Sentences with phrase «meaning are in vain»

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And of course, I agree with the concept that when God said not to take His Name in vain this is exactly what was the primary meaning.

because Life has a meaning, and what we do here is not in vain, and to love our enemies is not in vain and to pray for the salvation of the world is not in vain.

Mankind lies on its knees before the opposite of that which was the origin, the meaning, the right of the evangel; in the concept of «church» it has pronounced holy precisely what the «bringer of the glad tidings» felt to be beneath and behind himself — one would look in vain for a greater example of world - historical irony.

One of his recent posts was on what it means to take the Lord's name in vain.

Being pro-life means being pro-your-own-life first of all; that is the «shared value» of pro-life and pro-choice to which the former necessarily appeal in Being pro-life means being pro-your-own-life first of all; that is the «shared value» of pro-life and pro-choice to which the former necessarily appeal in being pro-your-own-life first of all; that is the «shared value» of pro-life and pro-choice to which the former necessarily appeal in vain.

In saying, «If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain,» perhaps Paul meant not that our salvation depends on the resurrection itself, but rather that our salvation depends on Jesus being the Son of God, and this is what depends on the resurrectioIn saying, «If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain,» perhaps Paul meant not that our salvation depends on the resurrection itself, but rather that our salvation depends on Jesus being the Son of God, and this is what depends on the resurrectioin vain and your faith is in vain,» perhaps Paul meant not that our salvation depends on the resurrection itself, but rather that our salvation depends on Jesus being the Son of God, and this is what depends on the resurrectioin vain,» perhaps Paul meant not that our salvation depends on the resurrection itself, but rather that our salvation depends on Jesus being the Son of God, and this is what depends on the resurrection.

i don't mean being punished becuase i don't believe but because i take his name in vain all the time, i lie, i have stolen, gambled, cheated, i have done everything on the list of things not to do, all but kill... i am saving that for a rainy day... and as far as free will, i have heard you religious folks say that god has a plan for us all... ok so a divine plan AND free will... so we have the power to say yes or no but our overall destiny is set in stone?

I am not saying disappointment on your article, my only point is that its faith, and only God can judge the correctness... The word of God cultivates the mind, and the seed of faith should bloom in its natural way, urging anything to study by words and its meaning is in - vain because the use of that will not gain you anything from God, but yes maybe in politics and people like you.

... Every article of human ingenuity has been employed to blunt the sharp edge of this scripture and to explain away the obvious meaning of these words, but it has been employed in vain, though nothing will ever be able to reconcile this and similar passages to the mind of the natural man (Pink, Sovereignty of God, 52).

The updating or «aggiornamento» of the Church did not mean jettisoning unpalatable parts of the Catholic faith in a vain attempt to be more with it; it meant a more effective proclamation of the same gospel that the apostles received from Christ and that has been handed down in and by the Church ever since — in Benedict XVI's words «the continuity of the one subject - Church».

He said that Paul's statement that he went to consult the Jerusalem leaders, «lest somehow [he] should be running or had run in vain», (Galatians 2.2) meant more than that he feared his opponents might seriously interfere with his work unless they were checked.

When Ferdinand Ebner says that «to speak of God except in a context of prayer is to take his name in vain» it means that to speak of him without yourself being in relationship with him, without seeking and finding again and again, is to talk vaporing nonsense.

It is amazing how people use the word christ in troubles, or problems that they may encounter, when this word only means «anointed» just as the word messiah, it too only means «anointed» so, when people use these two words to express their anguish, it is used in vain.

Therefore God must take this maul in hand (the law, I mean) to beat in pieces and bring to nothing this beast with her vain confidence, that she may so learn at length by her own misery that she is utterly forlorn and damned.

More and more young people who are turned in on themselves, mean or vain, prone to greed or jealousy, lacking self - control, inconstant.

