To the end of his life, he considered himself to be a faithful and
obedient servant of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
For instance, the Passion themes in Isaiah 52 - 58 about
the obedient servant of God who suffers willfully and willingly for our healing and salvation present Christians with a series of paradoxes which are difficult to grasp: the honored one is despised and rejected, the innocent is charged with guilt, the healer is wounded, and the one who offers life is killed.
Like Mary, may our questions — even in our asking — express our faith, and our determination to be
obedient servants of the Lord.
Well, yes, but that rather misses the whole point at issue, which is that the ban on contraception has created a crisis of conscience among Catholics who on every other point of faith and morality are
obedient servants of the Church but who, as I put it, «find themselves unable to conform their beliefs or practices to Humanae Vitae.»
A little disclaimer there — I wouldn't agree with the term «angel» as we have our belief in angels being the most
obedient servants of Allah, who only do as per His command.
Not exact matches
American Standard Version
Servants, be
obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness
of your heart, as unto Christ;
King James 2000 Bible (© 2003)
Servants, be
obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness
of your heart, as unto Christ;
Webster's Bible Translation
Servants, be
obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness
of your heart, as to Christ;
American King James Version
Servants, be
obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness
of your heart, as to Christ;
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself
of no reputation, and took upon him the form
of a
servant, and was made in the likeness
of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death
of the cross.
«Have this mind in you which was in Christ Jesus,» Paul says, as he adapts the kenotic hymn in which Christ who is equal to God humbles himself, takes the form
of a
servant, and becomes
obedient unto death (Philippians 2: 5).
If you are a
servant of God and exercising faith in Jesus, then you are
obedient to the word and it will be apparent in your actions and how you treat others.
To explain how, he turned to the second chapter
of Paul's Letter to the Philippians where the apostle speaks
of the self - emptying or kenosis
of God: «Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form
of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form
of a
servant... [and] humbled himself and became
obedient unto death, even death on a cross.»
«
Servants, be
obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness
of your heart»
«In your relationships with one another,» he explains, «have the same attitude
of mind Christ Jesus had: Who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature
of a
servant he humbled himself and became
obedient to death — even death on a cross!»
Perhaps we can aspire, if not to full - blooded resistance, then at the very least to the irony
of the Duke
of Wellington, who is supposed to have signed off a letter: «I have the honour to be, sir, your humble and
obedient servant (which you know damn well I am not).»
«Nothing is more dangerous for the natural environment than the practice
of the power
of vice-gerency by a humanity which no longer accepts to be God's
servant,
obedient to His commands and laws.»
He «emptied himself, taking the form
of a
servant... he humbled himself and became
obedient unto death, even death on a cross» (Phil.
In the thought
of Jesus and the New Testament writers, it is the inclusive body
of Christ's followers who have become God's redeemed,
obedient, and faithful
servants.
Toad is Princess Peach's
obedient servant who dotes upon and attempts to protect her despite his fear
of Bowser, often getting himself kidnapped along with her in the process.
Over the past five years, the job
of your
obedient servant has been to photograph the cars on display here in the «Palace
of Pall Mall.»
Toad is Princess Peach's
obedient servant who dotes upon and attempts to protect her despite his fear
of Bowser, often getting himself kidnapped along with her in the process.
In the spirit
of this season
of good cheer, and as a respite for the increasing number
of those out there suffering from «apocalypse fatigue,» your
obedient servants at the Center for the Study
of Science are here to bring you a little holiday joy and good news.