This, of course, is not to say he is not rightly esteemed truly human, a man
of flesh and blood with the peculiar Biblical force of that phrase; indeed it might be claimed that the very stress laid on the limited character of his experience makes us more vividly aware of the reality of his human nature.
Not exact matches
There is a Word
of God about Jesus - the descendant / offspring
of King David that we should know: 2 Samuel 7:12 - 14 (NIV) 12 When your days are over
and you rest
with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own
flesh and blood,
and I will establish his kingdom.
42 I will make my arrows drunk
with blood, while my sword devours
flesh: the
blood of the slain
and the captives, the heads
of the enemy leaders.»
I have no grips
with people being gay, for as I said before, everyone is responsible for their own righteousness in the sight
of the Creator YHWH,
and no one
of flesh,
and blood can judge anyone else, only the Almighty YHWH is the judge here,
and regarding in all sins, or wrong doing, according to the ways
of YHWH.
I also think that we've been given the Holy Spirit through Jesus
and the fruits
of the Spirit taste like paradise to me
and I am satisfied to eat His
flesh and Drink His
blood to be one
with His body... which seems to be both Spirit
and flesh as He reunites the dead
and the living.
Sometimes we all need a little practice
with figuring out what we really want — not in terms
of our «ideal spouse» but a real
flesh -
and -
blood human.
Rich Adam
and eve were
flesh and blood made from dust the idea that they were light conflicts
with scripture.They may well have been surrounded by some form
of light as righteousness is referred to as light or as clothing.Which they lost when they sinned But they themselves were as we are physical beings not etheral spirits.brentnz
Forgive us for the times we have allowed our pain to lead us into sin
and thinking that we are wrestling
with flesh and blood instead
of principalities
and powers.
And yet the new form of existence, the «spiritual body» (that is, a body made for life on a different plane of existence, life with the risen Christ), is not entirely unrelated to the body of flesh and blo
And yet the new form
of existence, the «spiritual body» (that is, a body made for life on a different plane
of existence, life
with the risen Christ), is not entirely unrelated to the body
of flesh and blo
and blood.
You likely deny evolution
and global warming for no other reason than it makes you uncomfortable
and hold science to the impossibly high standard
of having to explain every conceivable mystery about the natural World before you will accept it, but some moron at a pulpit doing magic hand signals
of a Sundaymorning is enough to convince you he is communicating
with some sky - god
and turning grocery store bread
and wine into
flesh and blood.
Reading this verse seems to say we are saved when we believe
and that once saved we may which implies either to continue to believe or continue to live our lives for us though preferably it is best to follow Christ
with all our heart because if we walk according to the
flesh satan has the opportunity to destroy our lives through the consequences
of sin till we repent.Whereas if we walk in righteousness we are covered under the
blood of Christ
and protected from satans influence though he can oppress us he is on Gods leash as God is sovereign
and in this way satan is used to perfect our faith
and draw us closer to Christ.
So, too, Paul reminds the Christians at Ephesus that it is «through the Church» that God's wisdom is «made known to the rulers
and authorities in the heavenly places,»
and that it is
with these rulers
and authorities that the Church wrestles primarily, not
with powers
of «
flesh and blood.»
Most people's knowing is already oriented by a passionate involvement in the world — it's already a matter
of flesh and blood,
of struggling
with life's challenges.
The offense
of the gospel is not merely an offense to reason over the «mystery»
of the presence
of flesh and blood in or
with bread
and wine; no, it is the scandal
of the cross.
Yes, the true enemy is not
flesh and blood... although sometimes,
flesh and blood willfully chooses to side
with the enemy
of God...
Here's a thought: rather than following a group
of men who play
with little boys or believing in a religion which has you eating
flesh and drinking
blood every sabath or believing in a divine being that calls for you to stone disobedient children, why don't you simply think for yourself.
«Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the
blood of Jesus, by the new
and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his
flesh,
and since we have a great high priest over the house
of God, let us draw near
with a true heart in full assurance
of faith» (10:19 - 22).
He is clear that
flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom
of heaven», so for him, the literal physical body
of Jesus,
with its
flesh and blood, can not be raised from death.
Of course, there are things we can be unified on
with people who do not follow Jesus, for Paul wrote that our struggle is not against
flesh and blood, which means that if we find ourselves struggling
with flesh and blood, we have been tricked into fighting the wrong thing.
