I was not at all interested in how changing these things would impact the spiritual effectiveness of our congregation or how
much glory God would or would not get out of us cutting something from our service schedule.
Not exact matches
22 What if
God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with
much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His
glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for
glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?»
Neither, but for the
Glory of
God (so JC could heal her)-RSB- but it doesn't salve
much for me.
9:22: «What if
God, willing to show his wrath [that is, to vindicate his justice], and to make his power known, endured [that is, permitted] with
much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his
glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath afore prepared unto
glory,»... There is indeed no reason why some are elected to
glory while others are rejected, except the will of
God.»
The other possibility, the evocation of the transcendent good — grace, beauty,
God — through the hard temporal realities of individuals in action is
much harder to carry off, as evidenced in Greene's The Power and the
Glory, Charles Williams» Descent into Hell, C. S. Lewis» Out of the Silent Planet, Tolstoy's Resurrection, and perhaps most poignantly in the dismal failure of most literary attempts to portray the central mystery, the life of Jesus — Kazantzakis» The Greek Passion, Faulkner's A Fable, or — most dismal of all, historical novels about Jesus (what could be less hidden?)
Oh, the Calvinists could make perfect sense of it all with a wave of a hand and a swift, confident explanation about how Zarmina had been born in sin and likely predestined to spend eternity in hell to the
glory of an angry
God (they called her a «vessel of destruction»); about how I should just be thankful to be spared the same fate since it's what I deserve anyway; about how the Asian tsunami was just another one of
God's temper tantrums sent to remind us all of His rage at our sin; about how I need not worry because «there is not one maverick molecule in the universe» so every hurricane, every earthquake, every war, every execution, every transaction in the slave trade, every rape of a child is part of
God's sovereign plan, even
God's idea; about how my objections to this paradigm represented unrepentant pride and a capitulation to humanism that placed too
much inherent value on my fellow human beings; about how my intuitive sense of love and morality and right and wrong is so corrupted by my sin nature I can not trust it.
If
God thought we were worth that
much, to come and set aside his
glory and give his life for us, than we should not have these feelings of bondage but of thankfulness and freedom.
If this is true, then in the present
God could not appear in his total
glory and majesty but would have to hide himself in
much the same way that the fruit hides itself in the seed.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of [his]
glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so
much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
There is so
much wealth of knowledge in the scriptures only because the writers give
glory and praise to the Living
God who Inspired them to write HIS thoughts not their own.
When a mornon kills a gentile, the mormon believes he / she will get more
glory and be closer to the supreme
god or what ever they call him, and if mittens can nuke russia and china, and they both return the favor, how
much more
glory can any mormon in history ever have??? Dan thinks Im nutso for thinking about this issue, as time has evolved mormons thinking as now they allow black people in where they never did before.
Hebrews 1:1 KJV
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his
glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so
much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Glory for self isn't to be sought but letting others see what
God is doing through us is of
much value.
If we read Romans 3 with this in mind, it becomes «for all of us are terrorists and fall short of the
glory of
God», and is
much more powerful.
22 What if
God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with
much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known the riches of his
glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for
glory --» (Romans 9:10 - 23)
And to be honest, I do not care how
much God deserves glory — if the last decade of my life was just for that purpose, I have no desire to serve, love or worship that g
God deserves
glory — if the last decade of my life was just for that purpose, I have no desire to serve, love or worship that
godgod.
There is nothing wrong with gathering together unified in purpose to celebrate how
much we love
God and to give him
glory, honor, and praise.
When these newer forms of worship have reverence, dignity, and fitness, and when it is the greatness and
glory of
God that is celebrated rather than the worshiper's own exuberance, there is
much to commend them.
This prophesy in Daniel 11 vs. 39, tells of how this new strange
god with a strong hold, meaning with force, and we all know from history, that christianity was forced by Constantine, and legalized in 311bce, that he acknowledge, and increased with
glory, and that will rule over many for gain, sounds like control, and gain to me.As many of these popes, and priest, have so
much money, but the flocks are paying for it.
Wesley writes that, for him,
much of this shame was lifted when he encountered C.S. Lewis» essay «The Weight of
Glory» — a literary reflection on the moment when
God glorifies his people, when followers of Jesus hear
God declare, «Well done, my good and faithful servant.»
