God pushes through nature and history to that earthly consummation in which spirit and nature will be unified, the profane sanctified, the kingdom of God established
out of the kingdom of man, and all of time and creation drawn back into eternity.
you lock people
out of the kingdom of heaven you make the new convert twice as much as a child of hell you are blind guides... you clean the outside, but inside are full of greed you are like whitewashed tombs... you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
You argue that «official church pronouncements that condone the very sins that keep people
out of the kingdom of God, are evil» and then conclude that the tornado must have been God's response to such evil.
As King Evan is cast
out of his kingdom of Ding Dong Dell, he decides to build a new one instead of taking his old one back.
Not exact matches
It's the story
of a prince who goes looking for dragons to figure
out why magic is disappearing from his
kingdom, only to find a princess working happily as the cook / assistant to the King
of Dragons.
The solution, according to Newport and a host
of other experts, is simple — break
out of the «walled garden»
of social media by starting your own little
kingdom in the form
of your own blog or website.
But the sons
of the
kingdom will be cast
out into outer darkness.
Thanks for always sharing your vision
of the world around us and the world to come as we live
out the
kingdom here on earth.
we as believers have a commission: Then Jesus called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, And He sent them
out to announce and preach the
kingdom of God and to bring healing.
he will throw them
out of the
kingdom or simply not accept them because they did not seek His Righteousness with a whole heart.
Jesus called
out the religious leaders
of his time and said that they would not enter the
kingdom of heaven because they lived in palaces on hills while they devoured the houses
of widows (in Luke).
As we move closer to the spiritual center, the
kingdoms of religion and politics become dull and powerless, replaced by an organic reality that binds us together from the inside
out, not the top down.
And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able... There shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the
kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust
out.»
Luke 13:28 — «There shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the
kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust
out.»
2nd Timothy 4:1 - 5 1 In the presence
of God and
of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view
of his appearing and his
kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and
out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction.
And, you will find they are all working hard to live up to God's standards, free
of false teachings, having true love for their brothers around the world, living in peace even today, not willing to join anybody's army, nor join political parties but respectful
of national governments and authorities, law abiding but God's
kingdom interests come first, carrying
out the world wide assignment God has given them.
While he allows that doctrinal debates about Christ and the Trinity are
of only antiquarian interest, he comes
out for what he calls a «redemptive process» in which good people do not give up on the goal
of establishing the
kingdom of God on earth.
to bring the abstract always
out of reach
kingdom of god and bring it down to earth and make it the
kingdom of man (in Feuerbachs terms).
ian... not sure which part you wanted me to reply on, but I will take issue with yr point about homosexuality being a threat to human existence.I'm no expert on the subject, but I think we cd safely assume that the phenomena has been with us since our ancestors came
out of the trees... we're now over six billion and growing at an alarming rate.Not sure where you might find the data on this supposed threat to going forth and multiplying.BTW, I have read that homosexual behaviour is observable in the animal
kingdom, but I wd need to do some work to reference a credible study.
At Matthew 10, in giving detailed instructions to his newly appointed twelve apostles, he said: «As you go preach, saying,» The
kingdom of the heavens has drawn near... Into whatever city or village you enter, search
out in it is deserving, and stay there till you leave.
The same Jesus whose call may draw
out of the orbit
of the family could describe the promise
of the coming
kingdom precisely in familial terms.
It is certainly enough to make you severely question and doubt on a consistent basis whether or not you are wasting your time with all
of this and would life not be better spent trying to better yourself, believe in nothing, and pull yourself up by your bootstraps and carve
out your
kingdom while you're alive.
The sermon is a picture
of who's in and who's
out in God's
kingdom.
Others again, many more
of them, would fall in with the authorities
of their day, lacking the courage or the tenacity to hold
out for the restoration
of David's
kingdom.
It was because these events were so understood, that the little
kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which grew
out of the invasion
of Palestine, made a fertile ground for the later prophetic teaching about God's revelation in history.
The religious leaders who were expected to respond enthusiastically to the gospel
of the
kingdom turned
out to be enemies
of the
kingdom.
But the experience echoes in my memory with Jesus» words: «Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the
kingdom of heaven is like the master
of a household who brings
out of his treasure what is new and what is old.»
He sent
out his disciples to preach the gospel
of the
kingdom.
Dr. Dodd has given us a brief summary which is very useful in stating the essential elements in that declaration: how that the God
of Israel, who had spoken by the prophets, had acted decisively in Christ, pouring
out the gift
of the Spirit, and how that this Christ, now exalted, would return in glory for the establishment
of God's
kingdom.
