He always discovers only that mysterious intimacy of
light out of darkness which is at work everywhere and at all times; no redemption which is different in kind, none which by its nature would be unique, which would be conclusive for future ages, and which had but to be consummated.
However, God does bring
light out of darkness... and as the Master of all things, can use even hardship for a greater purpose.
One of the great mysteries of the cosmos is how and when and why the first stars flared into
light out of the darkness that followed the Big Bang.
She picks
the light out of the darkness, as opposed to filling in the shadow with charcoal.
This is a way for us to all come together and shine
light out of darkness.
Not exact matches
Yet
out of darkness,
light.
«For it is God who commanded
light to shine
out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give
light of the knowledge
of God in the face
of Jesus Christ.
That didn't turn
out and he undoubtedly wants to pursue some sort
of lust as in the words
of Jesus Christ, «men loved
darkness rather than the
light because their deeds were evil.»
Like Luther, Lumen Gentium affirms the common priesthood
of the faithful and grounds it in a shared participation
of all believers in the one priesthood
of Christ: «The baptized, by regeneration and the anointing
of the Holy Spirit, are consecrated to be a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, in order that through all those works which are those
of the Christian man they may offer spiritual sacrifices and proclaim the power
of Him who has called them
out of darkness into His marvelous
light» (cf. 1 Peter 2:4 - 10).
By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways
of peace and brings them
out from
darknesses into the
light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.
Saint Paul uses the same image: «God who said «Let
light shine
out of darkness,» has shone in our hearts» (2 Cor 4:6).
Beyond that, it was learning more about God's justice, that contrast between
darkness and
light, and how to properly interpret God's sovereignty and Bible verses that command us to give thanks or reveal God's promises
of bringing goodness
out of evil.
«You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds
of God who called you
out of darkness into marvelous
light».
P.S. I'm thinking, for folks «coming
out»
of an environment
of strict fundamental, literal, every - word -
of - the - bible is «true» upbringing, Christopher Hitchens is a christopher indeed and must appear as a great
light shining through
darkness.
For these words to have their effect you have to have known the ecstasy
of worship — no tepid Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, but a baptism that made you weep, or an Easter vigil that brought you
out of darkness and into
light.
We can drive
out the
darkness of abuse, but only with the
light of love.
Come walk with me
out of darkness into the
light of day.
Followers
of the biblical tradition, however, believe that they have heard a «word» speaking
out to us in our lostness, a
light shining in the
darkness, a word telling us we are not alone and that through it the cosmos has been delivered from its apparent aloneness.
«If you pour yourself
out for the hungry and satisfy the desire
of the afflicted, then shall your
light rise in the
darkness, and your gloom be as noonday» (Isaiah 58:10).
and like lnivig stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds
of him who called you
out of darkness into his marvelous
light.
But you who have been called
out of darkness into the
light are expected to believe with a whole heart; your faith shall dominate the combined attitudes
of body, mind, and spirit.
We use the afterlife as a way
of believing there is something after death, that death can \» t be IT as a
light bulb burn
out and
darkness, nothingness.
The terminus
of the Spirit in this current «now and not yet» period, where everything is not yet complete, is not in the room
of worship, but
out on the edge
of the Church in mission, where faith meets fear,
light overcomes
darkness and hope triumphs over despair.
It was in dealing with this matter or one closely related to it that Paul wrote, «For it is the God who said, «Let
light shine
out of darkness,» who has shone in our hearts to give the
light of the knowledge
of the glory
of God in the face
of Christ.»
«But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises
of Him who called you
out of darkness into His wonderful
light.»
«The Maasai speak
of a journey
of faith in a God who
out of love created the world and us,
of how they once knew the High God in
darkness but now they know this God in the
light.
He bringeth them
out of darkness into
light.
For all it is the knowledge
of being called
out of darkness into God's marvelous
light (1 Peter 2:9).
