Sentences with phrase «of brother against brother»

In this way, while the sin of the first man, Adam, brought about the murder of brother against brother and a never - ending cycle of retaliatory vengeance, the offering of the second Man, Jesus, also brought about the murder of brother against brother (and of man against God), but in so doing, Jesus offered a word of forgiveness, which put an end to the need for retaliatory vengeance.

And it was a murder of brother against brother.

Not exact matches

Countess Meliara and her brother Bran lead a rebellion against the king in light of his secret plot to break the covenant the kingdom's people hold with the hill folk, but their army is ill - prepared and she falls into enemy hands — or at least, what she thinks are enemy hands.

Yogen Früz and Yogurty's, the frozen yogurt chains founded by brothers Michael and Aaron Serruya, and a related firm called International Franchise Inc., filed a suit in the Federal Court of Canada against Freshii in June.

The gift comes after a judge ruled in favor of the CEO in a lawsuit brought against him by his brother.

The Republican civil war that erupted over the Tea Party's disregard of big business's agenda threatens to turn (big) business brother against (small) business brother in the 2014 Republican primaries.

Officials in Washington put pressure on their Colombian counterparts to bring down the Rodriguez Orejuela brothers and their partners in the early and mid-1990s, after years of what seemed to be little official action against their activities.

But it suggests the Japanese company might take legal action against Malvinder Singh, an Indian billionaire who was CEO of Ranbaxy in 2008 when he and his brother sold their 34 % share in the company for $ 2 billion.

A conservative political lobby that is part of the Koch brothers political network recently argued against states offering tax incentives to Amazon.

McClendon competed against a boy named Shannon Self, and one day noticed that Self's younger brother was cutting some of Self's lawns.

He told the interrogators that he and his brother had been motivated to strike against the United States partly because of its military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what the two saw as a broader conspiracy against Muslims.

I know alot of people that are against it, from people Iserved with to people my brother currently serves with to lots of peole that responded to polls.

A more reasonable argument against wine is made based on an interpretation of Romans 14:21: «It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.»

So while you laugh let me say this, I still love you anyway, brother, and I pray that every word that you have spoken against my Savior is played over and over again in your head until the sound of your own voice is unbearable to you.

Not just Osama and his ilk, but all those who, under the cover of self - righteous religious piety, allowed their indifference and cowardice to empower acts of bloodshed against their brothers, sisters, and children.

The Church relishes in the liturgy as the «high point» of Christian worship, but does not the Christ remind us, «if our brother has something against us, we are to leave our gift at the altar and go be reconciled first and then return?»

As brothers and sisters united by the Holy Spirit we weep with those who weep knowing no act of hatred can truly prevail against the church.

(Herod had recently beheaded John the Baptist, the last prophet to have spoken out against his marriage to the ex-wife of his brother.)

Perhaps they really don't have a problem with the actions of their brothers against the «Infidels».

I sometimes feel like I'm standing against the rest of Christian history and don't know how to respond to my brothers and sisters who say I am believing a new, unorthodox notion about gender.

Instead of seeing that we are all brothers and sisters on this earth and that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, we create false divisions based on skin color, cultural traditions, religious preferences, and invisible geographical boundaries called «borders.»

Few contemporary theologians would disagree with this statement, but we might well expect that many of Weisinger's brothers in arms, the literary critics, would raise a cry of protest against this seeming assault upon the reality of the individual mythical vision.

There is however no sharp difference in the usage of this word for love of the brother, as against the love spoken of as agape.

If the younger brother was anything like the rest of us, he probably found reason to be jealous of his older brother, to complain against him, maybe even to blame his older brother for his own poor choices, and maybe even to cry out to his father for equality, fairness, and justice.

Interesting that these two brothers have continued in their given ways since the day God promised Abraham he would bless the nation of Ishmael and Isaac yet one would continually kick against the other.

If we build theologies and mission strategies, that fail to operate against a biblical backdrop large enough to encompass our brothers and sisters in these galaxies, and that fail to relate our concerns to theirs, we sever ourselves from mutual support and divide the body of Christ.

And so, in light of the frail parents, in light of a history of stealing from parents, I recommended that the adult male take a stand against the addicted brother, and insist that before the addicted brother can move back into the parent's home, that the addicted brother complete a rehab program.

With his treachery against Laban just behind him, and the awful reminder of his shame against father and brother just ahead in the inevitable meeting with Esau, God falls upon him as a nocturnal spirit who, after a struggle that endures throughout the night, again gives — this time simply in a name — both promise and blessing:

Well, in the interest of honesty, I must admit that I just finished a conversation wherein I recommended that an adult male testify against his addicted adult brother.

When Paul speaks of preserving the gospel for the Galatians in v. 5, he stands against the false brothers for the sake of the Galatians.

