Sentences with phrase «in the way we understand jesus»

He describes it as involving «a fundamental realignment» in the way we understand Jesus, Christian origins and the New Testament itself.

Not exact matches

Some of that evidence includes, «the empty tomb, the early belief of the disciples in the resurrection of Jesus due to eyewitness testimony, the transformation of the disciples, the conversion of Paul, and the conversion of James» I understand that many have died in the name of faith and religoun throughout time and still do, but they have died wholeheartedly believing that their way was the truth.

So the loving God and loving Jesus condemn Hawking forever because he spent his life trying to understand the universe that they created, using the unique mind that they bestowed upon him, a mind that he used in the way it was designed to be used.

But with Jesus as the ultimate peacemaker, we understanding that peace can only truly be made real as we follow in the sacrificial Way of the Cross.

Although biblical values and the good news about Jesus are not in question here, many ministries struggle to embody them in congregation or community in a way people understand and care about.

... The child doesn't have to struggle to get himself in a good position for having a relationship with God; he doesn't have to craft ingenious ways of explaining his position to Jesus; he doesn't have to create a pretty face for himself; he doesn't have to achieve any state of spiritual feeling or intellectual understanding.

I believe that Jesus is the only way to the Father, I believe this to be objectively true, and though I don't believe that there will be a pop quiz at the gates of Heaven; it seems to me that, if I'm correct that Jesus is who the Christian Scriptures say that He is, knowing that truth would help one understand the reality one is taking part in.

If I am wrong about how to understand the violence of God in the Old Testament in light of Jesus Christ on the cross, then I will gladly and happily resort to cherry - picking the Bible so that it presents God in a Jesus - looking way.

Jesus and being in earnest about Him can understand it in two diametrically opposed ways?

Enjoy both for what they are — different ways of experiencing and understanding Scripture so that through it, God inspires you to live more like Jesus in this world.

Only in this way, too, is it possible to understand why, rather than attempting to achieve a goal — that is, attempting to become a god — Jesus revealed that the way to become whole is to become a person.

One of the most powerful scenes in NKOC was when Neo talked about his ex-wife, and used his experience of forgiving her repeated affairs as a way to begin to understand the forgiveness we have in Jesus.

Mark understands, as Markan scholar Joel Marcus notes, «the preparation of the Lord's way in a rather prosaic manner as the arrangements people make for the ministry of Jesus.»

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 loin 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 loin 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 loin 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 loIN 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

Jesus preached the kingdom, and we reduced it to mean and be understood thru the lens of church in the same way the once mighty British empire was reduced to England.

God wants humanity to understand that nothing and nobody is beyond the scope of His redemptive purposes, and so by sending Jesus as the fulfillment of the most violent of religious texts, God not only revealed Himself by way of a stark contrast to that violence, but also showed how to reinterpret and understand those violent events in light of the self - sacrificial God dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world.

Reading the Parable of the Four Soils this way helps us better understand what Jesus was saying in this Parable, and how to apply it to our lives.

Bu tthe effort of trying to live a good christian life got to much ad i was disollutioned.Spent ten years as a backslidden barely believing christian and then in recent years as a transformed renewed Christian and i finally got it.It is all about a relationship with Jesus Christ and working in submission to the holy spirit he is the one that inspires his word he brings it to life.If you want to understand the word we must apply it to our lives then it becomes part of us thats the difference between knowledge and understanding not just knowing the word but living the word.The bible is a book useful for living not just a theoretical analysis or a history book.Jesus is the living word its through him that he opens his word to us without the holy spirit in us the carnal mind can not comprehend Gods word it a mystery.It was designed that way so only those who are truly seeking God shall find him.brentnz

What we know in Jesus Christ is that God loves us in a way which is reflected in, but transcends, our human understanding.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself» (Philippians 3) I hope the what I have written here will give you a glimpse of why we who believe in God have faith in Him in a way that the world will never understand.

Jesus may have understood himself to embody God's Spirit in a special way, enabling him to speak for God and even to forgive sins in God's name.

Nevertheless, given the choice between Jesus and Gautama understood in this way, the reasons for staying with Jesus today seem to be strong, even decisive.

nor Paul's understanding of the new revelation of the way of life in Jesus is addressed to individuals.

All the hateful and ridicling of Christianity aligns with what JESUS said «As the days of Noah, so shall it be the coming of the Son of man» In case you do not have an understanding of that quote, there were people mocking at Noah when he was instructed to build the Ark (Which by the way has been discovered and proven to have existed as written in the BibleIn case you do not have an understanding of that quote, there were people mocking at Noah when he was instructed to build the Ark (Which by the way has been discovered and proven to have existed as written in the Biblein the Bible).

Jesus IS God's effort to come close to us in a way that we can understand.

They could not have understood the metaphysical things of Jesus so God revealed himself in a way they could comprehend.

