Sentences with phrase «scriptures than that of the people»

The daily routine of the orthodox Hindu is probably much more determined by some part of his scriptures than that of the people of the West by the Bible, or for that matter than that of any other people by its scripture, save only the Moslems.

Not exact matches

That is one of the reasons why west decided to take in to becoming religious rather than secular since only with that the tension might be reduced and not be considered as infidels attacking Islamic lands but as people of the scriptures!

The results in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was that the faith to which people were called was often more the objective belief that the scriptures were completely true than the deeply personal assurance of God's forgiveness of their sins and the resulting freedom.

The scripture people want to misquote about not being tempted with more than you can bear in 1 Corinthians doesn't say that at all in my study of it.

And you know what, after my revelation of GRACE last year which absolutely set me free from «performance Christianity» God told me that, regardless of what «scriptures» people threw at me, what He was telling me directly to my heart, that He has made me perfectly righteous by the blood of His son regardless of what I do or don't do, I must trust His voice in my heart, more than the printed «Word» which has been bended, bent, misterpreted and mistaught.

I suppose, being raised «unchurched,» I «read» the Scriptures a bit differently than many «people of the Book.»

Psalm 10: 3 - 4 — This talks about the wicked men, how they do nt have God in their hearts or in their minds, which is a fine piece of scripture but it can hardly be used for either myself or the maker of the video since we both seem to advocate a deep and personal relationship with the Lord rather than letting a group of «religious» people ruin it for you.

I value and respect the views of people like yourself, and numerous others, who hold to the various «Less than inerrant» views about Scripture.

If one lets the no - inherent - free - will interpretation of the less than 0.5 % of the Scriptures set the precedence on what the word of God says about man's free will, then a person is forced to do some absurd reasoning / interpretation of the majority of scriptures that imply that man has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises Scriptures set the precedence on what the word of God says about man's free will, then a person is forced to do some absurd reasoning / interpretation of the majority of scriptures that imply that man has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises scriptures that imply that man has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts.

The SBC would be better advised to get to know people as they are rather than try to force them into some mold that conforms to a pet misreading of a single verse of scripture.

Please don't listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't listen to them they have closed their heart to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone else's word for it look it up for your self history attests to the bible as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts in the bible 3,500 years ago The scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found in the bible have a lot to do about people worshipping false Gods.

Western Christianity has become more deistic than theistic and Scriptures that reveal a metaphysics of Divine Transcendence and a deterministic legal agenda rather than a love story of God's relationship with the people S / He has chosen to prepare to become sacraments of Divine Love in the world.

The fact that the Bible lends itself to competing interpretations should be cause for celebration rather than dismay, for these competing interpretations among people of faith who love and value Scripture help bring us into relationship with one another and with God.

Likewise, the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s changes to its policy took place over a much longer time than Azumah names, involved persons holding many positions left undescribed, and came about not because the denomination chose to ignore the Scriptures but because over time, many of us became convinced that there are theologically and historically faithful ways of reading the Scriptures that find space for contemporary understandings of homosexuality.

He defines theology as reflection on the faith of the people of God — a second - order activity that provides useful models rather than the scientific deduction of intellectual truth from a mother lode of truth in scripture.

So for people of other religions following scriptures other than Quran, Allah has pre-planned punishment.

Some people might distinguish between them more sharply than others, but both processes involve a major movement affecting our subjective limitations and, therefore, they deeply influence our interpretation of Scripture and tradition.

And while Scripture can be used to lead us toward the truth that all people are created equal, Scripture itself seems to lean more on the side of supporting slavery than speaking out against it.

The sin of pride, for example, is rampant in Christianity, and according to Scripture, is much more serious of a sin than some of the others many Christians like to condemn in other people.

