Sentences with phrase «other than spirit»

These, however, will be refuted by none other than the Spirit conveyed in the church which the apostles were the first to receive.

And some would say we find what they heard whispered by something other than the Spirit.

One group believed that the spirit of love is itself a pure and unique method for dealing with all evil; hence the Christian ethic is one which expresses this spirit persuasively, intelligently, in all situations, and withdraws from all methods and means which resort to something which is other than the spirit of love.

But I do deny that a neat account of spirit, mind, and agency can be given in terms other than spirit, mind, and agency.

Not exact matches

Whether it's due to the holiday spirit or the unfriendly weather, consumers are likely to share videos, posts, photos, and other shareable company productions during the last three months of the year more than at any other time.

Meeting in private with no written notes and no pre-negotiated official statements or agenda other than a pre-determined mutual commitment to improve the Sino - Indian bilateral relationship, this lakeside walk epitomizes the spirit of an «informal» Sunnylands - style summit - intimacy and interactivity.

During that time, I've seen U.S. politics become more polarized and mean - spirited than at any other time in my life.

Millennials don't just have an entrepreneurial spirit, they are more likely than other generations to study majors related to entrepreneurialism.

In common usage, the distinction between spirits and liqueurs is widely unknown or ignored; consequently, all alcoholic beverages other than beer and wine are generally referred to as spirits... `..

It's a tribute to the human spirit in a time of war that potentially had no consequences other than death for the harboring family.

Some could also say that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is something other than speaking a blasphemy.

He's more real and caring and legitimately working with the true spirit of Christ than any other that I have seen.

Then again perhaps it is indeed «a latter day reformation driven by none other than the Holy Spirit,» intended to put new life into something that has strayed from its intended purpose.

Jeremy it just hit me like a bolt of lightning i am so excited about this thought that salvation has nothing to do with eternal life but is speaking of losing the ability to be an overcomer in Christ.Having been there as a carnal christian i always believed in Jesus but i felt i did nt have the power to live a christian life so i felt like a hippocrite i was still subject to sin and sinful desires.So in that sense i had never received salvation because i had never been an overcomer in the first place.So i can see how a christian could lose there salvation having once walked by faith but that does nt effect there eternal life in Christ.Just so others know i am now walking by faith and am an overcomer i know what it is like to experience the power of the holy spirit and to not be overcome by my old nature that is what Jesus wants us all to experience rather than being a victim of the enemy.Whether we are an overcomer or not does nt effect our eternal life.brentnz

No other than the Almighty One, the Holy Spirit who is the great seas of ever entwining nothingness can never be found faulty of his fruited essences sake.

If many, many people are deserting the institutional church as Jeremy Myers claims, perhaps this is not disobedience to a command but a latter day reformation driven by none other than the Holy Spirit.

This is combined with the belief that the one through whom we come to learn more is the Spirit of Truth who continues the work of Jesus and is, indeed, none other than the living Christ.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

It would seem to be nothing other than a drag upon the spirit.

I don't know how to raise them in the faith in any other way than this: God is good, God is Love, God is for you, never against you, and when you want to dance, darling, wave your flag and spin, let the wind of the Spirit move through you.

There were so many others who'd been at this whole born - again - spirit - filled - Christian thing a lot longer than me, so they must understand something I just couldn't see.

It is only to remind us, as we celebrate Pentecost and design our sermons on the Holy Spirit, that the Spirit is always much bigger and more «other» than we — or the Pentecostals — normally think, and is capable of violently upending our worlds when we aren't expecting it.

In the Pope's words concluding the speech given in December, «The Church's missionary spirit is nothing other than the drive to share the joy that has been given to us.

Let others, fulfilling a function more august than mine, proclaim your splendours as pure Spirit; as for me, dominated as I am by a vocation which springs from the inmost fibres of my being, I have no desire, I have no ability, to proclaim anything except the innumerable prolongations of your incarnate Being in the world of matter; I can preach only the mystery of your flesh, you the Soul shining forth though all that surrounds us.

«4 Affirmation of being in the form of the Promethean spirit is a rebellion against the sacred, for the sacred reality can be known only as wholly other than the man - made world of being.

And with no imagery available, other than that of supernaturalism, to suggest such nuances or sensitive ground for pointing toward dimensions of grace or spirit, Christian faith could mean for the modern consciousness only confidence in the resources of man's moral idealism.

(Can't give you the details as I'm writing a memoir and don't wish to give the good bits away in case it gets published) Even though I have doubted all the other stuff along the years — promises etc that didn't come to pass, despite my diligent prayer and obedience, I still cry out to «something out there» because I am spirit in a human body, and know that I am on a journey that has to mean more than simply this earthly plain.

