This is always how the self - righteous react
when Godly people reach out in loving ways toward those whom society considers sinful.
Not exact matches
How can
people say that Jesus and the Bible are good
when over and over again the bible has
godly acts of the utmost cruelty.
For instance,
when these characteristics are perceived as exhibited in an individual enduringly and in a sense in which these are understood to affect the world around in a favorable fashion — either in an objective sense of effecting something concrete outside such a
person [like effecting healing, foretelling, acting as medium in a non-rational manner or simply doing good or saying good to help the
people selflessly], exhibiting personal traits, conditions and states which are known to be «abnormal» [like going into trances, hearing voices, seeing visions, or just the simple unconventional behavior, which proceed from such an individual's horizon to affect, influence, impact others» horizons]-- or is subjectively perceived to be extra-ordinary — such an individual is said to be
godly, god - bearing, pious or saintly.
Godly Repentence is a God given thing that only happens
when the Spirit of God brings a
person to his senses about his sin and he sees it like God sees it.
When one contrasts outcomes in the United States with those in Europe, one is tempted to conclude that the «godless» Constitution and the reticent constitutionalists helped make possible a «
godly»
people.
Usually
when people tell us to become more
Godly, they are actually telling us to become who * they * think we should be.
I am always amazed how readily, and with great relish, all these
godly, holier - than - thou, know - it - all christians are ready to consign
people to eternal flames.In Mark 16:18 where it talks about snake handling, it also says about baptized believers «and
when they drink deadly poison it will not hurt them at all.»
When we talk about prayer, we generally think of a pastor or
godly person saying spiritual sounding words to God.
May the one Universe, in all its
Godly and Satanic manifestations, continue to slightly smile upon us, skewed ever so gently towards life within the confines of natural death, as it has for 14 billion years according to Science, or eternally according to religion, or for 1million + years
when humanism says «
people» 1st appeared, or even for only 5,000 years
when Adam & Eve were «created «according to the Bible.
It's funny because I'm in the world oftentimes with coworkers and other
people who are a pain in the butt to deal with all week long; so
when sunday comes around and it's time for some
godly fellowship everyone is ready to scatter and take that afternoon nap and watch the tv.
I still remember how,
when I was a pastor, I thought that it was the good,
godly, obedient
people who «went to church» and everybody else was just irreligious or disobedient.