We decided to start a business in copywriting so I can still use my gifts for the
glory of
God and help promote and edify others as
much as possible.
No matter how
much you may see evangelists as braying Donkeys
God can and does use them for His
Glory and for the bringing in of His Kingdom.
This wise little book reached down into my heart to help me reconcile many of my deeper questions about work and finding
God in mundane, daily details, in giving him
glory when there isn't
much about my life that looks «glorious» to others.
Notice, then, that in the prayer Jesus taught the order of things is this: first, identification with
God, his will, his kingdom of sovereign love; next, asking for daily bread or what is needed to make life possible; then, deliverance from evil and from the test that will be too
much for us; and all of it, as Matthew's gospel recognizes when it adds the doxology to the simpler Lukan version, to
God's
glory — so that the divine will may be done, and be seen done, «in earth as in heaven.»
Instead of worrying so
much about the government, let's just concentrate in keeping our eyes in
God and we will see the
Glory of His name.
I think too
much concern about modesty and so on is a form of preoccupation in itself that keeps us from enjoying what
God has created all around us to enjoy — His love letter to humanity and evidence of His
glory.
We are aware,
much more deeply now that never before, that for the survival of our Mother earth mercilessly plundered by us human beings, for the peace of the world torn with division and bigotry, for love and justice to prevail in human community, and for worship of
God to bring shalom to ourselves and to the community around us, we must learn to be repentant, each one of us acknowledging we have fallen short of
God's
glory, But repentance alone is not enough.
Jesus is not so
much acted on and mistreated by the hands of evil people as he is active in using the deeds of sinners to manifest
God's
glory and at the same time to bring about their salvation.
We are not followers of Christ through smart talk, but only when we begin to bear fruit in plenty for the Kingdom of
God: «It is to the
glory of my Father that you should bear
much fruit, and THEN you will be my disciples» (Jn 15, 8).
The chief end, he suggested, is «to build
God a Church,» and in order to do this «I am bound in conscience» to leave «all contenting pleasures and mundall delights, to reside here [Virginia] with
much turmoile, which I will rather doe than see
God's
glory diminished, my King and Country dishonoured, and these poore soules I haue in charge reuined.
Why can't people for
God sake understand the angle the young man was coming from, this is a guy who has come out to suggest what he feel will be of great
glory to the team, futbol is about winning trophy not the samba, champaign, tick taka or jambody style Of playwill be accredited to ur cv after retirement, every professional player will wants to be identify with a medal, mind you he have limited years to his career, therefore we should not allow sentment or affections we have for our various teams erode the basic objective of the game.we should also think about their future too, this guys are proffessionals which young lads are looking up to and questions will be ask tomorrow about theirs playing days.can people tell me why pele and some other famous players in the world both present and past are been celebrated today the answer is simply cos they are successful in their career and have trophy to show for it in their respective clubs or countries, why the complain in nigeria?its simply cos our team for quite a while now has not recorded any troph to her
glory, fans should learn how to call a spade a spade in order to balance situation and also for better performance of the team.why then did arsene wenger hurridly went to buy more experienced players after the poor outing he had at the beggining of last season?this players know beta cos they are at the centre of it all, we don't have to trash what they say, we fans are only watching from screen, in as
much as we beliv in arsen wenger, we should also know that without the boys no arsen wenger, fans should try to reason along with the players too.an hypotetical cases of similar to rvp has been tested by some players and have put them right over the coach and the team.so, whatelse does the fans needs to prove that futbol has gone beyond living in the past.for example, fabrigas and nasri were able to prove their critics wrong.thank
God for them, we should always be objective in our submission, how else do we expect players to show their commitment to a team that was in 8 on the log table and later fought their way back to 3rd this boys are commendable and deserve to be encouraged, I think is high time the manager and the mgt board of arsenal futbol team get to know that game of futbol has gone beyond two teams domination, its now like a pendilum which can swing either way only with a powerful insrument called money.you can't eat ur cake and have.
While making some demands, the workers thanked the governor for the
much his administration has done for them and prayed
God to «continue to grant you good health, abundant wisdom, knowledge and grace, to continue your good work to His
glory and the service of humanity».
«As Mormons believe that the
glory of
God is intelligence, this often translates to get as
much education as possible.»
Your styling is great, and so
much more wonderful as you are giving
glory to
God too!