Himmelfarb's final example is the biographer Phyllis Rose, who, against her brother - in - law's strongly expressed wishes, published an intimate account of his abandoning a successful career as a concert pianist in order to become a contemplative monk.

If there is among you a poor man, one of your brethren, in any of your towns within your land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him, and lend him sufficient for his need....

Even in the dark hour after he has become guilty against his brother, man is not abandoned to the forces of chaos.

This refuge once known will produce reaction on the happiness even of those who remain there, by warning their task - masters that when the evils of Egyptian oppression became heavier than those of the abandonment of country, another Canaan is open where their subjects will be received as brothers and secured against like oppression by a participation in the right of self - government.

«When I was a monk,» he says, «I thought that I was utterly cast away, if at any time I felt the lust of the flesh: that is to say, if I felt any evil motion, fleshly lust, wrath, hatred, or envy against any brother.

Once again, the parable, we are told, was by way of a defense of what Jesus was doing against the censures of the pious, who are slyly satirized in the figure of the smug elder brother («I never once disobeyed your orders!»).

So, many of the clergy and Churches reacted against the laborers without ever posing the question of justice or the love of one's brother as oneself.

James, the brother of Jesus, wrote the following in an open letter to the early church: ``... Weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you... [Your sin] will be a witness against you and will consumer your flesh like fire.»

Noni and all those who find themselves ostracised or slandered unfairly firstly God loves you and you are special to him you are his children his daughters and sons do nt ever forget that so you are not alone in fact you are the apple of his eye and he loves you.No matter what people say about you it does nt change the fact that he loves you and will protect you just abide in him he will strengthen you in your weakness.Never think you are alone we have the holy spirit and have other believers even though we may not go to church together we love the Lord just as much as you do which means we are brothers and sisters in Christ.Just trust him and take each day as it comes he promises to never leave us or forsake us.He has given us his strength in our weakness so that like him we are overcomers the head not the tail.Keep asking the Lord what it is he wants you to do and be obedient though it may be hard but in the end it will prove good for you for the Lord is for you not against you.regards brentnz

And John the Baptizer didn't think much of this, and so, being the bold preacher that he was, proclaimed that Herod was sinning against God, against his former wife, against his new wife, and against his brother by doing such things.

With my two brothers, I was educated by Benedictine monks at Ampleforth, and though I turned against the school, leaving at the age of sixteen, I did not doubt, and have never doubted, the truth of the Catholic religion.

Jews are pharisee who rose up against my Sadducee Priesthood brothers to destroy the Priesthood to gain controlof the land of Israel.

All this, not because he became acquainted with convictions of his brother which he then and there adopted; not because he made any new resolution in his soul, but merely because the words spoken by his brother were like the light push of a finger against a leaning wall already about to tumble by its own weight.

The Confederate flag is a symbol of horrific injustices against our African American brothers and sisters in Christ and has been used as a threat of terrorism against them.

What is also not ok is the false witness many church people bear against their gay brothers and sisters, although I'm sure much of that arises out of ignorance rather than malice.

James, the brother of Jesus, wrote the following in an open letter to the early church: ``... Weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you... [Your sin] will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire.»

When God created humanity with the freedom to go against His will, this freedom necessitated the possibility that history would go bad if we went against His will, which is exactly what happened in Genesis 3, and the negative consequences of this decision are felt in Genesis 4 when Cain murders his brother, in Genesis 5, where the phrase «and he died» is repeated over and over and over, and then in Genesis 6 when people become so evil that the destruction of all mankind becomes inevitable and God steps in to save and rescue Noah and his family.

********* Brother you misunderstand The Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ ******************** The Lord Jesus Christ says this: «Think not that I have come to bring peace, but to bring a sword dividing a man against his very own household.»

Weather you believe or not (I open my eyes every day) so it's not hard to All will stand before the lord on the day of reckoning which man will no doubtedly usher in and those who don't believe or against god will try to wage war on the almighty to no avail, only to be left in ruins... the great Satan (adversary) will be all who oppose god in battle, that serpent of old is still here today, we live in the middle of a brood of vipers and this website is part of the venom aimed at distorting the faithfuls belief as well as a an agonist for those who wish to continue to disbelieve... CNN is anti god To my brothers and sisters who truly live in Christ Peace be with you and never forget your path despite the darkness that is trying to consume you, bring enough oil for your lamps to live in this darkness and bring extra in case of a delay, he will not abandon you... we will not be forgotten Amen To those who don't, I know the myth of Santa and the easterbunny really choked up your insides to find that they were not real, but childhood is over and it was a cruel human joke designed to make it that much harder for you to believe in that which visits you and you can't see, no matter you have life so is it too much to ask for a little belief?

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.»