Janet i think what you have said is quite insightful and you are right and there is another meaning to Go and sin no more and that speaks to me of repentence making a decision to Follow Christ the one who saves.The words Go and sin no more is referring to a continual ongoinging process of living for Christ rather than dying in our sins daily there is no comparison.I thought that was awesome pointing the law back to all of us for we all have sinned and the judgement is death but Jesus came that we might have life in its fullness.Many people only see the adulterer when she portrays who we are as sinners that he came to save all of us sin is sin and the punishment is death so again you are quite right people use the scriptures to judge and that was never Jesus intention.I hope that helps when someone uses that scripture incorrectly and you can you use it like Jesus did to point it back at those who judge i hope that helps.brentnz

All I was saying was that IF you think it is a sin, we should still love and accept LGBT people, just as we love and accept people who lie, eat too much, drink too much, are lazy, are proud, etc, all of which are clearly sins (and are talked about in Scripture way more than homosexuality).

I believe that when people espouse the values of a mother or wife exclusively being a homemaker, they are longing for a perceived simpler and easier time as opposed to truth, elevating a nostalgic look at motherhood from the standpoint of the post-war American dream of the white, upper - middle - class rather than Scripture.

He recalled the solid achievements which were now to be seen in Ernestine Saxony, the results of the Visitation, of the preaching of a theology of faith and the circulation of the Little Catechism, and the German New Testament: «The young people, both boys and girls, grow up so well instructed in the Catechism and the Scriptures that I am deeply moved when I see that young boys and girls can pray, believe, and speak more of God and Christ than they ever could in the monasteries, foundations, and schools of bygone days, or even of our day.

Making disciples means way more than filling people's heads with expert knowledge of Scripture.

When a question is raised which for most people demands careful thought and responsible personal decision, people like that will very often simply quote a passage from the Scriptures, frequently in no way directly relevant to the matter under discussion and when relevant only valuable in the context of another age and under other conditions than those which are ours today.

It is equally easy and false to take a docetic view of revelation: to suppose that the content of the scriptures, for example, is, just simply, the thoughts of God, the human writers contributing no more than a pen for God to write them down with; or to imagine that a person or a group of people or an institution can, as it were, throw a switch from time to time and become a transmitter of revelation from an external divine source: a group of bishops, for instance, when assembled in council, or a pope when defining a dogma ex cathedra.

More than one scripture indicates that faith is a gift from God — yes, people are commanded and encouraged to believe, but the «natural man does not receive the things of God...»

In the present day situation, the concept of «sexual equality» which is explained in the canonical gospels can make a special influence upon the people than all other scriptures.

Even Walter Brueggemann values the insights and perspectives of other people, especially those whose gender, race, or socioeconomic status means they see Scripture differently than he.

Scripture even teaches irony, as when God sarcastically addresses Jonah, who is complaining about the collapse of his bean vine: «Should I not spare Nineveh, this great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that can not discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?»

This is no different than some young people going to college and leaving their brains at the door and swallowing evolutionary theory and purposely rejecting the obvious of what creation clearly shows except this is leaving your brain at the door of theology school and accepting man's opinion over what is clearly stated in the holy scriptures, and then teaching others false doctrine.

The flood was encouraged by the fact that Luther always disowned any wish to impose a universal style or any norms other than those of Scripture and, while always willing to advise, his advice often included the suggestion that people should work things out themselves as appropriate locally.

So the only way to proceed is to agree that the gospel includes way more information than what a person has to believe in order to receive eternal life, and then try to determine from Scripture how much of the gospel must be beleived in order to receive eternal life.

Part of the difficulty with the word «forgiveness» is that modern English speakers have put a slightly different twist on the word than how people would have understood the equivalent Greek or Hebrew words in the Scriptures when they were written.

However, given that the subject is, to say the least, touchy, the fact that this film was even made is worthy of at least some kudos to Maher for having the guts to potentially offend the vast majority of people in the country, and perhaps the world, with his expression of doubt in their beliefs and his own belief that, though many individuals have found great benefit from the ancient scriptures, religion ultimately does more harm than good when looking at it in its totality from a global historical scale.