Sentences with phrase «with eternal things»

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The most holy, the noblest, the best, the most godlike things about us is our human capacity to learn personhood in responsible self - government (taking up personal responsibility for our own eternal fate) and to share in communion with other persons, and most of all with the unseen God.

It tells you that no matter how many mistakes you make, how many bad things you do you can avoid any and all eternal consequences for this simply by believing something, with no penalties, no retribution, no sacrifices, nothing; just believe in Jesus and all is forgiven.

Deep familiarity with the Bible enables us to penetrate the Kultursmog of the present and see things in the light of eternal reality and the divine gifts of creation and redemption.

He considers the team a training ground to learn how to care for others and find joy and purpose in investing in eternal things, such as sharing the gospel of Jesus with others.

There is a difference between the mechanism of justification (the death and resurrection of Jesus, along with a myriad of other things) and the message of eternal life (believe in Jesus for it).

And, at the same time, to be fair, what you may perceive as a «Love Story by God» and take it «literally» others perceive it at best, a book of fiction, with some good words of wisdom now and then, to at worst, a book of an insane deity who demands obedience, among other ridiculous things, and... sent «himself» to die for «us» as we are «broken» and «flawed» / sinful» creations, and by sending his - self... if... we just «believe» we go to eternal paradise with him.

Again, faith is a scary and powerful thing that rewards us in the end with eternal life.

This slave is the Father's eternal Word, whom God has vindicated, and so ten thousand immemorial certainties are unveiled as lies: the first become last, the mighty are put down from their seats and the lowly exalted, the hungry are filled with good things while the rich are sent empty away.

For this will is the eternal order that governs all things, that brings you into union with the dead, and with the men whom you never see, with foreign people whose language and customs you do not know, with all men upon the whole earth, who are related to each other by blood and eternally related to the Divine by eternity's task of willing only one thing.

Our Churches, with common consent, do teach that the decree of the Council of Nicaea concerning the Unity of the Divine Essence and concerning the Three Persons, is true and to be believed without any doubting; that is to say, there is one Divine Essence which is called and which is God: eternal, without body, without parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, the Maker and Preserver of all things, visible and invisible; and yet there are three Persons, of the same essence and power, who also are coeternal, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

Well, one thing we can say with certainty (and in full agreement with Paul), is that the Law was never given as a way to gain eternal life, or a means of pleasing and appeasing God.

Most Christians I know are raised to fear a vindictive God and eternal hell, derive pleasure from the thought that God will provide «evildoers» and non-Christians with their comeuppance and use God as a means to acquire material, trivial things (existence of mega-churches, buy my book, this is the only way to salvation, pray to God so that my football team wins).

In the account of the rich man who expresses dissatisfaction with obeying the commandments as the way to eternal life, Jesus says, according to Mark and Luke, «You lack one thing»; in Matthew he says, «If you would be perfect» (Mk 10:21; Lk 18:22; Mt 19:2 1).

For example, who is the better person A.) A person who does a good deed because he / she knows it is the right thing to do or B.) A person who does a good deed because he / she will be rewarded with an eternal after life?

It must, by an eternal separation, cut off the heterogeneous from itself in order that it may in truth continue to be one and the same thing and thereby fashion that man who only wills one thing into conformity with itself.

one of the hardest things to do is let go of your parent's religious beliefs, to let go of the fear, to face the rest of your life with the realization that you are NOT that special and that no magic sky god is going to save your eternal soul, forever.

Jesus replies that though the disciples have given up their actual families, in the new corporate life of the kingdom a new family will be given, and in the final summing - up of all things, they will enjoy peace and eternal life with God.

God is being created and evolving along with humans and at some time in the future humans will develop heaven (eternal life etc etc) and all those other things considered so desirable.

Mike i like what you wrote about the relationship with Christ its all about that.To me the gospel description is found in that verse it covers our fathers love that he has always loved us from the beginning when he created us it covers the reason why Jesus was sent to put things right to remove our sin guilt and shame and to receive from him new life his life eternal but it is just as real today and tomorrow and forever.brentnz

Yes i know two counsellors i told one of them about this and i want to know why Jesus Christ without any mercy sends that person to hell forever to suffer and never ever forgives them even though they didn't commit any thing like murder and that also forever you can forgive that person went in minutes of that sin with in a snap of a finger then only why that sin why not give him another life in Earth after forgiving and punishing him for the rest of his sin it is said that god and Jesus Is very merciful then why he is giving such a life sentence that is much more worse than eternal nothingness and why doesn't he punish Satun with eternal nothingness because i think most of the sins in Earth are committed because of him only?

God created Adam in His image, meaning with an eternal soul and freewill among other things, and eventually Adam chose to turn against God.

I've been spit on, called names, threatened with eternal burning, threatened with your fists, and threatened that your god is going to do terrible things to me.

Since episodes of joy are bound fast with everything else, the joyful creator wills the eternal recurrence of all things.