He guides them to the paths
of peace, leads them
out of darkness into the
light by His leave, and guides them in a straight path.
«We live in a world where it feels as though the
darkness is falling ever more severely on whole swathes and regions and in which the
light of the news often seems to go
out», he said.
We are to be a holy nation, a people
of God's own choosing, called to proclaim the excellencies
of Him who called us
out of darkness and into His marvelous
light.
It can not be possible that we have so recently come
out of such great anti-Christian
darkness and already stand in the full
light of divine truth.
This idea also leads to a march — not in the name
of white or black or even red, white and blue — but in the name
of «him who called us
out of darkness into his wonderful
light.»
Irony is ever present in the writings
of St John, and Our Lord's words, though part
of divine revelation to all, nevertheless gently point
out the fault
of the one who will only see Jesus by night: «men have shown they prefer
darkness to the
light» (Jn 3, 19) and «the man who lives by the truth comes
out into the
light» (Jn 3, 21).
If interested go to: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.1487v2.pdf You can imagine why I like it because
out of the eternal came
light (mass) and that
light separated the
darkness.
PE God is
Light, and Day his Mate came out from among him, like as out of Adam came Eve, and Paul says of the true believers, 1Thessaloinians 5:5 «You are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.&r
Light, and Day his Mate came
out from among him, like as
out of Adam came Eve, and Paul says
of the true believers, 1Thessaloinians 5:5 «You are all sons
of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.&r
light, and sons
of the day: we are not
of the night, nor
of darkness.»
The
lights slowly turning
out one after another, showing the
darkness of the decision that they made to murder the thing inside the moon rather than run the risk
of what could be.
He bringeth them
out of darkness unto
light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path.
How long do you think it will be before man evolves fully into the
Light of Truth and walks
out of the
darkness once and for all time?
The Prophet led us
out of the
darkness of ignorance into the
light of truth.
After Jesus rejected the offers
of Satan, Jesus announced that His mission was to find the people in chains and set them free, to seek
out those who were living in
darkness and bring them to
light, to discover the prisons where captives were held and break their bonds, and to come to those who were broken and enslaved by the enemy and give them healing, hope, and freedom (Luke 4:18 - 19).
Then He brought forth His plan
out of the
darkness of mystery and revealed it to all the world: Jesus Christ, the Word
of God in person, God's revelation
of the meaning
of universal history so that we need no longer walk in
darkness but in the
light.
Darkness does not make a light out of sheer darkness, but darkness has a way of making light a term of
Darkness does not make a
light out of sheer
darkness, but darkness has a way of making light a term of
darkness, but
darkness has a way of making light a term of
darkness has a way
of making
light a term
of passion.
Scores
of passages come to our minds: «Joy unspeakable and full
of glory»; «Blessed be the Lord God
of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people»; «Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory»; «Mine eyes have seen thy salvation»; «We are more than conquerors»; «We rejoice in the hope
of the glory
of God»; «Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift»; «Thanks be to God who causeth us to triumph in Christ»; «God who commanded the
light to shine
out of darkness hath shined in our hearts.»
He argued that if the sufferings
of two billion people in Vietnam, South Africa and other places excited the imagination and compassion
of the church, how much more should the spiritual sufferings
of two thousand millions move her to bring multitudes
of them
out of darkness into God's wonderful
light.
Like the Venerable Bede before him, he considers life as a brief passage
out of darkness into
light and then back into
darkness.
As
light displaces
darkness, I recognize my debt to those who have been my comforters, and I pray that I have learned
out of this experience both how to grieve and how to console.
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds
of Him who called you
out of darkness into His marvelous
light.
If you cease to prevent justice, if you feed the hungry and satisfy the needs
of the wretched, then your
light will rise like dawn
out of darkness.
The church is in the most literal sense «a royal priesthood,» constituted «that you may declare the wonderful deeds
of him who called you
out of darkness into his marvelous
light» (I Peter 2.9).