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God's Ultimate Omniscience Concerning Our Predestination
846 wordsAre Some Predestined to be Damned Before I can answer that question I have to explain what predestination is. Predestination, in the dictionary, is said to be the doctrine that God in consequence of his foreknowledge of all events infallibly guides those who are destined for salvation. Scripture has 2 very good passages for defining what predestination is: Jeremiah 1: 5 which says Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to th...
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God Like Yahweh
612 wordsDeuteronomy 32: 36-39 Scope, Selection and Content of Pericope This text, within the Third Speech of Moses (Dt 29-32), is part of the Song of Moses (Dt 32: 1-43). The text is part of the redemption and vengeance section of the song. The selection, vv 36-39, is an appropriate pericope, even though it depends on the wider context for interpretation of its pronoun antecedents. Sources / Traditions/Form Chapter 32 is ancient material, dating to the united monarchy, incorporated into Deuteronomy duri...
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Findley Presents Gods Power
5,092 wordsBible And Literature: The Flood Narrative Analyzed In The Style Of Northrop e Frye (Timothy Findley Used As A Critic / Commentary) The flood as found in Genesis is a multidimensional and an archetypal source of metaphor and myth. The flood is an example of metaphorical and mythological language that provides foundational constructs upon which other aspects of the Biblical text and other works can be seen as related. Metaphor and myth make typological analysis possible. The flood narrative will b...
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God Lives Per Day
1,096 wordsWhen you live your life based on sentiments, trying not to hurt everyone's feelings or doing things just because it feels good to do it, you " ll get nowhere twice as fast. Do not live by tradition either. If you do the same things the same way you have always done them, you will continue to get the same results. Do not live by tradition, it is an enemy of progress. Live by purpose. Ask yourself, "How can I do it better this year than I did last year?" Success brooks no argument. It announces it...
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People To Covenant Anew With God
2,782 wordsThe Prophets and the Covenants Throughout the Old Testament, God has made several agreements or covenants with the people he loved. He gives commands and makes promises. Even thought these covenants are made with the descendants of one same nation, their deep nature and effects are similar in some points but extremely different in others. A study of all the covenants would be enormous, that is why we will concentrate on some of these different covenants made in the Old Testament between the peop...
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God's Good Works In The Everyday Miracles
991 wordsMatthew 11: 20-30 Key Verse 11: 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgement than for you. The basic message in Matthew 11: 20-30 is to repent and rest. In verses 20-24, Jesus criticized many cities where most of his miracles took occurred because they did not repent their sins. He told them that because of their failure to resent, they would face a catastrophe much worse than what the city of Sodom experienced. Sodom was a city that was mentioned in the Old ...
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Submission To The Will Of God
564 wordsThe Koran The document "the Koran" is written through God's impact on people's present situation and their situation in the next world, which is called the revelation of God. Further revelations to Muhammad were copied word for word in what came to be the Que " an, or Koran. The message offered Arabs a faith founded on a book. The Koran also tells us that Muhammad was sent to all in order to present a message understandable to everyone in the world, the Koran had to speak a language that everyon...
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Submission To The Will Of God
2,060 wordsSufism Sufism, otherwise known as Islamic Mysticism, is a branch of Islam. Ideals with special powers that are contained in the Qur " an. It is a more philosophical approach, where a person tries to become one with nature, and feel the power of God. The term mysticism can be defined as the consciousness of the One Reality -- be it called Wisdom, Light, Love or Nothing. (Shcimmel 23) A Sufi tries to unite his will with God's will. They try to isolate themselves, so they can fear and become close ...
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First Spiritual Weapon Catherine
1,581 wordsWhen people give their lives to Christ Jesus their hearts are changed and their soul becomes alive with the Holy Spirit. Once a life is saved, is life relaxed and easy for it is saved from the pit of hell? Of course not, Christians are faced with temptations from Satan and his demons. Temptations are brought upon us for us to make the choice of whether or not to fall into temptation or not. In the book The Seven Spiritual Weapons, Catherine of Bologna lists seven spiritual weapons to conquer ene...
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Yhwh And Israel
1,629 wordsExegetical Paper: Amos 9: 5-10 -I will be examining Amos 9: 5-10 The message that the author is trying to convey in Amos 9: 5-10 is that YHWH has proven himself to the people to be a trustworthy and loyal God. He helped resurrect Israel, the Philistines and the Ara means. In turn these people, particularly the Israelites, have betrayed his trust by acting sinfully toward the kingdom of Israel. The Lord YHWH will judge those people of Israel who are called to do right but who choose to do wrong. ...
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Fear God
745 wordsThere are many famous individuals through the history who made great impact on our lives. We can go on and on to list them all but for my topic I would like to choose one of the wisest person who ever lived is king Solomon. During his era the Israel kingdom achieved a lot of success in trading, expansion and fair judgment. Also Solomon regarded as an author of high skill and remarkable output. The writings that have been attributed to him are the biblical Proverbs, the Song of Solomon, Ecclesias...
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Augustine's God
1,158 wordsAt first glance, I was immediately inclined to argue in epictetus' favor, because it pains me to argue that Christianity is good for anybody. In the following paragraphs, i will contrast the God of Epictetus, and the God of Augustine, and in the end, my stand will be clear. Epictetus and Augustine both identify God on basic level. Epictetus says,' Where the essence of God is, there too is the essence of good. What is the essence of God? ... Right Reason? Certainly. Here then, without more ado, s...
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Thor And Many Other Gods
1,603 wordsThe Norse World In Beowulf, many beliefs had to do with Norse mythology, from the way they buried their dead to their thoughts on war and violence. In Norse mythology, a persons honor depends on the way they die; a hero proves himself by dying while fighting the forces of evil, not by conquering it. (Hamilton, 444). Beowulf becomes a hero by dying while fighting the dragon. In most religions, Mythology is used to explain the world in which a person lives. For the Anglo-Saxons, the world was fill...
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Your Self From Material Things
564 wordsSimone Weil DETACHMENT A simple affliction does not cause a person to detach him or herself from the world. It has to be affliction that goes unattached or untreated. God gave up everything and we should also if we want to know god. If we get ride of all of our worldly passions (attachments) then we can know god. In order to be happy you have to disconnect your self from material things as well as desires. She says there are two ways of renouncing material passions. One is giving them up thinkin...
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Weslyan Definition Of Sin
653 wordsAdam and Eve, the two that started it all. These two names will remain as a reminder to us forever because of their actions. Genesis chapter two talks about how man was made perfect; flawless and in God's favor. These two individuals change how mankind would be from that time on. Sin entered the world and things began to change. Before Adam and Eve's decision there was no sin or death, because of their actions we now have to deal with both. This brings up the question of where original sin came ...
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Power Of God 1 Corinthians 2
2,634 wordsThe Bible Teaches many truths about itself. 1. It claims God as its author All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. - 2 Timothy 3: 16 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. -2 Peter 1: 20-21 2. It claims that it is inner ant and infallible The la...
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Prayer And The Holy Spirit
1,518 wordsLesson 1 Why We Should Witness Witnessing is a very important tool in Christianity. It was commanded by Jesus for us to go out and make disciples. The need for people to hear the Good News is a matter of life and death. In Ecclesiastes 7: 2 it says: Death is the destiny of every man; the living should take to his heart. Because of mans sinful nature, we are undeserving of His forgiveness, destined to death and eternal separation from God. But Christ does not want anyone to perish, but wants ever...
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First Communion By Edward Rivera Summery
447 wordsTHE OWL WHO WAS GOD By James Thurber Summery: In this essay many creatures in the woods believed an owl to be god. These animals had found the owl to be the wisest and greatest of all the animals, so they decide to follow him. The animals are too quick to follow the owl as god, they follow hi m blindly, and before they realize he isn't god the get run over by a truck. Commentary: I think that the author, James Thurber, is trying to show us how in Christianity most people are following god blindl...
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Sarai And Abram
947 wordsAbraham was born when his father Terah was 70 years old. He had two brothers: Nah or and Haran. The family of Terah is a direct descendant of the Shem, whose line of ancestry can be traced all the way back to Adam and Eve. Before his circumcision, Abraham's name was Abram. Abram married Sarai, who could not bear children. His father took his family out of Ur in Babylonia and headed for the land of Canaan. Then the Lord spoke to Abram, Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's home, a...
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Virgil And City Aeneid By The Poet
929 wordsAeneid By The Poet, Virgil And City Aeneid By The Poet, Virgil And City Of God By Saint Augustine Throughout the course of a lifetime, people question every event that happens, whether it be fortunate or to their disadvantage. Some believe that it is fate, whom is the culprit at hand, leaving them the only option of accepting what comes to them. Others, however, insist that they have complete control over their lives and the free will to decide what will happen. Yet, to answer the question of wh...