The therapist engages in exorcism, while the pastor offers experiences of the Holy Spirit to fill the void left by each departing spirit, lest «seven other spirits more evil... enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man become worse than the first» (Luke 1Spirit to fill the void left by each departing spirit, lest «seven other spirits more evil... enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man become worse than the first» (Luke 1spirit, lest «seven other spirits more evil... enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man become worse than the first» (Luke 11:26).

everything in the universe evolves, not only life forms but also memes, Religion is a meme so it also change in conformity to its era or time of its conception as faith.Because in pre scientific times thousands of years ago, the scientific method of approach or philosophy has not existed yet, myth or merely story telling is considered facts, The first religion called animism more than 10,000 years ago believed that spirits or god exists in trees, rivers, mountains, boulders or in any places people at that time considered holy.hundreds of them, then when the Greeks and Romans came, it was reduced to 12, they called it polytheism, when the Jews arrived, it was further reduced to 1, monotheism.its derivatives, Christianity And Islam and later hundreds of denominations that includes Mormonism and Protestants flourished up to today.So in short this religions evolved in accordance to the scientific knowledge of the age or era they existed.If you graph the growth of knowledge, it shows a sharp increase in the last 500 years, forcing the dominant religions at that time to reinterprete their dogmas, today this traditional religions are becoming obsolete and has to evolve to survive.But first they have to unify against atheism.in the dialectical process of change, Theism in one hand and the opposing force atheism in the other, will resolve into a result or synthesis.The process shall be highlighted in the internet in the near future.

Believe that satan exists because he does — the biggest mistake you can make is opening yourself up to the spirit world other than God.

Paul, who makes the contrast more often than does any other writer, is very clear that the body is good in itself — so good that it is a temple of the Holy Spirit.

If all we can say of Jesus and of God is that Jesus is God — all the God of God there is — then we have effectively ruled out all other attempts of the human spirit to glimpse the mystery of the ultimate; and this is all the more conspicuously the case when our understanding of «Jesus,» in the first place, is really a dogmatic reduction of his person, his «thou - ness,» to the «it - ness» of christological propositions that, most of them, enshrine little more than our own religious bid for authority.

The contrast between Santayana and Whitehead here springs partly from the fact that for Santayana moments of spirit, being non-efficacious, are less intimately related to other events than are physical events.

Here is the verse, and I am open and willing to see what is written here and understand so show me how this scripture that speaks so emphatically and forthrightly can mean something other than a certain sin can not and will not be forgiven, namely the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

In our own lives we all have a natural leniency in how we respond to the Spirit, and some people express this more visibly than others.

I wonder if perhaps some children are so pure of heart because they are not tainted by sin that they are able to hear angels, the Holy Spirit and God easier than others.

Although they will be «independent persons with no other authority than that of the spirit,» they may yet be effective in the time that approaches as no merely political representatives can be.

The philosopher Kant made the statement that prayer obviously has no other effect than that of lifting the spirits of him who prays, and that to assume an effect outside the praying person was unreasonable.

For this end, wee must be knitt together in this worke as one man, wee must entertaine each other in brotherly Affeccion, wee must be willing to abridge our selves of our superfluities, for the supply of others necessities, wee must uphold a familiar Commerce together in all meeknes, gentlenes, patience and liberallity, wee must delight in each other, make others Condicions our owne, rejoyce together, mourne together, labour and suffer together, allwayes haveing before our eyes our Commission and Community in the worke, our Community as members of the same body, soe shall wee keepe the unitie of the spirit in the bond of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us as his owne people and will commaund a blessing upon us in all our wayes, soe that wee shall see much more of his wisdome, power, goodnes and truthe than formerly wee have beene acquainted with.

Materialism used to be a theory; in this integration with the West, it is a fact... Before and during 1989 there was a genuine spirit, a true reform light, and our church was filled by no other means than word of mouth... But today, even if we put out 1,000 posters, we would not get so many.

The contact between the inexpressible circle of things and the experiencing powers of our senses is more and other than a vibration of the ether and the nervous system — it is the incarnate spirit.

Transhumanists, like other libertarians, make the mistake of thinking that the high - spirited few, who are enamored of ascetic self - overcoming and relentless power - accumulating work, will be welcomed as the model and standard for the security - oriented many, who prefer to live according to their appetites, and whose escape fantasy is giant cruise ships rather than silicone bodies.

There is something going on, before God grabs a hold of us through His Word, and His Spirit... but it is other than the authentic relationship of a Father to child.

Luk 11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

It does happen that the spirit teaches, guides and heals through the text, so that the text yields something other than an echo of ourselves.

In the context of the church, what are leadership abilities other than gifts of the Spirit?

Our preferences couldn't be more different, but neither is wrong, and neither is more Spirit - filled than the other.

It is difficult to see how, if God's relationship to the world is «wholly other» than the relation of creative spirit to its actual working in time (chronos), we can avoid discounting the Christian significance of creative effort, patient workmanship, and that careful assessment of conditions and consequences which make up so large a part of the wisdom of life.

I really feel for those who are struggling with adultery and it seems the reoccuring question is the same.Will God forgive me if i have committed adultery and the answer is yes we all are sinners and we all have sinned no sin is worse than the other to God.If you are feeling bad because for what you have done then it is the holy spirit drawing you to him repent and turn from your sin.God wants all of us to draw near to him to get our hearts right to stop making the same mistakes over and over again.If you feel weak he gives the strength to deal with it rather than trying sort it out on our own.He forgives us because he loves us but we may have to bear the consequence of our sin like David and his family suffered for his choices regarding his affair with bathsheba but God forgave him for his sin.

«While Alpha's lectures on the Holy Spirit don't conflict with our denominational theology» says Baumgartner, «some of our churches are more comfortable than others with the emphasis on the Spirit's charismatic nature.