Sentences with phrase «head of the church jesus»

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The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it clear that the Pope's authority as the Roman Church understands it is derived from Christ's.

The divine head of the Christian Church is the invisible Jesus Christ and every local bishop or pastor should be directly responsible to Him (in the true Church even every ordinary member of the Church or Christian has a high responsibility, not only the pastor).

He teaches us that Jesus Christ is the divine head of the Christian Church.

The head of the Church, both on earth and in heaven, is Jesus Christ.

The marks of the Catholic church are: One - In doctrine, sacraments, and head (the pope); Holy - its sacraments and teachings lead men to holiness; Universal - meaning the same doctrine and sacraments and head throughout the world; and Apostolic - can be directly traced to the Apostles and Jesus Christ.

He is the actual and symbolic successor to St. Peter, the Head of the Church as appointed by Jesus Christ himself.

While as a man, Jesus could only be in one place at one time, as the Head of the church, Jesus can be wherever there are members of His body, the church.

It's different with the priest, he mirrors Jesus Christ, in Our Lord's office as Head and Bridegroom of the Church, and that is a much deeper identification.

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

It turns out that Jeffs, 55 and serving a life - plus -20-year prison sentence, is likely to be replaced as head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in the relative near term, even if he survives for decades to come.

Kirk maintains they are necessarily male (and Jewish) because they are «a proleptic [anticipatory] symbol of the coming kingdom», a divine reconstruction of the twelve tribes of Israel, founded on the twelve sons of Jacob; although he adds this does not preclude «the possibility that Jesus has other ends in mind... a church with Peter at its head and the twelve apostles as the foundation stones of its order and authority» (p. 43).

In the early church there also arose a theory about just who Jesus Christ is: it was the notion of recapitulation — that somehow in Christ the church, the people of God, got right - headed.

Jesus Christ is the mystical head of the church body in which all people are united to him.

The Jerusalem church, which was headed by James the brother of Jesus, remained within the Jewish fold, although James is said to have been killed by the Jews in 62 CE.

And if YOUR church is teaching the lie that Jesus is part of a 3 - headed god - ghost, better known as the «trinity» YOUR church is FALSE also.

Brother John: When Jesus talked about God's church, He was not speaking of a physical place rather, the people of Christian faith who made up the body and Christ was the head of His church.

But in the end the forces of oppression from both church and state restore the gold crown to Jesus» head, making him once again their prisoner.

Last I checked, it is the Kingdom of God we are to be building, not the kingdom of a pastor or a church, and we build this Kingdom by submitting to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Head of the church.

Ultimately, the cure for wanting to be the man in charge is to see Jesus as the sole Head of the church.

Also, to clear up your concern for Jesus and the Church... the people are what make up the Church and Jesus is the head of the Church.

Nothing should be more edifying than the story of the heads of the church or vicars of Jesus Christ.

On May 6, when Thomas S. Monson, the head of the 14 million member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints, dedicates this temple, the doors will close forever to the public.

My perfect church — the one I conjure up in my head and hope becomes a reality in the future — exists because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and proclaims that truth with humility and joy.

I'm sure the last thing Jesus cares about is what hat a woman wears, when the women with the issue of blood went to Jesus to be healed God didn't care about what kind of head covering she had, or if she was a top dressed model for church, Jesus recognized her as a woman with utmost faith that Jesus could heal her.

It only comes from Jesus Christ, Who is the Lord of the universe, Who is the Head of the church, Who is the Savior of the world, Who is the Forgiver of sins, Who is God come in the flesh.

One thing I can say for David's Bible Man, he seems to be standing on solid ground, and I notice he has no head -------- I intreprete that as Bible Man understanding that Jesus is the Head of His Chuhead -------- I intreprete that as Bible Man understanding that Jesus is the Head of His ChuHead of His Church.

This is why Jesus spoke to the church in Laodicia; He loved them and saw the road of destruction they were heading down, and urged them to return unto Him.

Docetism, the denial of the humanity of Jesus on the claim that he only appeared to be human, was the first heresy with which the early church had to grapple, and it persistently lifts its head even today.

Paul said Jesus was the head of the church.

