Sentences with phrase «out gnats»

Since this obedience is obedience to a purely formal authority, in the late Jewish ethic there appears the commingling of moral and ritual laws, and the overemphasis on ritual and ceremonial rules, which Jesus denounces in the statement that the Pharisees strain out gnats and swallow camels.

The calvinists with whom I've dealt strain out a gnat of mystical experiences, then swallow the camel of the sins of unbelief and failure to obey 1 Thess.

The nail is driven home by a typical example of Jesus» trenchant humor (Mt 23:24): «You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!»

«What we have here is a clear case of straining out a gnat to swallow a camel.

On the contrary, his most stinging words are directed toward those who «preach, but do not practice»; to those who «bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger»; to those who «devour widows» houses and for a pretense... make long prayers»; to those who are «blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel» (Matt.

Today many Christians have become adept at straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

After all, if we «swallow the camel» by not challenging the notion that unplanned natural forces gave rise to all living things, starting from nothing but nonliving chemicals, and «strain out the gnat» of man's consciousness as the sole exception to an otherwise completely natural explanation, are we not allowing religious beliefs to interfere with scientific explanation?

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only reason y i say this is because of Santification, once we give our life to the Lord, we streight way (so to speak) begin the process of Santification, this is Christ making us like him, and this Is SUFFERING It does nt happen over night, but for the duration of our time here, as you have said, its sort of like sin being done unto us, and we are handleing it just like Christ did, (with Love) of coarse with the help of the Holy Spirit, This Does NOT feel Good At ALL since our soulful flesh is Corrupt, (but our spirit is saved) This is were your trails and tribulation, your own desire, and All play apart, Now Moment by Moment we choose by our own will, And Jesus helps in these times, as he was tempeted, but without sin, The devil can do nothing but try and decieve the Christian into thinking that he has to work for his salvation as you have said, this thing here is about your Inheritance In Christ, Its gonna be some show nought broke christian in Heaven, because their trying to set of for themseleve trasure on earth, and their is going to be weeping and gnat of teeth, but it wont be, because of their going to Hell, It will be cause they miss out on what they could have had, and it is Devistation, cause they waste so much time, and they wont be able to attend the wedding, supper of the lamb, they wont be, getting the position over city, galacy, ectt... just check it out some of the points i have made, God Bless you!

This is my number one tip for photographing your kids: you have to realize that most kids have the attention spans» of a gnat and you may only have mere minutes of cooperation out of them before they're DONE and want nothing to do with your picture taking.

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed concern that many children of school going age are constantly being taken out of the classroom into mining pits to engage in of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.

My cute planner hasn't been much motivation and at times I have the attention span of a gnat flitting from one idea to the other until I am completely overwhelmed and decide to hang out on Pinterest for what seems like forever.

Only negative during the stay was at sunrise and sunset with no wind the gnats would come out and bite.

Shaking it after the Gnats have emerged will cause Watinga to pop out, and swatting it will trigger a harder version of Gnat Attack.

The jury is still out whether the luminaries keep the bugs away or attract them (notice the gnat in the jar) but they looked pretty and smelled nice!

(Note: Because Kev and I each have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to directions, we didn't actually use any plans to build our bed - but if you're lookin» for some rock solid instructions, and wan na cut out all the guesswork, definitely check out Ana's plan!)