught me more than I knew before.

During those three weeks I was told by everyone (except for the hospital lactation consultants, they were very supportive and repeatedly told me that I was doing a great job and that feeding my son was more important than breastfeeding him) who knew about my supply issues that I should be pumping more, that I just needed to put him to the breast more often, that it was because I gave him a paci, that it was because I had an epidural, that whatever I do, I should NOT supplement.

Fathers of daughters had greater responses to their daughters» happy facial expressions in areas of the brain important for visual processing, reward, emotion regulation, and face processing than fathers of sons.

University of Michigan professor of social psychology Richard Nisbett, the world's greatest authority on intelligence, plainly said that he'd rather have his son being high in self - control than intelligence.

I should also point out that the compression forces on your son's legs and spine are far greater in running and jumping than they will ever be in a bodybuilding exercise like squatting.

Hi, ive just come across this and i think youve been giving some great advice.im 26 years old and weigh 130 lbs i have a 4 yr old son i want to ideally loose 15 lbs because thats the weight i was pre pregnancy i keep fluctuating between 130 and 125 lbs.i workout regularly take spinning classes thrice a week and circuit training 3 times as well.my dietim finding very difficult to manage.how good would a dairy and fruit diet be i feel more energetic on it than meat i also eat tons of veg but ofcourse the real killer is my on and off junk food binging which had no impact till a year ago but now im piling on weight what are the healthy alternatives.

Adapting Jorge Luis Borges» Theme of the Traitor and the Hero, Bertolucci transposes the setting from Ireland to Italy, making his protagonist the son of a martyred anti-fascist leader rather than the great - grandson of a martyred Irish republican.

With The Lost City of Z, he has realized his true epic — a story that spans continents and decades — yet kept his finger on the intimate pulse that's always made his movies work: This is a great movie about ambition, colonization, and audacious dreaming, but even more than that it's a moving (and tragic) story about fathers and sons.

Morgan Freeman's mollycoddled and on meds, suffering the indignity of being infantlised by an idiot son, Kevin Kline's got a great wife but a boring life and is subsequently sexually dysfunctional and depressed, Robert De Niro's a widower whose only human contact is a soup making neighbour, while Michael Douglas, in a set up that must have presented the actor with the greatest challenge of his career, plays a rich old pervert who's eschewed commitment most of his adult life but is now about to settle for a woman less than half his age.

She and Ned search for his father together, each keeping their real reasons for finding the older man a secret from the other, while Fay and Simon piece together Susan's past, which may make her an even greater threat to Henry than his son.

Krypton is set to implode and Jor - El only has time to send his infant son to Earth, where he will develop powers greater than any man.

When the books became bestsellers, the media sensation is a great lark for Daphne but Milne's face registers dismay that the spotlight falls less on him than on his son, the child protagonist of the stories.

As great as that film and its beautifully inflected father - son relationship are, Wallace Beery as the slow - witted but lovable lead doesn't achieve the complex characterization Takeshi Sakamoto does in the equivalent role of a day laborer, and Jackie Cooper as Beery's son isn't any more expressive than Tokkan Kozo is as Sakamoto's son.

The evidence is Swanberg's 2 - year - old son Jude, who handily upstages anything co-stars Melanie Lynskey and Anna Kendrick can come up with to generate interest onscreen, to the extent that one can imagine a greater audience for 80 minutes of «baby Jude does the darnedest things» YouTube videos than might turn out for this sweetly insipid, mostly improvised dramedy, acquired by Magnolia and Paramount together prior to its Sundance premiere.

Lili Taylor, in a much larger role than she had last season, plays Taylor's mother, Anne Blaine, who works as a restaurant manager and sent her son to Leland at great personal cost.

March 20, 2017 • «There is no greater... feeling of helplessness than to watch two beloved sons deteriorate before [your] eyes,» says Ron Powers.