Sentences with phrase «over the evil powers»

Emil Brunner has distinguished five major themes in which the significance of the death of Christ is described.6 There is the sacrifice, the ransom, the penal suffering, the victory over evil powers, and the symbol of the Paschal Lamb.

Here Jesus» death is seen as a key part of God's victory over the evil powers arrayed against the divine aim.

Not exact matches

Evil proceeds from the lust to wield power over somebody else.

It's taken hundreds of years for whites to Put into place their mechanisms for obtaining and maintaining power over others... So I'd suspect that it would take just as ling for this evil to be reversed.

No human hands (he means) prepare the weapon by which the power of evil in the world will ultimately be overthrown: it is the act of God alone, whose kingdom will then be effective over all creation.

power / control is one of my favorite topics as well — i see one of Jesus» three wilderness temptations as being about that — and of course He rejected satan's offer of worldly power — i've written several blogs about power / control http://www.diospsytrek.wordpress.com — scott peck saw the desire for one human to exert control over another as the essential human evil — blessing on your work.

Not because they are «evil»... but because they want and need to have some more authority, power, and safety over their lives, their careers, and their family.

Jeremiah, pouring out before God everything he felt, poured out his vindictiveness: «Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction»; (Jeremiah 17:18) «Deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle....

For the Almighty God, who, as even the heathen acknowledge, has supreme power over all things, being Himself supremely good, would never permit the existence of anything evil among His works, if He were not so omnipotent and good that He can bring good even out of evil.

It is a dangerous thing to deny the presence of evil spirits in the world, but it is equally dangerous to think that man, by the performance of some ritual, has some power over them.

Absolute, arbitrary, manipulative authority — power over others — is an evil thing; it belongs neither in the state nor in the family.

Cyprian believed in a real literal and vivid hell and in the de Idoloum, he mentioned that Christ and Christian power over the forces of evil is the proof that the true God is the Lord of all things.

In this society, evil does not have power over us.

Some have supposed that he changed God's attitude toward man or effected some alteration in the power of evil over the world.

They can't see the basic human psychology in stories about a being (or beings) who have power over good and evil, who has the ability to give ot take life, to forgive or to condemn, to create heaven or hell.

«WE HAVE THE VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these are from satan in the word they are called fiery darts we are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word is true.We also have the victory over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.brentnz

Evil is test of human choice, HE has power over hindu Lucifer ism, filthy secular ism of every thing, but HE honors HIS promise to human of their authority, HE will like human to defeat hinduism denial of truth absolute by himself.

It remains for evangelical Christianity to state again with power the faith that grace is present, available, victorious over evil.

Communist evil, Niebuhr said, resulted from its monopoly of power (absolute power over other men producing evils worse than injustice), its utopianism (attribution of the source of evil to something outside man — private property), its faith in revolution (a substitute religion), and its dogmatism (ideology masquerading as science).

Its principal features are: a three - storied universe consisting of heaven, earth, and underworld; the intervention of natural and supernatural powers in human life; the dominion of evil spirits and Satan over that life and also over the external realm of nature; the imminent end in time of this present world - æon.

But what about the biblical notion of a final consummation in complete victory is finally and permanently won over the powers of evil?

Iman Husain knew that Mu'awiya held his power over the people through fear and greed, but he could do nothing more than to point out Mu`awiya's evil deeds and to remind the people that he was Caliph only through deceit.

We have a certain power over the physical realm, for good or evil, for development or destruction.

For example, a number of nomad Arabs in the valley of the Euphrates accepted Christianity because they were attracted to the Christian faith by the power which the Christian monks and hermits exercised over the evil spirits in the name of Jesus.»

Or use the eighth chapter of Luke as a template for Christian healing and a reaffirmation of the power of good over evil.

For them the Lord is a spirit and salvation in Christ meant victory over the powers of the evil spirits.

King again, because victor, as becomes a King in battle hard won over the power of evil and loss placed in the nature of Man by Original Sin, and the long catalogue of personal sin.

The basic gist of the book is that if you just recognize that nothing is good and nothing is evil, then nothing can have power over you, and the karma of the universe will come back to give you health and blessings.