In short, the very logic of Nietzsche's philosophy of will to power, coupled with his conception of time and evil, leads him to his fundamental doctrine of the eternal recurrence of all things.

I understand the analogy, but people walking off a cliff and people headed toward eternal separation with God are two very different things, and when God sought to rescue humanity from eternal separation, He does not choose to yell at us, but instead chooses to love and serve.

Three things are involved here: the everlasting union, the transformation of the occasions, and the conformation of the occasions with the eternal order.

there are so many wonderful things that he can do... he is first fo all our only connection with eternal life There.

When you become a Christian by believing in Jesus for eternal life, one of the first things that happens to you is the Holy Spirit comes in and lives with in you, and in that moment, He washes you, He cleanses you, He purifies you of all sin, and provides us with the power to have victory over future sin.

(Mark 10:23 - 27) Renunciation is the rule for all, (Mark 8:34 - 37; 10:21, 28:31) and the compensations are as simply and absolutely set forth as is the requirement: the good things of this life, such as they are, the blessings of family and of property, will be shared by all within the community, «now in this present time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.»

But eternal punishment for lack of belief certainly seemed cruel and unjust, two things that did not reconcile with a God who IS love.

In the Book of Mormon, God gave the following promise to every one who will read the Book of Mormon with si ncerity and faith:» 4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sin cere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.»

«Where men are enlightened with the true light, they renounce all desire and choice, and commit and commend themselves and all things to the eternal Goodness, so that every enlightened man could say: «I would fain be to the Eternal Goodness what his own hand is to a man.eternal Goodness, so that every enlightened man could say: «I would fain be to the Eternal Goodness what his own hand is to a man.Eternal Goodness what his own hand is to a man.»

Although a literary artist, Tolstoy was one of those primitive oaks of men to whom the superfluities and insincerities, the cupidities, complications, and cruelties of our polite civilization are profoundly unsatisfying, and for whom the eternal veracities lie with more natural and animal things.

If the Jesus with whom Americans are in love is the same Jesus spoken of in the New Testament, then he is the incarnation of the eternal word of God through whom all things were created (John 1).

Hence in the end it would seem as if that true eternal claim that demands purity of heart, by willing one thing, were done away with, as if it had been withdrawn from government, set away in retirement at such a distance from daily life that there simply could be no talk about it.

We are not denying that there is such a thing as eternal Truth, unaffected by human history; we are simply denying that any man actually has such a truth, for eternal, unconditioned Truth exists only with God.

Most Calvinists would agree with this, and say that this proves that God has some sort of eternal divine foreknowledge of all things.

Here is the bottom line on how to set priorities and how to live with purpose: Make eternal things priority.

If Christianity continues to tell you that WHEN you get your act together — God will finally open his arms, the representatives of this faith are not understanding the premier principal of God — through Christ he loves you NOW — but when his love begins to radiate into your personal life - your very personal life - you will make choices reflecting that reality — all other things, people, dogmas, Biblical interpretations — all of that through the long centuries of man — will be a drop in His eternal ocean and in that first eternal moment — won't matter - your needs now matter — Christ addresses need — with Himself — demands — with parabolic events — and refusal — with the end result of free will — even the will to reject Him — when He would have done anything for you to not be rejected.

These «Fathers» spoke of the specific activity of God in Jesus Christ as being indeed the fulfillment, completion, and adequate expression, vis - à - vis men, of the Eternal Word of God, but they did not regard salvation as available only through Jesus; even in the Fourth Gospel, it would seem to be the writer's intention to have the Word speak, rather than the historical Jesus in isolation from that Word «who was in the beginning with God», «by whom all things were made», «who was the light of every man», and who in Jesus Christ was decisively «made flesh and dwelt among us».

Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face; Here faith would touch and handle things unseen; Here grasp with firmer hand the eternal grace, And all my weariness upon thee lean.8

elements, by which I mean such things as faith, worship, sacraments, communion with God, the way of salvation, and the hope of eternal life.

The two sets [«the things which are temporal» and «the things which are eternal»] are mediated by a thing which combines the actuality of what is temporal with the timelessness of what is potential.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

To speak of «God» properly — in a way, that is, consonant with the teachings of orthodox Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Vedantic and Bhaktic Hinduism, Bahá» í, much of antique paganism, and so forth — is to speak of the one infinite ground of all that is: eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, uncreated, uncaused, perfectly transcendent of all things and for that very reason absolutely immanent to all things.

«O God, the protector of all who trust in You, have mercy on us that with You as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.»

It is diverted from the contemplation of eternal things and becomes restless, curious, and finally infected with anxiety.

Aristotle builds on Plato: We have an active intellect (nous) that gives us the power to identify with the truth of all things and thus participate in God's thinking of his eternal thoughts.

1) From what I am reading by Antonio, which I think you are in agreement with, your position boils down to the belief that the only thing a lost man must believe to be born again is that Jesus is the Giver of eternal life.

If he said a prayer, walked an isle, signed a card, raised a hand, or asked Jesus into his heart, I might try to clarify with him that none of these things will grant him eternal life.