«Never say, then, as some say: «The
kingdom of matter is worn
out, matter is dead»: till the very end
of time matter will always remain young, exuberant, sparkling, new - born for those who are willing.
Yet the owner
of the field, who sows the good seed, is the Son
of man; and he, not the Father, will send «his angels» to reap the harvest and gather the weeds
out of «his
kingdom.»
The Fourth Gospel attributes to Jesus the words, «Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born
of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the
kingdom of God»; (John 3:5) the Epistle to Titus says the same thing in other language — «He saved us, through the washing
of regeneration and renewing
of the Holy Spirit»; (Titus 3:5) and in the Shepherd
of Hermas, which in some
of the earliest canons was included in the New Testament, the baptismal water is called «the seal
of the Son
of God» into which they descend «dead,» and
out of which they come «alive.»
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it
out; it is better for you to enter the
kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched [Mark 9:43 - 48].
The last parable in Matthew's series (13:52) is a very brief and obscure one comparing «every scribe who has been trained for the
kingdom of heaven» to «a householder who brings
out of his treasures what is new and what is old.»
Paul thanked God for personal victory over sin, (Romans 7:25) for the church's victory in the proclamation
of its faith «throughout the whole world,» (Romans 1:8) for the lives
of faithful Christians, (Philippians 1:3; I Thessalonians 1:2 - 8) and for deliverance «
out of the power
of darkness» into «the
kingdom of the Son
of his love.»
Since the Messiah was expected to re-establish the
kingdom of David in keeping with the prophecies (see p. 97), and since Jesus was evidently not interested in worldly kingship or in driving
out the Romans, this is a very good question.
More in accord, however, with what other evidence indicates as Jesus» conception
of the
kingdom of God (cf. Mt 12:28; Lk 11:20; 17:21) is the view that the seed represents the power
of God already manifesting itself by the casting
out of demons, and the bush is its ultimate triumph.
The saying about not drinking wine until the
kingdom of God comes accompanies the first cup; but after the distribution
of the bread Luke continues (22:20), «And likewise the cup after supper, saying, «This cup which is poured
out for you is the new covenant in my blood.»»
This new «leader» turns them back to their own ways and makes a mockery
out of the cross, which was all done so we may believe in Him so we may enter God's
kingdom.
Out of the pressure cooker
of clerical careers may come a fresh announcement
of the nearness
of the
kingdom of God to working people that is fully as arresting as Jesus» announcement to his contemporaries.
He likened some folks to weeds and said He would «send His angels, and they will gather
out of His
kingdom all causes
of sin and all law - breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace,» where «there will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.»
Then the
kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went
out to meet the bridegroom.
«The children
of the
kingdom [the Jews] shall be cast
out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.»
(A 5 year old can understand it) Rev. 13: 11 - 18 I beheld anther beast coming
out of the earth (A beast in prophecy is a
kingdom, a country Dan.7: 17 and 23).
He who now restrains will do so until He is taken
out of the way» is NOT the Holy Spirit through believers hindering him from comming till they be taken away in the «rapture»... It is The Holy Spirit Himself who is restraining satan from comming ahead
of God's appointed time for him to come, because satan has done it thru many attempts in past history, even as his last
of the attempt was through Hitler, desiring to establish his
kingdom on earth.
Jesus continues, «But if it is by the finger
of God that I cast
out demons, then the
kingdom of God has come upon you» (Lk 11:20; Mt 12:28).
This would be a comfortable way
out of the impasse if we could think so, for in view
of the fact that the end
of the world has not yet come, it is not easy to fit into the rest
of his words such sayings as, «Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son
of man coming in his
kingdom» (Matt.
Dewey, who died in 1952 after reigning for more than fifty years as America's most influential public philosopher and educator, appreciated that the churches had not gone
out of business, and that they could even be useful in promoting peace, fighting economic injustice, and, more generally, in «stimulating action» for what he called «a divine
kingdom on earth.»
* Matthew 8:12 But the children
of the
kingdom shall be cast
out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
If there is a particular correspondence in Abraham to the first Israel (Exodus and Settlement) and in Jacob to the second (the period
of the
Kingdoms), something
of the same correspondence is to be seen in Joseph to the third Israel, to her profound hope that
out of willful intention
of evil,
out of the consequent judgment
of destruction and tragedy, God would yet through human means raise up the tribes
of Jacob and bring his light
of redemption to all the earth.