Sentences with phrase «resist the evil one»

They exercised the moral agency that was theirs to choose good and resist evil.

He said «You have heard it said by them of old time... (referring to the old testament), but I say unto you...» Such as «resist no evil,» «turn the other cheek.»

Jesus certainly did not kill and probably did not whip the moneychangers, but he clearly resisted their evil in a dramatic act of civil disobedience.

But in the absence of such means, the tradition of just war views armed conflict as an appropriate way to resist evil, protect innocent lives and restore just social relationships.

[h] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.

Do you think you have the courage to resist evil and violence in this way (I do not think I do)?

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

To those who quote sections of the Koran that say «slay the infidels» and think that this shows that Islam teaches violence, I say — those things are metaphors for resisting evil within oneself within one's own mind, resisting anything that turns one away from God.

It takes formidable faith and devotion to resist the evils of one's age, and it is to the history of Christian asceticism — especially, perhaps, the apophthegms of the Desert Fathers — that all Christians, whether married or not, should turn for guidance.

And all I can think of is «Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God» and «do not resist an evil person.

In this battle many are to weak to resist the evil, many are deceived and few prevail.

5) Does our life together honor Jesus, those who have gone before us, and those among us who are: Renouncing assumed privilege, conscientiously resisting evil, striving for justice and peace, bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers?

There are so many ways to resist evil than by resorting to violence.

When the Church falls the final judgment is at hand as there is nothing left to resist the Evil One.

But Jesus says, do not resist evil at all.

She could be serious as well as humorous, and frequently expressed her hopes and ideals, as a way of resisting the evil she knew was rising outside the annex: «I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.»

But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.

There is no negative consequence in terms of eternity to encouraging people to maintain their faith in Jesus and resist evil and stand firm against the wiles of the devil until we are called home.

As nonviolent ways of resisting evil spread and as non-oppressive ways of governing increase, we can «stand up and raise our heads, because our redemption is drawing near.»

Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., were nonviolent, but they aggressively resisted evil.

They see their role in resisting evil as little more than a speed bump.

Nonviolent resistance, on the other hand, is actively devoted to resisting evil and injustice in every way possible, yet without resorting to violence.

Because Jesus did resist evil, not by the sword but by deeds of love and mercy, the Christian pacifist believes that the followers of Jesus are called to resistance by the same methods.

So Jesus» words should be translated, «Do not resist evil by violent means.

To put it somewhat differently, the biblical and patriotic gestures of his Letter and famous speeches allow him to conjure an atmosphere of love and loyalty — love of God, love of neighbor, loyalty to country, loyalty to place — even as he spoke forcefully about the need to resist evil.

But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person.

how to resist the evil that lurks at every moment.

But I tell you not to resist an evil person.

The whole history of constitutional government is a commentary on the excellence of resisting evil, and when one cheek is smitten, of smiting back and not turning the other cheek also.

And it has everything to do, I suggest, with four themes that arise from the modern expression of Ockhamite nominalism: the deterioration of the idea of freedom into willfulness, the detachment of freedom from moral truth, an obsession with «choice,» and the consequent inability to draw the most elementary moral conclusions about the imperative to resist evil.

We ought to devote ourselves to carrying out Christ's saying, to love one another (not engage in wars and preparation for wars and not resist evil with evil).

Since the Christian faith is more genuinely bound up with resisting these evils than with responding to scholarly German critics, this theology can not be viewed as in any way inclusively normative for Christians.

The problem is that in Matthew 5 Jesus says: «But I say to you: don't use violence to resist evil!»

Whether engaged in an extensive conversation with his wife involving the definition of «resisting evil» or arguing with her about the best way to spend their money, «Winter Sleep» takes its time establishing Aydin's troubled, self - involved subjectivity.

But I tell you not to resist an evil person.

We must always seek the truth AND resist evil with all our might and be truthful and the truth will make us free.

Not exact matches

Bush emerged from a tour of the Yad Vashem memorial calling it a «sobering reminder» that evil must be resisted, and praising victims for not losing their faith.

They were not confronted by the choice of safety by conforming to evil or danger by resisting it.

What motivated these German anti-Nazis to resist the powerful Hitler regime is an important object lesson for more precisely locating the roots of the moral evil of Nazism by understanding the source of its antitheses (malum privatio boni est).

Consider Joel, what «The Bible» really says about «an eye for an eye»: Mat 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Mat 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Did not Jesus urge us to turn the other cheek rather than picket, to refuse to «resist one who is evil» rather than boycott unjust companies?

It seems to me that Jesus» own actions show that a quietist interpretation of his command not to resist one who is evil (Matt.

Only God can provide the inner strength to resist the temptations of the Evil One.

Stay close to Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith, resist the devil, turn away from evil, do the good that Jesus and Paul encouraged believers to do, maintain your faith in God, who justifies you and you should be fine.

yet they themselves «sinned» before they knew the difference between Good and Evil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment on good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resEvil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment on good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resevil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resist.

yet they themselves «sinned» before they knew the difference between Good and Evil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment of good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resEvil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment of good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resevil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resist.

He resisted also the temptation to depict opponents as wholly evil while casting oneself and one's allies as the «children of light.»

In one sense, Jesus» ethic was so demanding as to break the hearts of all who would follow him: Sell all you have and give to the poor, resist not one who is evil, love your enemy, take no heed for the morrow.

But the evils of this world, so far as it is given us to discern them, are to be resisted, not merely endured.

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.