Sentences with phrase «spoken through christ»

Now, says Bultmann, out of the void of nothingness comes the Word of God spoken through Christ, telling us that we are forgiven for our sin if we acknowledge our condition and accept the message.

Together with the opening line of the Letter to the Hebrews («In ancient times God spoke to man through prophets and in varied ways, but now he speaks through Christ, His Son...»), as well as many other biblical texts, this passage reveals to us a startling truth.

Not exact matches

He has spoken to us through His Son Jesus Christ.

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

All who were in the Bible spoke in and by the Holy Spirit in boldness when it came time for them to minister the Word, even as it is with me, also to bring forth my testimony as a witness: I can not fellowship with unbeliever's because all they do is cause division, and Christ is not divided: Therefore; remain as you are: This is the third time I have come to you, and you rejected me for the Word of God: Many did not even know that Jesus spoke the Word of God through Holy Spirit, so how is it that you are to know unless it be given to you to know: My God is Just and He is right, He knows the hearts of man are wicked and have turned from Him: Thank - you all, there are some that did get it: Thank - you Father in Jesus name Alexandria:

If we are to speak of being chosen, of being among God's elect, it is to say that, like Abraham, we are chosen for the sake of God's plan that the nations of the world come to enjoy the blessing of Abraham (which is exactly how Paul describes the effect of God's redemption of Israel through Christ in Galatians 3:14).

****** Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites, their brethren, and also of the people of Jared, who came from the tower of which hath been spoken.

Dear friends in Jesus Christ, I believe that God has called me to build a Church for him, not with bricks and mud, but with people's hearts, for may be God is speaking to you through me in the spirit of Elijah to turn the hearts of father to theirs children and the children to their father's to prepare the way for our Lord.

Holloway speaks of the «sacral action of Christ through men who are ministers».

It also spoke of celibacy as expressing and increasing «pastoral charity» and helping the priest to cling to Christ with an «undivided heart» and be dedicated through Christ more freely to the service of God and men and be less encumbered for the task of «heavenly regeneration» (PO n. 16).

We speak of people as having «God - shaped holes» that simply need to be filled with Christ, suggesting all our longings and needs will be met through that relationship.

Because the frail Graham no longer has the strength to speak behind a lectern, his enduring message of salvation through Jesus Christ came in the form of «The Cross,» a 30 - minute DVD that made its debut at the celebration.

In highly metaphorical language Paul speaks of all things having been created through Christ.

The crux of the matter reduces down from halls of rationalism to be the person of Christ by means of his Holy Spirit speaking through the heart and mouth of the believing saint, revealing himself as The Gift of eternal life.

God the Father and his son Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in 1820, and after that He appeared and spoke to millions of his member through the Holy Ghost.

I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done — by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God.

Spanning the entire spectrum of creation, whether in terms of sex, politics, or religion, Christians affirm that God is speaking through the law written on human hearts, with individual consciences picking up the signals, either accusing or excusing them, until that day when God will finally judge all things by the criterion of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:15 — 16).

While there is infinite cause for lament and for desperate cries of Christ's return, Jesus speaks of the Kingdom of God as something that is cultivated through our faithful, persistent work.

There are, for Christians, two steps here: God speaks the law through the ordinary things of daily life; but his extraordinary Word is spoken in the Endtime through Jesus Christ, who fulfills and transcends the law of creation.

That is why St. Paul can speak of «the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world» (Gal.

It is «Christ who speaks the baptismal formula» through the mouth of the pastor (or the lay baptizer in the case of emergency).

The apostle Paul wrote under divine inspiration: «Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought.»

(As in absolution, Christ speaks through the pastor, saying, «I forgive you, the person to whom I am now speaking.»)

When he warns, «Everyone who accepts circumcision is obliged to keep the whole Law» (5:3), he is speaking both literally to the Galatians and also typologically to us: If we insist on following the old customs required by those laws which have not yet been superseded by faith in Jesus Christ (that faith «which makes its power felt through love»), we will continue to be slaves, to be kept in our place, to be oppressed by those who have power through those laws to dominate us.

We can only pray to Him because He has first spoken to us in His Word, through Jesus Christ and though the Holy Spirit.

Since Christ and Messiah are kingly terms, when Paul speaks of the corporate life of Christ in the church, he is also thinking of the rule and reign of God on earth through the body of Christ, the church.

Yet the whole context of the passage indicates that Paul is not speaking primarily about the resurrection after death but to new life in the present through knowing Christ as Savior.)

Credence must be given to the writer in one area though in that Christendom has failed in some ways to properly «speak» or represent Christ from their pulpits and daily walk; some spew out false doctrine and self - serving «religiosity» that one can not be surprised that the Enemy (Satan) is now using those same words and actions to accuse them through writers such as we see here.

