Sentences with phrase «know from scripture»

We know from Scripture that the Lord loved him: «John,» the Lord says to him according to the Acts of John (chap.

But I also know from Scripture and experience that being a full - time, paid pastor comes with certain expectations about what you will look like, and how your career will advance.

Church is the people — this much we know from scripture — God cares about us — not some system or some institution — He sent his son for us... not to redeem a building or a «way of doing things».

(John 2:18 - 21, Matthew 12:40) As we know from scripture the Jewish leaders of the people wanted to be able to point to Christ and accuse Him of being a liar.

We know from scripture that Jesus had to resurrect from the dead in three days, one of the reasons why was because he said that he would.

We know from scripture that faith in Jesus Christ is all that is required for salvation.

We know from Scripture that in fact, Peter went to heaven, and Judas went to hell.

We know from scripture that His coming will be as a thief in the night.

She added that the fact Christians believe God loves them no matter what they look like should be told to non-believers also: «Now, some of the people at the conference would not identity as Christians and yet I still want to say that the reason I'm doing this is because I know from scripture, I know God really cares about you.

While much of it remains a mystery and I do not know how it will all work out in God's economy or in eternity, we know from Scripture that each person on earth is given enough revelation from God to respond positively to Him, even if this revelation is only through creation and conscience.

We know from scripture that it is not an emotion (per say) or actions.

Not convincing in the least, and I think we all know from scripture that Jesus was h.o.m.o.s.e.xual.

But though we can not claim to know for sure, what we do know from scripture does bode well for Judas» eternal destiny.

For Jews who know from the scriptures who God is, therefore, there can be no excuse for failing to recognize his presence in the deeds and person of Jesus.

The future — even though certain things are known from Scripture, is still a mystery to us.

Not exact matches

Since young adults perceive evangelical Christianity to be... «unconcerned with social justice», it's a shame that more evangelical churches don't know about the Just Faith program, which provides «opportunities for individuals to study and be formed by the justice tradition articulated by the Scriptures, the Church's historical witness, theological inquiry and Church social teaching» (from jusfaith.org/programs).

The scripture is parable, poetry, and metaphorical narrative from a cultural context that no longer exists.

Read the entire chapter 2 instead of quoting from atheists websites (who know nothing of scripture) and you'll understand it.

If we have the Bible, but not Christ, we will surely miss the point because eternal life does not spring from Scripture (Jn 5:39 - 40), instead, the Life Himself must be known (Jn 17:3) in order to gain knowledge and wisdom (Col 2:2 - 3) as it should be.

So yes I do know my Bible, even if I can not quote scripture and verse from it.)

5:20 - 21 and 1 John 4:1, to not quench the Spirit, to not despise prophecies, but to examine all extrabiblical revelations according to biblical criteria and test all persons, like the noble Bereans in Acts 17, who «examined the Scriptures daily to see if this were so,» the Calvinists / MacArthurites deleted my post of my testimony on SO4J's FB timeline — because it threatened them, and they knew I am telling the truth about an awesome dream of Jesus in 1973, as I emerged from a traumatic childhood with a mother who had worked the Ouija board when I was 11.

For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.»

If you have spent any time with young Evangelical Christians in these first decades of the twenty - first century, you will know that this verse from Micah is the one they are most likely to quote from the whole of Scripture.

In scripture, singing is what you do when you trust, because you are so free of the circumstances that you are like: «I can sing because my heart and my soul knows where my strength comes from.»

And you know what, after my revelation of GRACE last year which absolutely set me free from «performance Christianity» God told me that, regardless of what «scriptures» people threw at me, what He was telling me directly to my heart, that He has made me perfectly righteous by the blood of His son regardless of what I do or don't do, I must trust His voice in my heart, more than the printed «Word» which has been bended, bent, misterpreted and mistaught.

No, with surgical precision which came from a lifetime of study and meditation upon the Word of God, Jesus was able to use Scripture properly, in the way God intended.

Accordingly, on this night, after the usual period of questions and answers, Nathaniel took Jesus away from the others and asked: «Master, could you trust me to know the truth about the Scriptures?

I know because I study the scriptures as one of His sheep to be protected and kept from getting lost.

The post is so full of historical inaccuracies, theological problems, and contradictions that it's hard to know where to start, but I want to make clear from the get - go that my response to this post should not be seen as an attack on Tim Challies himself, (who I respect and like), but rather a response to the general belief that God's presence is limited to the pages of Scripture and that all forms of contemplative or experiential spirituality should therefore be dismissed out of hand or regarded with suspicion.