Being a part of a church plant has forced me to confront a vicious cycle in my life, a cycle that goes something like this: 1) I resolve in my head to live like Jesus in community with those around me, 2) I start reading Shane Claiborne books and memorizing the Sermon on the Mount, 3) I get overwhelmed by how impossible it all seems, 4) I get distracted by work and daily tasks, 5) I give up, 6) I feel guilty.

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If you are surrounded by jelly - faced toddlers or thousands of longing hungry souls, or if you lift your head to find yourself in a hospital or a back alley or a church or an orphanage or your own suburban kitchen, if you are given a voice for dozens or only one other soul, you are a minister, feel it, say the words, roll them against your teeth: you have been commissioned for the work of the Gospel, in Christ Jesus, you have.

The church is an abusive patriarchal authoritarian organization headed by Benedict xvi — a man who so far as I have seen shows no sign of having modeled his life on Jesus» teachings of forgiveness and mercy.

I have a dream that Jesus Christ will one day be Head of His Church again.

When we inquire further as to the concrete meaning of Jesus, after his death, within the life of the early Christian community, we find ourselves at once forced to deal with two theological issues of fundamental importance: the nature of the church and the nature of revelation; for the essential and permanent significance of Jesus lies in the fact that he was the center and head of the church and that he was the central figure in that revelation of God which we have received and by which we are saved.

In contrast the head of the true Church is Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the Head and Heart of the Church, from which all wisdom, life and blessing flows.

While there are undoubtedly many Christians, especially those in the free - church tradition, who would implicitly agree with Locke's definition, the mainstream of the Christian tradition has viewed the Church as the covenant community of those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, who is its savior andchurch tradition, who would implicitly agree with Locke's definition, the mainstream of the Christian tradition has viewed the Church as the covenant community of those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, who is its savior andChurch as the covenant community of those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, who is its savior and head.

Scripture teaches us that God is the head of Jesus Christ and Jesus is head of both man and the church while the husband is head of his own wife.

But watch this... if we who no longer sit in a pew on Sunday morning are also part of the family of God through our faith in Jesus, our commitment to follow Him, and our regular fellowship with other travelers on this road, then we too are part of the local and universal church, which means that when Wytsma criticizes us, he is criticizing «the church,» which means that according to his definition, he too is a terminal Christian and headed toward separation from God.

If you are a pastor who struggles with power, one of the best ways to lead the people of your church may be to resign as pastor and invite them to follow Jesus Christ as the sole Head of the Cchurch may be to resign as pastor and invite them to follow Jesus Christ as the sole Head of the ChurchChurch.

1) Mr Osler — The church was not built on Peter, Jesus is the chief cornerstone, he is the head of the church, the gov rests on his shoulders and in all ways he is preeminent not some man (Peter) 2) The bible is very clear on what is sin and what is not sin, we don't have to judge anyone just read Romans 1 chapter.

Responding to the siren call of freedom with liberty and justice for all, much of the American church has abandoned our loyalty to the example and teachings of Jesus, and fell head - over-heels in love with the goddess Liberty.

The early church sought to recognize in him Jesus» brother, who, though not an apostle, became the head of the church at Jerusalem.

If Jesus is the head of his church he needs to read the story of Jesus healing the centurion's slave.

... the council declares that the entire people of God participates in the prophetic ministry of Jesus [cf. Lumen Gentium, 35]... and then of the bishops [Lumen Gentium, 3] who, through... their own specific charisma veritatis certum (sure charism of truth)[Dei Verbum, 8], constitute, as a college in hierarchical communion with their head, the bishop of Rome... the Church's magisterium.

What the conference in Jerusalem discovered was that an indigenous church in Asia or Africa was not essentially different from any other church, in any other part of the world, of which Jesus Christ is the Head

The Church is God's «ecosystem» for us, his way of giving divine life to human beings by the power of his Holy Spirit through the risen Jesus who is head of the Body.

Just like the Roman emperor, it was Jesus» birth right to be the head of the Christian church, a typical and convenient roman idea.

This Christian Church exists not only in the realm of the Roman Church or Pope, but in all the world,... dispersed among Pope, Turks, Persians, Tartars, but spiritually gathered in one gospel and faith, under one head, i.e. Jesus Christ.