Just as ridiculous is the post modern response of «they cant change» - which if true would mean that any addiction or sin would be unchangeable despite the facts humans change all the time and I am NOT speaking of through Christ.

Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

But the real question to explore today is whether we can equally speak of Christ and koinonia in Christ as transcending all religions and able to take root and form within each religion and to undertake the mission of redeeming it of its idolatries and saving its spiritual treasures and values as vehicles of the gospel and the worship of God through Jesus Christ.

It speaks to the satisfactions I've found recently through intentional encounters with the unscreened world: in helping my neighbor load up his baby pigs; putting my phone in a tray as I come through the front door so that I remember to give my kids my whole self; observing the way the Benedictine monks on the hill near my home bow in greeting one another and the way their eyes pierce me — greeting me, the stranger, as a guest, as Christ.

In this sense, Volf argues that the church's laity do not exist, ecciesially speaking, in the clergy but rather in immediate relationship with the triune God through Christ's Spirit and in direct fellowship with other Christians.

1st cor.1.10 10 Now I exhort YOU, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that YOU should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among YOU, but that YOU may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought

When to this we add what has been said in the preceding chapter about the «risen life» in God, made specifically available to men and women through their participation in Jesus Christ «risen from the dead», we have a «de-mythologized» portrayal of what «happens after death» which speaks deeply to authentically Christian faith.

«I will not venture to speak», writes Paul, «of anything but what Christ accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles into obedience, in word and deed, in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of Holy Spirit.»

Thusly I, The Lionly Lamb of The Gods have thusly written in the aboveness and do still speak thru the Holy Spirit's Willfulness and by the King of all Gods and Goddesses, Christ, The Lord Jesus, I am sanctified through my Word!

Colossians 2:8... (Spoken by the Apostle Paul) Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry YOU off as his prey through the philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ; Mark 7:1 - 13... (Jesus was speaking) Now the Pharisees and some of the scribes that had come from Jerusalem gathered about him.

Therefore, one could conclude that those two verses are not talking about the capability of man's will to accept / believe, but about the fact that it is God that chooses, grants, teaches, calls and draws; and that is what God was doing through Christ speaking to this crowd of people — giving all of them in the crowd (Jn 3:16; 1 Jn 2:2; Jn 6:40) the opportunity to be taught by God (by Christ) to believe in Christ for salvation.

We are gathered here this afternoon, not simply to praise him, but to take seriously the words Schubert Ogden has spoken through this published work Christ Without Myth.

Christ in the church is related to the Word through which the Spirit speaks.

For five hundred years we have lived, through all the cultural triumphs and glories of mankind, in an age of the increasing evolution of the Mystery of Iniquity - the military rebellion, so to speak, against the Lordship of Christ.

Their speech is so seasoned with grace and truth, with love and respect that sometimes it seems as if Jesus Christ Himself is speaking through that person.

At a time when individualism was still, generally speaking, obscuring the fullness of traditional catholic teaching on this mystery, he wrote: «When Christ comes to one of his faithful it is not simply in order to commune with him as an individual;... when, through the mouth of the priest, he says Hoc est corpus meum, these words extend beyond the morsel of bread over which they are said: they give birth to the whole mystical body of Christ.

The fall of Adam and Eve, the covenants with Israel and its deliverance from bondage, its falling away and punishment through new sufferings, the speaking of the divine word through the prophets, the birth of Christ in human flesh, the life and death of Jesus, the experience of the resurrection, and the history of the Church, the expectation of the final events and the established reign of God in love and peace — all this is the Biblical understanding of what God has done, is doing, and will continue to do for the judgment and redemption of the world.

See John 20:30; Mark 16:17 - 20; John 2:11; Acts 2:22: («Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know»); Acts 2:43: -LRB-»... and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles»); Acts 4:29 - 30: «And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy hold child Jesus»); Hebrews 2:3 - 4: («How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will»); Romans 15:17 - 19: («I have therefor whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

But as humans we must speak, and through the Word in Christ God spoke, so we continue in our idolatry because we have no other choice — we must speak and as people of faith we must speak about God.

Here is the testimony of the 3 witnesses to the Book of Mormon as set forth in the introduction to the Book of Mormon: «Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites, their brethren, and also of the people of Jared, who came from the tower of which hath been spoken.

In the words of an ancient prayer, it is the visible expression of «that wonderful and sacred mystery» which speaks to us and works on us, through the very imperfection, weakness, error, and even the sin of the empirical institution, to manifest in the world of time and space the abiding reality of God's operation in the event of Christ for human wholeness.

What do we mean when we speak of revelation «in» or «through» Christ?