Sentences with phrase «lords over creation»

Humans, even as subordinate lords over creation, can not use their position and power as unrestricted license (1 Cor 6:12; 10:23).

If by God's «glory» we understand a majestic court scene in which God is seated upon a great throne, lording it over the creation and gloating in his divine magnificence, then the phrase suggests ideas that are the exact opposite of the «Galilean vision» of the Love which is self - giving, gladly receptive, utterly ungrudging in generous openness to all that occurs in the created order.

Those in the Reformed tradition see in Michaelson's apoliticalness an underlying fatalism that both denies the power of the risen Lord over all creation and undercuts love's effectiveness in action.

Here was NathanL's list: the Bible is the Word of God Jesus is the Word of God Jesus is the God - man Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah, the Lord over all creation Jesus died for our sins and rose from the grave Jesus will return

Not exact matches

In an especially astute bit of exegesis, Hays points out that the story of Jesus walking on the water (6:45 — 52) does not recall Moses and the Exodus sea - crossing but rather the peerless God of Job 9:4 — 11, the Lord of creation who triumphs over chaos.

And the term «Lord» has been interpreted like the word «king» as an analogical description of God's rule over creation, rather than a stand - in for the unpronounceable name.

While it does not exclude a lengthy period of time over whichGod may bring about distinction within his creation, nor many subordinate means through which he may have executed his designs, the doctrine here manifestly excludes pure chance: «By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.

Deeper religious insight makes it doubtful that God simply intended us to «lord it» over the whole creation.

The strange truth is that when men live in dependence on God, they are enabled to act with more vigor and courage and with less likelihood of despair and disappointment than when they falsely assume that they are lords of all they survey and act as if they were sovereign over the Creation.

Over the next few years we saw dramatic developments in the administration of the legal system, including the re-incarnation of the ancient office of lord chancellor as a secretary of state with purely ministerial functions, and the creation of the Judicial Appointments Commission.