As we begin to know others
of different backgrounds, our abstract labels tend to fade in the presence
of our real,
flesh and blood presence
with one another,
and we become less inclined to demonize the other.
Paul clearly states that we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against principalities in high places; He is suppose to be setting a principal
and he is in fact destroying the thing that God stand for, serving the
flesh and the creation more than the creator who is blessed forever; Man will always have a battle between
flesh and spirit; he is more
flesh than spirit ever in his dress muscles
and tight shirts; which has no place in the spirit;» dealing
with matters
of the holy ghost «he can speck it but he can «t live it; which is the trouble
with a lot
of modern day Christians; do as i say not as i do... old fashion parents had the same concept, its not just Eddie he got caught, he was just falling weak to the
flesh and his own desires; only thing is, he is responsible for the souls
of those under his leadership; He must answer
and atone to God for those actions, you think for a moment we are being hard on him; God has a way
of letting us know when we are wrong that lets us know we need to change.
It follows also that our mortal
flesh can not perceive the risen body
of Christ,
and so it is not our fleshly body that is eating the body
of Christ but our eternal spiritual person who is becoming united
with the risen Christ (body,
blood, soul
and divinity) when our mortal bodies eat
and digest the sacred species in the Eucharist.
By contrast, the ancient slander shows that pagans, if they knew anything at all about the Church, knew that the Church gathered to eat
and drink the
flesh and blood of her Savior
and greeted one another
with a kiss
of peace.
And they touched him then and there and believed, for they had had contact with the flesh and blood reality of him» (Letter to Smyrna, Chap III, If
And they touched him then
and there and believed, for they had had contact with the flesh and blood reality of him» (Letter to Smyrna, Chap III, If
and there
and believed, for they had had contact with the flesh and blood reality of him» (Letter to Smyrna, Chap III, If
and believed, for they had had contact
with the
flesh and blood reality of him» (Letter to Smyrna, Chap III, If
and blood reality
of him» (Letter to Smyrna, Chap III, Iff).
«Lacking a coherent picture
of what a good human life looks like, we have filled the gap
with quantified measures that tell us little or nothing about how far
flesh -
and -
blood human beings are flourishing in all aspects
of their experience.
no, its no more a sin than eating buggers, just stop beating up on oneself, if you are in love
with YHWH,
and do His law, the 10 commandments, just as David did, plenty
of wrong in his life, but he prayed,
and he prayed, he also loved YHWH so much, he was loyal,
and loving to YHWH, so YHWH chose him,
and his seed, do the law
of righteousness, the commandments,
and pray,
and pray, love YHWH
with all
of you heart,
and no other man made
of flesh,
and blood can judge anyone else, only YHWH can, He has the complete authority,
and as long as you have a relationship deep
with Him, He knows.
Paul did not believe in the resurrection
of the
flesh; he specifically denied that «
flesh and blood» continued after death; (I Corinthians 15:50)
and the spiritual «body»
with which he wished to be clothed moved in new dimensions altogether, quite different from the Jews» resuscitated «
flesh and bones.»
Can they keep their faith intact while letting historians do what they will
with the Jesus
of flesh and blood?
- The American Indians are descended from Jews who sailed to America in 600BC - God is a
flesh and blood man
and had physical relations
with Mary to create Jesus - Jesus
and Satan are brothers - Mormon men can become gods
and live on their own planet - Joseph Smith met God
and Jesus in person,
and God told him all other Christian faiths were an «abomination» - Joseph Smith used magic glasses
and his magic treasure seeking hat to create the Book
of Mormon
First is the increase
of superficial engagements
with flesh -
and -
blood people.
His long discourse on the importance
of eating the
flesh and drinking the
blood of the Son
of Man ends
with many
of his followers walking away
and those who stay do so out
of resignation more than enthusiasm (John 6:52 - 68).
While the Letter to the Hebrews does not specifically mention the Eucharist, it surely has this in mind in when it states in connection
with Christ's priesthood, «We have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the
Blood of Jesus, by the new
and living way which He opened for us through the curtain, that is, through His
flesh.»
