Sentences with phrase «regarded as a prophet»

This frequent use of the term in the Old Testament and especially in Ezekiel, who does not hesitate to regard himself as a prophet, throws light on Jesus» frequent use of the term when he refers to himself in connection with his mission.

When the Jerusalem authorities wanted to arrest him, they hesitated because the crowds regarded him as a prophet (Matt.

Today El Greco is regarded as a prophet of Modernism and a forerunner of Expressionism, Cubism and even Abstract Expressionism.

Not exact matches

You, dear Muslims, regard Jesus as a mere human being, or as one of many prophets, even lower than Muhammad.

in the day, s that jesus our lord was on the earth (jesus) there was many people named jesus, just as among hispanic and central american peoples, it was a common popular name of many people, if you want to prove to your self that jesus was not married, look up what the apostle said,» i saw standing upon mount zion with the lamb 144,000, these are they that have washed thier robes and were not defilled with women, for they are virgins, jesus emphasised in parts the need and values of a husband and wife in a home, the two mary, s and the women that followed him and ministered unto him tells us the great importance of women, and women in the home, he wanted all married men to have thier own wife, in those days of so many years ago there was false prophets, storytellers, wild imaginations, he told us not to believe them, whether you are catholic, christian, islamic or any other, we can all take pride in the fact what the prohets, jesus and the apostles told us all fits jointly to gether, they were a work of love, to understand the christian bible correctly, islamic people are not rejected, but rather they are a equal, the angel told hagar to return to her mistress, he also told her he would make ishmael a blessing and his seed a great nation, regards

The prophets, on the other hand, looked for the activity of God in specific events, tending to regard history as an arena in which God «acted».

as far as i know, christianity does not regard him as a god / prophet / whatever.

The churches regarded the divine right of the government as the Christian Q'uran and my sermons as «Satanic Verses,» Moi as God and the churches as his prophets.

The charity in a statement said Muslims would also be hurt by the reference as they regard Jesus Christ as a highly revered Prophet.

It can also be referred to as the prophetic premise, since it was the biblical prophets who first taught that «no work of man's hand or brain should ever be regarded as absolute, as permanent, as definitive» (Garaudy, 1:68).

Craig both seventh day and anglican are believers they are saved by faith in the death of Jesus Christ and they believe in the forgiveness of sins sactification and the resurection at Christs return.This is what i meant regarding theology one has to be careful otherwise you exclude groups of christians because some of there other theology may not be the same as ours.They still hold to the central truths of the bible but have differences ie like sabbaths or baptism but that does not mean they arent saved or are christians.What church denomination do you belong to if you mentioned jehovah witness or mormons that is a different story as they do nt believe that Jesus Christ is central to there faith they have relegated him to nothing more than a prophet so there is no salvation in those religions.brentnz

In some respects Isaiah 40 - 55, chapters which are commonly attributed to an unknown Israelite prophet of the Babylonian Exile, may be regarded as the highest peak of Israelite thought about God.

As the novice clergyperson struggles for a more realistic appreciation of the demands of the profession, there is every chance that the institution will also force its agenda on him or her without due regard for the original urge to be a prophet - pastor.

«They don't regard perceived insults to the Prophet Mohammed or the Quran as being protected by free speech, they regard it as a capital offense,» says Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, referring to protesters in Libya and Egypt, where the U.S. Embassy was attacked, who were angered by the film.

The faith of Islam regards Jesus as a prophet... so why all the angst towards those who follow his teachings?

Muslims, as we shall see in a later chapter, regard Jesus as a prophet and are often resentful that Christians do not reciprocate the compliment, although I am happy to speak of Muhammad as a prophet.

In many religious communities certain mythical or historical figures are regarded as protoptypes of the true believer; frequently the founder or outstanding prophets and leaders play this paradigmatic role.

For theological resources regarding nuclear disaster we must turn to the prophets of exile, Ezekial and Deutero - Isaiah, reaffirming with them God's creation and redemption as universal in scope, and thus repudiating nationalism.

«William Franklin Graham Jr can safely be regarded as the best who ever lived at what he did,» said William Martin, author of the biography A Prophet With Honour.

’14 In popular Jewish thought Elijah came to be regarded as «the ever - present prophet, wandering incognito over the earth, sometimes in the garb of a nomad, to aid in moments of distress and danger, appearing to mystics and scholars to teach them hidden truths, and acting as celestial messenger».15 He was thought to be present at every ceremony of circumcision as the guardian spirit and witness, and on such occasions a special chair was reserved for him.

