Sentences with phrase «will of man»

The cause of all the trouble is the misuse of the free will of man.

The real evil in the world, then, is the evil will of men.

Their lives are still dependent on the good will of a man.

The concept of nature in general is unknown to him, and nothing is for him low or evil except the evil will of man.

Barth gathers the questionings of his friends into one gigantic interrogation point, and flings down to ethical theory the demand that it base itself not upon the conscious will of man but on the uncertainly, though actually, felt will of God.

This is seen as a «contradiction,» which he resolved by presenting the notion that «God has a twofold life — a life in himself of unclouded peace and self - satisfaction, and a life in and with His creation, in which He not only submits to the conditions of finitude, but even allows His power to be limited by the sinful will of man.»

For his thesis he had taken Fr Luther's great central theme from Roman, on the uselessness of the powers and will of man without grace.

When the autonomous will of man dictates morality — and even reality — life will be defined for the benefit of the powerful and at the expense of the weak, the order of creation will be violated, and the Gospel itself will eventually be declared an enemy of society.

Seghesio Family Vineyards has been part of the history and fabric of Sonoma County since 1895 — testament to the indomitable will of a man, his wife, their family, and their determination to persevere against incredible odds.

Well - meaning authority figures often removed their agency, their mobility, their independence, isolating them and then shackling them into dependence on the good will of the men in their life.

The world and man are creations of God, and hence not evil by nature; they have been corrupted by sin, and sin is not a condition of nature but the evil will of man.

An Armenian believes God desires to save all men, but allows the will of man to override this desire.

The will of Man is by nature sinful & selfish and easily vulnerable to the influence of Satan which is corrupt and evil.

We should thus have a schema repeated a thousand times in all the ancient and medieval legends, in which the relation between gods and men is precisely the relation of a crushing will with a man which makes a mere automaton of the will of the man himself.

If the story wanted to show us God crushing the will of man and forcing man to do what God wants, then things would have been very simple.

No theory of dualism, but the urgency of the demand leads to the insight that the will of men as a rule is bad, that before God at least none can be called good.

Curiously then, the sinfulness of mankind does not disprove the existence of the will of man, but proves it!

But consider 2 Peter 1:21 «For the prophesy came not in old time by the will of men but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost»

The story of Jesus» virginal conception affirms that Jesus was «born not of blood or the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.»

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Biblical understanding, in the tradition of Calvin, teaches that the will of man can not choose God without God first choosing the man, and neither once chosen by God can the man ultimately refuse our savior.

As Viscount Stair, Scotland's greatest jurist, wrote in the Institutions of the Laws of Scotland (1681): «Obligations arising from voluntary engagement take their rule and substance from the will of man and may be framed and composed at his pleasure... but so can not marriage, wherein it is not in the power of the parties, though of common consent to alter any substantial... marriage arises from the law of nature and it is given as the very example of the Natural law.»

Laws made by men are respected no more than are the men who make them, and laws that express the will of men will be broken without compunction by other men whose will, in the contest of interests, is opposed to that of the lawmakers.

The older Rhode Island Baptists, stressing the free will of man and standing for an educated ministry, were to be found mostly in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

This Christian, who, if he holds the doctrine of Christ, would never force the will of any man.

Islam itself means submission to the will of God — not the will of men.»

Christ Jesus, who is eternally begotten of the Father, is begotten in time of the Holy Spirit, and takes on our own flesh and blood «not out of human stock, or urge of the flesh, or will of man, but of God» (Jn 1, 13).

Will you abide in God or in the will of a man — your boss, President Ceausescu, who requires you to worship him?

The other facet of the human predicament is that the will of man inevitably corrupts itself in competing interests.

The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to good alone in the state of Glory only.34

But although the resigned attitude toward fate thrusts these claims of man into the background, Jesus has a far greater right to do so, since to him God is not merely fate but at the same time the holy Will which claims the will of man, requires his obedience.

Instead, this highest commandment is clearly defined, addressed to the will of man, by the second, «Love your neighbor as yourself.»

2 Peter 1:21 «For no prophecy was ever borne by the will of man, but men spoke from God while being borne by the Holy Spirit»