23 And the scripture was fulfilled
which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Most importantly, do you know why Abraham was a friend of God — And the scripture was fulfilled
which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Not exact matches
He said there was «little of policy substance» about
which he disagreed, «but the tonalities of «Thus
saith the Lord» are disquieting.»
Amos 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land
which I have given them,
saith the LORD thy God.
He also said in 1 Corinthians, «10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them
which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.12 Now this I say, that every one of you
saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of aChrist.13 Is Christ adivided?
«Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father
which is in heaven.»
Behold, the days come,
saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband to them,
saith the Lord.
But if a man be just, and do that
which is lawful and right... he shall surely live,
saith the Lord Yahweh.
Even if parents are polytheists and even if they strive to mislead their Muslim son to follow them, he is commanded by the Qur» an to be good to them and to treat them gently, for Allah
saith, «And We have enjoined upon man concerning his parents... But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner that of
which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not.
As Brigitte mentioned, Jeremiah 23 says, «And I will set up shepherds over them
which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking,
saith the Lord.»
and ye have snuffed at it,
saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that
which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand?
We had better tell others of God's wrath as well as His Love: «Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.»
14 But cursed be the deceiver,
which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King,
saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
15 And he
saith unto me, The waters
which thou sawest, where the who - re sitteth, are peoples, and multi-tudes, and nations, and tongues.
(118) Allah
saith: This is a day in
which their truthfulness profiteth the truthful, for theirs are Gardens underneath
which rivers flow, wherein they are secure for ever, Allah taking pleasure in them and they in Him.
When Jeremiah speaks of the new covenant by
which the true Israel of the future shall be constituted, he gives as its outstanding feature, «They shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
saith the Lord» (xxxi.
In KJV Joh 4:25 it is said, The woman
saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh,
which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
But Jesus called them [to him], and
saith unto them, Ye know that they
which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
(92) Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or
saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who
saith: I will reveal the like of that
which Allah hath revealed?
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
(22) And (unto the evil - doer) his comrade
saith: This is that
which I have ready (as testimony).
Jer 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD
which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight,
saith the LORD.
Unto whom the dog
saith more than thou didst charge him; and when he bath accomplished the mystery
which thou didst command him, he shall die at thy feet.»
e.g. Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.
Thus
saith the Lord, The people
which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Presupposed in these poems was a fully developed, ethically serious monotheism,
which included all mankind in its scope and set the redemption of all mankind as its purpose — «Yea, he
saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.»
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.
Revelations 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord,
which is, and
which was, and
which is to come, ** the Almighty.
Recall this statement of Jesus: «Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus (a Jewish carpenter) coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.
Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.
In another case of the Bible god letting anger and hatred get the best of him is Jeremiah 8:17 — «For, behold, I will send serpents, co-ckatrices among you,
which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you,
saith the Lord.»
Jesus couldn't have said it better in Matthew 7:21 — Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.
«Wherefore I will yet plead [contend] with you,
saith the LORD, and with your children's children [grandchildren] will I plead... Hath a nation changed their gods,
which are yet no gods?