But prophets are generally regarded as a danger to the church to the extent that this designation, in the case of a preacher, conjures up a radical, condemning voice standing over and above the congregation thundering against the evils of society.

The attitudes and objections here sketched insured that intellectually, as truly as in other regards, it was no light matter to be a prophet of the Lord.

What the Qur «aan is discussing are those who distorted these texts, this has also been confirmed by many a scholar of those faiths.With regards to jizya (tax), many countries will also punish those who refuse to pay tax, so your argument is nonsensical.All Prophets came with the same message i.e. belief in one God and to be accepted as a Prophet.

These have come to be regarded as the basic scripture of the movement, though the writings of the Bab and of the prophet's son and successor, Abdul Baha, are likewise considered on almost, if not, the same level as those of the founder.

When will these folks start regarding him as a false prophet?

We need not therefore be surprised if the Psalms, and the Prophets, are full of the longing for judgment, and regard the announcement that «judgment» is coming as good news.

While Cobb eschews, admirably, what he regards as the unjustified and pejorative understanding of Pharisaism, he contends that «Jesus» message is presented over against Pharisaic Judaism rather than directly in relation to the prophets themselves.

In the precepts of the Law and the prophets alike the second person singular «thou shalt» alternates with the second person plural «ye shall» in a way which often makes it difficult to say whether «thou» means the people as a «corporate personality», or the individual member of the community considered with regard to his station in the religious society.

Jeremiah and Jesus affirm essentially the same paradox as regards prophet and people of the old covenant or the new: he that would save his life must lose it.

That minority treasured the writings in which were recorded the teachings of the law - givers, the visions of the prophets, regarded as the authentic spokesmen of God (and again, a minority of those who claimed the role of prophet), and the poetry and hymns that had arisen from their faith.

In general it was met with reserve because a doctrine which recognizes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a prophet after Muhammad, the Messenger of God, was regarded as being contrary to Islam.

Among other things, he opposed in a pamphlet the idea that marriage between a non-Sayyid man and a Sayyid's daughter should be forbidden; he opposed the custom of regarding Sayyid as a hereditary title, like Sharif, for descendants of the Prophet, for the word does not mean anything more than gentleman, or the title Mr. Of course such a pamphlet caused a break with the Organization for the Good, for it included several Sayyids.

But to admit that John's baptism was from heaven would evoke the question why they had not believed him; and they did not dare to say it was only human, because all the people regarded John as a prophet.

Plato (c.428 - 348 BcE), for example, regarded the «inspired utterances of poets and prophets as, at best, symbolical adumbrations or shadows of truth and, at worse, the source of degrading superstitions».3 Fundamental to Plato's thought is the conviction that truth can not be found in everyday life and sensible reality, but in a more real or ideal realm of unchangeable or eternal forms, which are the blueprint and pattern of the world.

Some have regarded this unknown prophet of the exile as the greatest of them all.

What we have just been noting about the interrelatedness of the prophetic and teaching functions will suggest the difficulty of separating the teacher and the prophet from each other; and, if they belong together, it seems on the whole more plausible to regard them as belonging to the local ministry.

Ahmadiyvah — branch of the Qadiani sect founded at Qadian (now in India) by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (died 1326; A.D. 1908); the Ahmadis look upon their founder as a renovator of Islam while the rest of the Qadianis accept him as a prophet after Muhammad; the general Muslim community does not recognize the distinction and regards both groups as heretical.

As regards the Hebrew prophets, it is extraordinary, writes an author who has made a careful study of them, to see --

The closing verses 4:4 - 6 are commonly regarded as an editorial conclusion to the book, or perhaps and even probably, to the whole volume of the Twelve Prophets (Hosea - Malachi).

I stopped regarding him as a believer the minute he bowed his head and went on bended knee before Baal's Prophet and the minute he opted to be the running mate to the greatest enemy of Christ's Church in Nigeria.

FALSE PROPHETS, a biblical test would be that if what they say and prophesy comes to pass regard what they say but if it doesn't then don't listen to them.This seems to me the obvious approach to climate science and in fact all science and self evident as the way in which most people react.Crying wolf even if the wolf was there but keeps disappearing will lose the present scientific comunity credibility.Credibility in science is more important than risky prophesy which may give people a warning and may not, so that when scientists are reasonably sure [as in beyond reasonable doubt] they will be believed and their warnings acted upon.Better be an honest scientist than a lucky guesser.