In a meeting a few days later with thousands of journalists, the pope reminded his rapt audience that the Church can not be understood, or reported on, as if it were simply another political agency; the Church has to be understood from the inside out, as «the holy People of God making its way to encounter Jesus Christ,» without whom «Peter and the Church would not exist or have reason to exist.»

The act of God opening her heart was an act of illumination by the Spirit to help her see, understand, and grasp the Scriptures in a new way, of making the puzzle pieces fit together in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Plato, however, had an odd way of talking about justice, which has led me to understand what Jesus said in a new way.

If the way in which we understand and talk about Jesus Christ permits or fosters anti-Semitism, then that way is rejected.

The way I understand Jesus in scripture, is quite the opposite.

We are working our way through several of the views about how to understand the violence of God in the Old Testament in light of the love and mercy taught and exemplified by Jesus Christ in the New Testament.

He was able to picture early Christianity this way with the more assurance because he did most of his scholarly work before attention shifted back to Palestine in the time of Jesus (thanks in part to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls), and before the themes of light against darkness, life against death, came in the 1960s to be understood as first century Jewish themes.

If we go the other way, and understand God in light of Jesus, then everything falls into place.

Jeremy i was stumped to on this one as well so i asked the holy spirit to help me i looked at alot of different possibilitys commentarys really werent any help apart from the background.Thinking that Jesus was somehow implicated with satan in any way seemed to be a contradiction of who he was.The holy spirit revealed that to understand these types of passages we can fully trust that God is who he says he is he he does nt change his character or who he is.He is almighty holy trustworthy faithful and more.

I can totally handle that Jesus came to offer us a different way; but, If we really believe that the Old Testament is the inspired Word of God, or even if we want to understand more about the culture that gave us these holy scriptures, what we should do is take courses in Judaism, to get a better understanding of what God was supposed to have been telling the Jews.

Studying the images of Jesus cherished by successive ages — from rabbi in the first century to universal man in the Renaissance to liberator in the 19th and 20th centuries — Pelikan suggests that the way a particular age depicted Jesus is an essential key to understanding that age.

If I was alone on a desert island with nothing but the Bible, and no research tools to help me understand the background and history of who Jesus was and what He taught, and the cultural and theological forces He was facing, I doubt I ever would have understood Him in the way that Wright presents here.

I was surprised when she said that she came to us to learn how to tell her family about Jesus in a way they could understand.

Gods came to set the captive free.God is always in control he calls the shots not Satan he is in control his motives and purposes we can not understand but we do know his character is always for good and he always has a plan.It is spiritual lesson from a real life situation.I am jumping way ahead here but at the time the people sent Jesus away the demoniac man was sent back to his family when you read later because of his testimony the next time they visit years later to those towns many people are saved because of him so again yes some pigs died one man was set free but that man went and told his story and many were saved and added to the kingdom so to God be the glory.brentnz

Rather than getting bogged down in the minutiae of this or that passage, he shows that the achievement of the gospels is to help us understand why discipleship makes sense, why the Jesus whose life they capture in different ways is worthy of following.

While many of the books about Jesus are written in scholarly language and primarily for other scholars, Viola and Sweet have written a well - researched and documented biography of Jesus, but in a way that the average Christian can read and understand.

Yahweh in hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that waIn the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that waIn the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that wain to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that waIn the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that way?

An evangelist, then, is someone who both understands the call of the gospel as found in Scripture and lives it out in their own life as a way to invite other people to believe in Jesus and live out the gospel as well.

The way of the master is an evangilism method in which an individual takes a few questions and asks them to another individual who is trying to get a realistic understanding of who God is and how Jesus Christ offers us the gift of salvation and eternal life.

In our interpretation we have said that the most satisfactory way of understanding Jesus» significance is to see that in him there is made actual, real, vivid, and clear what is potential although unrealized or very partially realized in the rest of uIn our interpretation we have said that the most satisfactory way of understanding Jesus» significance is to see that in him there is made actual, real, vivid, and clear what is potential although unrealized or very partially realized in the rest of uin him there is made actual, real, vivid, and clear what is potential although unrealized or very partially realized in the rest of uin the rest of us.

Thus we have suggested appropriate ways of talking about God, and a way of understanding Jesus the Christ in a functional manner, and ways of reinterpreting Christian Myth.

The past which the Christian community or tradition inherits is first of all the event from which it took its origin — Jesus Christ as an historical reality, with all that this includes such as the preparation in Judaism for his coming, the way in which he was received and understood in his own time, his own sense of vocation for whatever he undertook, and the way in which he has come to have significance for later generations.

Anytime people can figure out better ways for people to understand the existence of God and His revelation to us in Jesus Christ, that is a good thing.

Awful things have been done in the name of Jesus, things Jesus would in no way approve of; however, the WTC was destroyed in the name of Allah, so one can presumably understand the outrage with the mosque.