After sharing about her own sexual assault, Joy Beth Smith writes: «The message in some churches may be wrong, but the message
of Christianity is right: My faith insists that my body is
flesh and blood, animated
with the breath
of life,
and instilled in that moment
with an imprint
of God.»
It is important to note that Jesus»
blood, which ushers in the New Covenant, is what reconciles Gentiles to God as they never had a relationship
with Him: Ephesians 2:11 - 19 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the
flesh, who are called «Uncircumcision» by the so - called «Circumcision,» which is performed in the
flesh by human hands — remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth
of Israel,
and strangers to the covenants
of promise, having no hope
and without God in the world.
(11) Man We did create from a quintessence (
of clay); (12) Then We placed him as (a drop
of) sperm in a place
of rest firmly fixed; (13) Then We made the sperm into a clot
of congealed
blood; then
of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then We made out
of that lump bones
and clothed the bones
with flesh; then We developed out
of it another creature: so blessed be Allah, the Best to create!
John quite certainly would have regarded
with horror any line
of thought which evaporated the historical,
flesh and blood man Jesus out
of Christianity.
So, if you have dropsy, gout, or jaundice, by including some
of your warm
blood in the shell
and white
of an egg, which, exposed to a gentle heat,
and mixed
with a bait
of flesh, you shall give to a hungry dog or hog, the disease shall instantly pass from you into the animal,
and leave you entirely.
He was falsely accused, arrested, slapped, spit on, had His beard pulled out
of His face, sent to court where though no guilt was found was sentenced to be beaten to within an inch
of HIs life, struck
with rods, whipped
with a weapon that had sharp bones
and different pieces tore large chuncks
of flesh off, drug back to court wearing a robe which when the
blood dried to it became its own bit
of torture, the first beating not good enough so sentenced to die, had a crown
of thorns pressed down into his skull causing much more
blood loss, beaten some more, forced to carry an extremely heavy wood beam as he marched toward His death, whipped
and beaten along the way, had huge nails driven through His hands
and feet,
and had a shoulder separated.
I find it fascinating when writers
and directors
and even producers
of films about real people in the Bible read into what the people were like
and how they fill in the gaps
of the dialog, some I like, others I disagree
with, but it allows me to put
flesh and blood on their bones.
The
blood orange is different in that it has a very distinctive red colored
flesh and juice
with a flavor that makes you think
of berries.
I drove the Mille in 1953
and at times it was like driving through a mass
of pulsating human
flesh as the young
bloods vied
with each other to see who would be the last to give way before the speeding car, who could work his belly closest to it as it sped by,
and who could close the gap quickest after it had passed.
To learn from others, apes need to see actual fellow apes: Imitation requires identification
with a body
of flesh and blood.
We still have our
flesh and blood cells, but we soup them up
with nanotech brain chips, genetic engineering
and these sorts
of things.
If you're in the presence
of others, put all screens away
and focus on the opportunity to connect in conversation
with the actual,
flesh -
and -
blood human beings who sit in front
of you (as opposed to the virtual ones that tend to populate more
and more
of our connections).
For the cost
of about an hour
with a
flesh -
and -
blood personal trainer, the Itami FiTrainer, a new audio workout trainer / heart rate monitor, could guide you through workouts for years to come.
It is found in the highest amounts in fish livers, the
flesh of fatty fish,
and the
blood of land animals;
and in smaller amounts in butter
and lard from animals raised
with plenty
of exposure to sunshine.
So, guys, there is hope: the unpredictable
and volatile relationships
with women made
of flesh and blood may be soon replaced by absolutely reliable
and obedient sex robots.
The finale, in which Lionel reduces a horde
of flesh - eaters to a mulch
of blood,
flesh and offal
with the aid
of a flymo, is probably the goriest scene ever.
With the help
of his newly
flesh -
and -
blood henchmen Boris Badenov (Jason Alexander)
and Natasha Fatale (Rene Russo), Fearless Leader plots to take over the world by using television to zombify people
and then persuading the masses to elect him president.
And it means spending quality time with some of the most human, street - level, flesh - and - blood characters you're likely to encounter anywhere in the television rea
And it means spending quality time
with some
of the most human, street - level,
flesh -
and - blood characters you're likely to encounter anywhere in the television rea
and -
blood characters you're likely to encounter anywhere in the television realm.