If you have stepped out somewhere where you shouldn't have done then the conviction as a child of God will surely come but I tell you this, if Satan did not hold back on trying to kill the baby Jesus, and many children were slaughtered in that process, if he even thought he knew the scriptures so well he could try to deceive Jesus, and he did try then you can be sure that for every believer there is an adversary who would do anything to stop you from finding the forgiveness and grace of God that has the power to wash you clean of anything.

(One woman told me that the only parts of Scripture she recognizes are those found in her hymnal, that she didn't know the difference between Psalms and Proverbs, and that she was shocked to learn that some of her favorite liturgy was taken directly from the Bible.)

A quick about Abba Pambo — a contemporary of Origen: «If we asked [him] for a word from scripture or some other thing, he would not give us an answer right away but would say, «I haven't figured out the meaning of this word yet»... It normally happened that he spent two or three whole days, or a whole week without giving us an answer saying «if I do not know what sort of fruit this will bear, whether it is a fruit of death or life, I will not speak.»»

Preachers must be aware of the diversity of persons in their congregation, yet try to speak so that the Spirit, through scripture, addresses many hearts in ways that will be fitting to each, as different as these hearers are known to be from one another.

It lies close enough to us even though they wish to keep away from any such unfortunate ones and to avoid all sober reminders not alone from the careless judgment of the storyteller's art, but also from the church and from the edifying insight that must certainly know that the Holy Scriptures have almost a predilection for the halt and the lame, the blind and the lepers.

I thought straight away this is a joke as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz

The rebellion of anyone who runs from God no matter what kind of sin it is the scriptures says we will always reap what we sow.

For example --- when I have asked Calvinists to interpret the majority of the Scripture, that reeks with the implication «that man has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject what is being communicated to them from God» from their «no inherent ability of man to accept / believe or reject» perspective, the usual answer I get is along this line is: «Yes, God communicates with man in a style that implies that man has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject what is being communicated to them from Him, but God knows that man does not have that inherent ability.»

Well, surprisingly, it appears from Scripture that Judas knew what he had done was wrong before Peter did.

The question was how much of that law we could know from natural reason (or academic philosophy), and how much we could know only from Scripture or the Church.

with all and full respect; You know that your used name is dear to my heart, for having been a believer in God the Creator of the whole Universe he has all the beautiful names that we know or do not know, I believe that God starched his hand to mankind in love, sending among them his prophets and messengers to warn and guide to righteous, am not told to force belief or religion upon people of any faith or of non faith, am a mere reminder and Warner to my self and whom my want to know and judge their senses life is a spiritual challenge, life is a maze and only if make use of the heavenly codes that could be found in All Scriptures of God that was relaid upon mankind from prophets & messengers from Adam to Noah to Abrahim to Musa to Issa to Muhammed which many obviously seem to Ignore!!

Calvin, Institutes, I.vii.5: «Enlightened by him (the Spirit), no longer do we believe that Scripture is from God on the basis of either our judgment or that of others; but, in a way that surpasses human judgment, we are made absolutely certain, just as if we beheld there the majesty (numen) of God himself, that it has come to us by the ministry of men from God's very mouth....

Al - Baqara sura 02: Even as We have sent unto you a messenger from among you, who reciteth unto you Our revelations and causeth you to grow, and teacheth you the Scripture and wisdom, and teacheth you that which ye knew not.

> God knew that if the Nazis of Germany and Imperialists of Japan had won WWII, it would have interfered with His Master Plan from which we learn from Scriptures.

But when it comes back, just try to remember what you KNOW to be true from Scripture, that Jesus loves you, forgives you, died for you, and will never let you go because you have eternal life through Him.

But we know from the rest of Scripture that becoming a son of the Most High is not a reward, but is one of the gifts that comes with eternal life.

We been given in the Whole heavenly scriptures including Quran stories that when are read or recited they are supposed to inspire us from it's wisdom of the old, reading those stories is like feeding our senses for knowing which becomes to be known as man's common senses.

[2 Timothy 3:15 - 17] ``... from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Jeremy i agree with what you have written many of the traditions in the church have come from pagan beliefs.I thought some of the comments were judgemental of others especially towards those who are pagan.There response was respectful we can learn alot about having a good attitude towards others and responding to others kindly.I think using scripture in a legalistic way is no different than what the pharisees did to Jesus in his day and he disarmed them by rebuking them saying you without sin cast the first stone.regards brentnz

Next thing I know I'm on your site reading about this while cross referencing scripture from Matt S. Yours could not be disputed if read in context.

Eliminating the aspect of «recurring stability» from those desires — or what has come to be known in shorthand as our «orientation» — doesn't eliminate the deeper «heteronormativity» implied in the logic of Scripture.