Jeremy i think satanic forces is more likely in that particular storm with Jesus and his disciples in the boat that was to test his disciples faith and they failed the test.Jesus rebuked the storm there was a power that was out to destroy them why else would he rebuke it maybe he was waiting foir them to rebuke it themselves they had prayed for people and seen healing they had commanded evil spirit to come out of people so they were aware of the power of God.Yet they were in fear of there lives faithless and afriad.Paul on his way to rome was caught in a storm and through an angel paul was told many would die Paul interceeded for the crew and lives on board and God promised that all would be spared.Paul had warned them before the voyage that it would end in disaster but they did not listen.Satan wasnt happy with that plan because he had hoped to kill as many people as possible there was over 300 souls on board and many had been expected to die.So satan attempted to kill Paul and he was bitten by a snake but satan is no match for Jesus Christ he has been defeated and so Paul lived and continued to preach the gospel was many being saved.brentnz

Our freedom is that though evil exists it does not have to have power over us any longer that is the message of the Gospel even though slaves became christians it did nt initially stop slavery not for many years but it helped the slaves to survive and gave them hope that one day God had something better for them and eventually because of christians activists slavery was abolished.Just like us our hope is not in the here and now but that one day we would be finally free from the corruption of this world but while we are in it we are not under its evil influence and i not meaning that bad things do not happen to christians but that in Christ we have been set free from its power over us.brentnz

GOD, who supposedly has the power over the universe, life and death, certainly doesn't need humans ro help Him gather up cash, followers or need help to beat evil or to even create heaven on Earth.

Irenaeus (130 - 200), bishop of Lyon, presents an early Christian understanding of salvation as victory over the controlling powers of sin, evil and death: «Mankind, that had fallen into captivity, is now by God's mercy delivered out of the power of them that held them in bondage.

No other New Testament passage conveys the sense of power and victory over death, sin and evil — everything demonic — as does Paul's appropriation and expansion of a passage from Isaiah:» «Death is swallowed up in victory.»

There are mosques and curry houses all over the place, and a Salafi bookshop across the street which sells bags of halal sweets and glossy booklets about the evil eye and the power of the jinn.

Lent calls us to reaffirm our participation in the victory of Christ over the powers of death, sin and evil.

Remember this is a culture that had to argue over slavery and other basic civil rights, so the power of evil is still prevalent.

Dussera celebrates the victory of the power of God over evil in our world.

But the evil powers under a flag of truce insist that Edmund must be handed over to them, that there must be retribution for every treachery, death for death.

He said that the institution (even of his church for example) is a power and principality but was not inherently evil and we have dominion over it.

The Christ - lion Asian agrees to be handed over and killed in Edmund's place, on the condition that the evil powers renounce their claim on his life.

The power of love «converts even suffering itself into something active and creative and makes the very forces of evil, even through the apparent completeness of their triumph over it, nevertheless subserve its own purpose of good».21 The Anglican theologian W H. Vanstone (b. 1923) puts this poetically in a now well - known hymn:

A fresh collard leaf hung over a door ostensibly prevents evil spirits from entering, and a leaf on the forehead is thought to have the power to relieve headaches.

The warrior goddess in the Hindu faith, Durga is known for her supreme power and victories over many evil mythological characters including Mahishasura.

Cuomo insisted his actions don't undercut his words, saying that unless politicians are «independently wealthy or their fathers are independently wealthy (ahem, Eliot Spitzer),» then fundraising from those over which one has / is seeking to have power over is a necessary evil.

To people that she had power over, she could be pure evil.

The Decepticons tapped into an evil energon source that gave them extra power over regular energon.

Hela, the evil sister of the movie's God - of - Thunder hero, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), wants to take over the celestial realm of Asgard, stepping into the power vacuum created by the absence of their father (Anthony Hopkins), who, as the movie opens, appears to have been exiled to a senior - living facility on Midgard, a.k.a. Earth.

We do get a few newer characters such as Thranduil (Lee Pace), the elf king and father of Legolas, but he is really just a big cliche in terms of the «villain that you know you can't trust and has way too much power and seems evil just for the sake of being evil,» But again, he doesn't get a whole lot of focus, and to be honest, how he is portrayed is not very interesting, the character has this interesting backstory that is somewhat brushed over, and again, he doesn't get a whole lot of screen time.

Tris also has to contend with the evil head of Erudite (Kate Winslet) who believes Tris» divergent qualities make her the only one capable of opening a mysterious box which may give her the power to rule over all the factions as their undisputed leader.

Evil Eastern European wizard, Gargamel (Hank Azaria), also has a craven desire to extract essence of Smurf in order to give him the power to take over the world.