This last thought may make my hero J. Gresham Machen spin in his grave, but: In spite of the theological problems in the mainline, those traditions do at least have some sense of what it means to be the church within a culture, rather than seeking in vain for some extra-cultural Archimedean Poinin his grave, but: In spite of the theological problems in the mainline, those traditions do at least have some sense of what it means to be the church within a culture, rather than seeking in vain for some extra-cultural Archimedean PoinIn spite of the theological problems in the mainline, those traditions do at least have some sense of what it means to be the church within a culture, rather than seeking in vain for some extra-cultural Archimedean Poinin the mainline, those traditions do at least have some sense of what it means to be the church within a culture, rather than seeking in vain for some extra-cultural Archimedean Poinin vain for some extra-cultural Archimedean Point.

«INASMUCH (1) as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, (2) «minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith,» and by means of their craftily - constructed plausibilities draw away the minds of the inexperienced and take them captive, [I have felt constrained, my dear friend, to compose the following treatise in order to expose and counteract their machinations.]

Rory McIlroy may have been in the midst of winning his first PGA Tour contest since 2016 on Sunday, but that doesn't mean he missed Patrick Reed's controversial run - in with a rules official during the Arnold Palmer Invitational finale in which the frustrated «Captain America» took Jordan Spieth's name in vain.

«It is in vain to talk to him that means not to understand» The good thing is that time will prove us right.

However there are those whom Shakespeare described that «It is in vain to talk to him that means not to understand.»

One critic once said that «It is in vain to talk to him that means not to understand.»

Why so much effort and so much money spent to enter the top 4 in every single year?Just to be embarrased everytime by anyone?I mean, is not worth it if you don't take advantage of that and go for the glory.Everything is on vain, just the pleasure of showing up?This team doesn't have a future, it is just a mediocre one, get use it.Glory times are past, class players are gone... what is left?Just a name chasing the shadows of the past.And all this sorrow atmosphere has only one man responsible - Arsene Wenger.He must go for the good of the club, he is just a stone dragging the team backward or keeping it still.Just go Arsena, don't embarras yourself and the beautiful times you lived here.

If that's the direction you wish to take the conversation, please learn what it means to take God's name in vain... this post does not fit the accusation.

Once those are balanced and replenished, it solves the majority of health issues people attempt in vain to correct by other means.

After that I tried to recover our relationship by all means but every attempt proved to be in vain.

I may be reading too much into this film in a vain attempt to search for any sort of meaning, but there was one storyline that left me feeling odd.

Many of the technologies used in XO - 3 will find its way into the XO - 4 device, which means all the effort put into Xo - 3 venture hasn't been in vain.

Another reason not to remove the lumps for aesthetic reasons is that they can grow back meaning that the discomfort for the dog really was in vain.

THQ's heebie jeebie inducing Deadly Creatures, which cast players in the unorthodox and unsettling roles of a scorpion and tarantula, was praised by those who played it — unfortunately, critical acclaim didn't translate into commercial success, but that doesn't mean the work that went into this strangely satisfying title was in vain.

Who wants to pay the price of a little game to just play offline with bots and unlock trophies in vain and not in the way they were meant to be gotten?

«Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge; I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers.»

However, one seeks in vain for a consistent definition of the doctrine of laches in the authorities and it has been suggested (see Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity: Doctrines and Remedies, 4th ed, paras 36 — 50) that the term is used to mean (at least) three things: - to denote «mere» delay; - to denote the delay from which the claimant's acquiescence in the state of affairs later complained of can be inferred; and - to denote delay together with some change of position of or prejudice to the defendant and / or a third party which renders it inequitable to allow the remedy.

This means that all the money you paid towards the plan will be in vain, and your beneficiaries will get nothing from the insurance company.

Acts of violence lose our message in the community — and to lose our message will mean all our marches will have been in vain.

Oscar for Meaning - Making: The Lovely Bones: After a zestful adolescent girl is murdered, she goes to a luminal, in - between place in which she fails to let go and struggles in vain to help her family cope with the loss.

Using one that's too small means your space won't be well cooled, and this inefficiency will only drive up your energy costs as the unit overworks in vain to try to keep your space cooled.

I also say (and this works especially well in a hot market), that by signing the BBA and accepting the fact that if there is a shortfall from what a seller is offering and the amount I expect to get paid, they will pick up the difference yes, but this means I can go and show any and every house to them, knowing my work was not in vain.