Sentences with phrase «of evil enemies»

When men march off to war, it is with prayers on their lips that their god will see the righteousness of their cause against the unrighteousness of the evil enemies.

Not exact matches

They perceived themselves as heroes of the story, brilliantly anticipating and intercepting the evil deeds of the regime's enemies.

(Mathew 5:45) you have heard that it was said an eye for an eye, But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Evil in the hearts of people and the existence of Satan the enemy of God and mankind.

«For we are not fighting against flesh - and - blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.»

Because when it comes to enemy - love and our response to evil, the New Testament writers race to the life and teaching of Christ as the pattern for believers to imitate.

If God treats evil persons, his enemies — and which of us are not his enemies?

It is considered sufficient if the enemy stops his evil aggression and signs a treaty which preserves the rights of the people, and protects them from tyranny or sedition.

... If the cross is a personal act of violence perpetrated by God towards humankind but borne by His Son, then it makes a mockery of Jesus» own teaching to love your enemies and refuse to repay evil with evil (p. 182f).

In one sense, Jesus» ethic was so demanding as to break the hearts of all who would follow him: Sell all you have and give to the poor, resist not one who is evil, love your enemy, take no heed for the morrow.

Because men have difficulty in dealing with paradox and ambiguity, they can not accept the evil in themselves, and so they project it onto others: human enemies (which explains the prevalence of war) or an omnipotent God (which allows them to avoid their own responsibility).

All those evil things that happen to you are only because the world is full of sin, and the enemy is out to steal, kill, and destroy.

Even, at times when I truly begin to feel intensely guilty for my thoughts and fear punishment, I remind myself that God even has mercy towards Satan, the very enemy of God, by not utterly and completely destroying his existence but given him free will to operate in this world and to do evil.

Admittedly, reading the heart is difficult, but we need some test to distinguish virtuous hatred of evil from vicious hatred of our enemies.

All war is ambiguous, but there has been no other war in our history in which we were so convinced of our own righteousness and the evil of the enemies as we were in World War II.

Some of us look forward with great eagerness and expectation for when Jesus will come again to throw off the evil governments and set up His own righteous rule, but not before He slays our enemies, kills the wicked, bathes the world in bloodshed, burns away all those who did not follow Him, and banishes the unrighteous into pits of never - ending fire to suffer and burn for all eternity.

We will still have to choose between evils, and ignoring questions of justice will only even more enemies into existence.

When we take the bait and repay evil with evil, eye for eye, dollar for dollar, insult for insult, when we demand our DUE, we not only lose in the end, but we becomeour «enemy,» for we are guilty of the same offenses, tactics, and attitudes.

And Yahweh is jewish terminology is the same now that mean Allah and Yahweh are the same being but christian god is unknown I don't know what he is, And Muhammad in the Qur» an is the last of all Prophets and Messengers and is known as Rehmat ul alimeen the mercy of the world he forgive his most bitterest enemies who tortured him and his followers for believing in one true God.Now Muhammad never try to fake a miracle, the pig is forbidden to eat even in the jewish testament and so even here bible agrees but I don't know why christians eat pork.Secondly wine was forbidden because Muhammad's companions saw the evil in it.So please don't speak without having proper knowledge or Blurting out made up stories that actually have no sense, the jews call Jesus the false prophet, Sorcerer, Necromancer etc would you beieve those stories or be angry.Surely we both know the answer

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.»

But wherever it exists, and is removable without some corresponding loss of liberty, it is the evil, it is the enemy.

And although no evil is stronger than the will of God, He allows the enemy to work in this world as a test of our failth.

Turning the tables on the time - honored conceit that Americans are God's chosen people, Phelps and his followers insist that «God is America's enemy» because the United States has abandoned biblical principles for the evils of homosexual lust.

In Mr. Bush's world, there exist only two groups — the enemies of freedom and the lovers of freedom — the evil and the good.

Saul in the end boasted of himself saying he's done no evil when he spared the best of his enemies flocks revealing what was really in his heart.

If it is the latter, then maybe you should think about painting a picture of a local church as you see it with its current evil influences, then explain why you think these influences are of the enemy.

In the rest of the paragraph in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives a reason for loving enemies and persecutors (Mt 5:45 - 46): «so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

«Our country should be preserved from the dreadful evil of becoming enemies to the religion of the Gospel, which I have no doubt, but would be the introduction of the dissolution of government and the bonds of civil society.»

How does this action fit in with Jesus» words about nonresistance to evil in Matthew 5:39 and love of enemies in Matthew 5:43 - 44?

Two of these — «Flower of Purity» and «Gentle Guide of Youth» — are especially relevant to our current theme In the Novena he composed in preparation for the Feast of St Philip, Cardinal Newman wrote: «Philip, well knowing the pleasure God takes in cleanness of heart, had no sooner come to years of discretion, and to the power of distinguishing between good and evil, than he set himself to wage war against the evils and suggestions of his enemy, and never rested till he had gained the victory.

«But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you... Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

«WE HAVE THE VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these are from satan in the word they are called fiery darts we are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word is true.We also have the victory over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.brentnz

-- was a crucial aspect of what led both press and politicians to accept the idea that a massive war against an evil enemy would be both necessary and moral.

Paul explains it like this: Once you were alienated from God and were enemies IN YOUR MINDS because of your evil behavior.

was a crucial aspect of what led both press and politicians to accept the idea that a massive war against an evil enemy would be both necessary and moral.

All because the United States turned the full force of its fire power loose on the evil enemy.

In allusive fashion such as the Orient affects, he told the blunt truth: «The enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you for evil, be as that young man is!»

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

The evil enemy is no respecter of persons.

For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Even when our enemies are so corrupt and evil that there is no discernible sign of good in any of them, we can at least recognize that they are fellow human beings and children of God — however much they have violated His commands — and love and pray for them on that basis alone.

I have also heard from Comrades at our Communist News Network (CNN) and TASS (the AP), they along with the Revolutionaries at More Socialist Nonsense Broadcast Continually (MSNBC) have collected many rubles from the front and are building a statue of your likeness which will be place in the Gulag that will house the enemies of the state who watch FOX news, read Drudge and listen to the evil Capitalist propaganda on Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beckl.

If you only think of evil as an other, an enemy to fight, you miss the whole point.

Loving our enemies and returning evil with good has the power to accomplish things that the weapons of war can never dream of.

I thought it had something to do with an evil Galactic Overlord detonating a nuclear explosion in a volcano, scattering the confused spirits of his enemies throughout the Earth's atmosphere.

OOO — SPIRITUAL BATTLE — spiritual warfare is the cosmic war of good versus evil: its battles are fought daily between God and Satan; between the Christian Church and the world system ruled by our spiritual enemy; and within every child of God, between the Holy Spirit and the lusts of the carnal flesh.

Usually it is all the afflictions and difficulties of the finite which like evil spirits separate the lovers, but love has heaven on its side, and therefore this holy alliance overcomes all enemies.

(p. 93) This third way teaches that, (in the words of Walter Wink,) «evil can be opposed without being emulated... enemies can be neutralized without being destroyed.»

Though we are tempted to hide behind barricades, guns and bombs, the stories of the martyrs remind us of the one who overcame evil not by defeating the enemy but by loving the enemy and thus defeating death itself.

For if one keep oneself from these evil things, Then even among his enemies shall wisdom be a glory to him, And in a strange country a fatherland, And in the midst of foes shall prove a friend.