Sentences with phrase «warning against these spirits»

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In a similar spirit, in a widely - shared piece on progressive callout culture, Freddie DeBoer warned the left that «the prohibition against ever telling anyone to be friendlier and more forgiving is so powerful and calcified it's a permanent feature of today's progressivism.»

But this seems to go against much of what Scripture says about «testing the spirits» (1 John 4:1), and ignores warnings about how false prophets come in sheep's clothing (Matt 7:15).

If we try to live out these teachings externally without salvation and the internal transformation of the Spirit, we will have the righteousness of the Pharisees warned against in Matthew 5:20.

Yet Paul goes on to give scores of specific warnings and judgments against all kinds of unacceptable behaviour: impurity, jealousy, strife, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing and the like (Galatians 5: 19 - 2l).

The Court, if it had wished to rely upon Jefferson to determine the true and original intent of the First Amendment, could have served themselves and the American people well by referring to Jefferson's warning to Judge William Johnson regarding the de-ter-min-ation of the original intent of a statute or a con - st - itu - tion On every question of con - struc - tion, carry ourselves back to the time when the Con - st - itu - tion was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.»

When I am tempted to sin, the Holy Spirit warns me that such is wrong — not a remembrance of some religious rule against sin.

In his Farewell Address, Washington warns us against the «mischiefs of the spirit of party.»

He warned against framing the debate as «mean - spirited» as it could put off many potential Ukip voters who appreciate the fact that Britain is a generous place.