James emphasizes that faith without corresponding actions is dead (James 2:17). Faith operates through love to produce concrete evidence of its existence in a person's life (Gal. 5:6). In other words, the obedience that pleases God is the result of faith (Rom 1:5; 16:26) rather th...
Humble Service in the Body of Christ 3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4For just as each of...
Agere sequitur esse applies also to being a Christian, true Christians actually what the Christian character calls for: imitation of the Lord and of the saints in faith, hope and love. Why? Because it is stamped into our souls in baptism and sealed into place with the Holy Spirit. “What...
" τοναορατον ὁρων. (Heb. 11:27.) He saw him by the eye of faith in the glass of revelation, whom he could not see by the eye of reason in the glass of creation. And thus we are instructed in the gospel, how to approach that God who is ...
That’s the kind of decision I’m asking you to make.” Unless You Turn to God 13 1-5 About that time some people came up and told him about the Galileans Pilate had killed while they were at worship, mixing their blood with the blood of the sacrifices on the altar. Jesus ...
The phrase also appears in the Pericles quote, "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others," which was used as an epigram in the book Twist of Faith, an omnibus edition of the first four novels of the DS9 relaunch ...
If I have done wrong to another person, the correct course of action is to apologize and make amends to that person and not blow it all off and hope that some God is going to forgive me and make it all go away. That sort of mentality is what allows people to not treat others in ...
(what a shame), a kind of godly jealousy-- Which, I beg you, call a honest and good sin-- Makes me afraid. CRESSIDA O heavens! you love me not. TROILUS Die I an evil person, then! In this I do not call your faith in question So mainly as my good quality/good qualities: ...
Self-love makes it easier to take healthy risks that will enrich your life. When you love yourself you have faith in your ability to get through even the most difficult circumstances, and that faith in yourself can lead you down very unique and beautiful paths. ...
Hebrews 11:6(EXB)“[And] Without faith no one can please God. [For; Because] Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real [exists] and that he rewards those who truly want to find [earnestly/sincerely seek] him.”Jonas Bohlin ...