(Dan 10:13), so angels are apparently engaged in spiritual warfare; or at least in some circumstances. Gabriel, another angel, brought news to the parents of John the Baptist that they would have a child in their old age (Luke 1), but also“the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a...
Berean Study BibleFor we are His workmanshipThe Greek word for "workmanship" is "poiēma," which implies a creation or something that has been made. This term suggests that believers are not just random or accidental beings but are intentionally crafted by God. The idea of being God's ...
According to the Monergistic view of Christianity Humans are depraved of goodness (Gen 6:5, 8:21, Psa 14:1-3, 51:5, Isa 64:6, Jer 17:9, Rom 3:10-18, 5:12-21, Eph 2:1-3) and are dead to choose God or receive His Salvation being needed of Spiritual resurrection (Deut 29:...
He needed the spiritual food His Father provided Him early every morning. And in this, we, his sheep, should follow Him! If you are His sheep, do your little sheepy ears perk up at the sound of His voice? His voice is living and waiting for you every morning in the words of the ...
Jada Edwards:Well, our desires to be accepted and approved can create spiritual amnesia because we forget that we already have the greatest acceptance in God. That Christ, through the obedience of the Father, chose to accept us. The created, broken, sinful beings that we are,...
"The very struggles," it has been well observed by Dean Howson, "which all animated beings make against pain and death show that pain and death are not a part of the proper laws of their nature, but rather a bondage imposed upon them from without; thus every groan and fear is an ...
12 Our fight is not against human beings. It is against the rulers, the authorities and the powers of this dark world. It is against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly world. 以弗所书 6:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95) 12 For our struggle is not ...
“parallels the structure of the ideal Christian life. Just as the Christian life ideally begins with conversion and goes on to baptism, first communion, and more advanced stages of spiritual growth, so the Gospel of John has a section on conversion, then one on baptism, then one on ...
Human beings are so tiny and frail, yet we have the chance to survive and enjoy so much (physically, emotionally as well as spiritually). Value all those around us, and precious the chances we can get along with them. -Katie (My Auntie)
Here, we are trying to bring together what we know of God and what we know of ourselves to see what our relationship with God should be like and what prayer should look like. Saints who addressed this question were great spiritual masters like Sts. John of the Cross, Francis de Sales, ...