1.Often,Scriptures.Also calledHoly Scripture(orScriptures).the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together. 2.(often l.c.) any writing or book, esp. when of a sacred or religious nature. 3.(sometimes l.c.) a particular passage from the Bible. ...
There are dozens of other Biblical leaders besides Samuel and David. The above illustration is to prove that God is the One Who chooses leaders. Not ‘want-to-be’ leaders themselves nor mere men. It would be beneficial for those in a leadership position to examine themselves. Become aware ...
Where no religious body has provided sanction or authorization, scriptures have had to stand on their own authority.Muslimsbelieve that theQurʾāndoes this easily. The Qurʾān, their only sacred canon or standard offaith, authenticates itself, they believe, by its internal self-evidencing po...
In my book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence, I explain how omnipotence and almighty are not rightly associated with scripture. In this essay, I lay out the problem with English translations of the New Testament that call God “almighty.”...
1 Sam. 3:1-9 – for example, the Lord speaks to Samuel, but Samuel doesn’t recognize it is God. The Word of God is not self-attesting.1 Kings 13:1-32 – in this story, we see that a man can’t discern between God’s word (the commandment “don’t eat”) and a prophet’...
If he called them godsThis phrase refers to a passage in Psalm 82:6, where God addresses human judges as "gods" (elohim) due to their role in executing divine justice. The term "gods" here is not to be understood as divine beings but as representatives of God's authority on earth. ...
So, this type of thinking requires life on earth to be like heaven, where no one dies or suffers, and everyone is happy. It is not hard to see something terribly wrong on planet Earth. We have come to expect death, dying, and suffering, but was this God’s plan? What happened?
1 Samuel 23:6-14 6 When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech had fled to David to Keilah, he had come down with an ephod in his hand.7 Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a ...
Scripture Passages Related to Hymns 1021 GENESIS 1: 1: 1:3–5 1:14–19 1:27–30 2:15 2:18–23 18: Song over the Waters 559 This Day God Gives Me 749 Morning Has Broken 748 All Things New 450 God of Adam, God of Joseph 870 God of Adam, God of Joseph 870 God, in the ...
God does bring us to more than we can handle in ourselves. Paul says in 1 Corinthians he had been at a point where he was “so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself”. But, he said, “that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises...