Sentences with phrase «of obedient response»

I am convinced that this kind of obedient response to the gospel must be undergirded by a high regard for the integrity and uniqueness of the biblical message.

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James 2:14 NASB Yes God is gracious and full of mercy but the Bible clearly teaches us that he expects an obedient response from us.

Serena, I hope that after you examine all the scriptures on this subject carefully, and I hope you do because you shouldn't take any one's word on something so vitally important, I hope you will at least encourage people to be aware of the possibility that God might require us to actually do something and be obedient and faithful in response to his unfathomable offer of salvation.

Lastly, I would again offer that these forms of apologetic responses to the depictions of genocide in the bible are little more than a Nuremberg Defense, i.e. the abdication of personal moral responsibility to evaluate a particular command in obedient deference to perceived authority.

From them we glean what has previously been indicated as basic notes in the understanding of the kingdom: the timeless kingship, or kingly rule, of God; an ongoing and present kingdom to be entered and lived in by accepting God's sovereign rule in obedient response; and a final victory of God which is in God's hands, though he calls us to labor in faith and love for its coming.

If the reader has gone along with what has been said in the earlier chapters, Jesus was an apocalyptist in the currents of his time, but this never contradicted his main message of the love and saving power of God and the need to love and serve one's fellows in obedient response to the call of God.

At the same time, however, this memory preserves traditions concerning the utterance of a divine Word calling forth obedient response: the commission to Moses at the burning bush, and the commandments of Yahweh at Sinai.

The pronouncements of the Pope no longer receive from all Catholics the unquestioning and obedient response they traditionally did.

Over time, cats that use this type of collar become more obedient, since they have learned that hyperactive behavior induces a strong olfactory response from their collar.

Because petting and particularly praise, are not highly valued by dogs, trainers who try to rely on these low value rewards, will also need to use «corrections» (or mild forms of punishment) during the training process if they are to be successful in creating an obedient response to their commands.