The Bible illustrates many forms of love, bringing us the following question: What is central theme of this described love? ... Of these, it is "agape" love, a selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love, that appears most frequently. ... Paul sums up love perfectly in one of his letters, explaining "Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. ... Love never fails" (1 Corinthians 13:4-8). ... This kind of love survives and stands the tests of troubles and time....

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God disciplines those he loves. ... God loves His children more than the human mind can conceive. ... God continually tests one's faith to keep them on the right path. ... God is faithful to His children and will not permit them to be tested beyond what they can bear. ... God does not test one to see if they will fail, but to see how strong he/she is. ...

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Christianity, just as any other religion, has a number of beliefs or protocols to follow in order to show one's love for their God. ... While Luke 15:3-32 contains the parables about a lost coin, sheep, son, the father's love, and the older brother. ... " Knowing that Jesus was being tested to see whether or not he was truly the Son of God, he refused to sacrifice himself knowing that God wouldn't put him to this sort of test. ... The forty days that Jesus going into the wilderness leads us to the meaning of "time of testing." In which it is testing our purificati...

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When doing missions in foreign fields, nothing can overcome the language and cultural barrier like the love of Christ. We can meet their physical needs, but the love we share will give them much more. ... Your patience and strength will be tested. ...

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Humans are the highest creatures here on earth and have godlike characteristics within them but the human right to free will is bound to test those characteristics. ... When human life is lived through righteousness and love, they are being true to what God's intentions for human goodness is all about. ... An Islamic life is one of tests and if Allah and if his guidance has been rejected in any way, it is a sin. ... In their eyes, a "messianic age" of universal love and peace will come to fruition once humans come to cooperate with God. ... To truly love God, you have to love al...

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Now to go to Heaven you must give him your heart, be faithful, and "Love god with all your heart." ... In every instance the Pharisees try to test Jesus. ... This is clearly seen in the gospel of Matthew, "One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: "Teacher what is the greatest commandment in the law?" Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your mind. ... And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself." ...

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I can see by studying their lives that they are on fire for God and love to witness to others. ... When someone is serving in the name of Christ, they are serving in love. ... Situations put to the test of our ability to be like Christ. Difficult hardships happen every day and give me a lot of opportunities to put God's kind of love into action. God wants only from me what he has given to me which is his love. ...

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In the Greek text, the word for love is ἀγαπάω, agapao, meaning to love in a social or moral sense (Strong, G25). ... It was a test put forth by God. ... The first is, "For God so loved the world."" ... We are his children; He loves us. ... God loved, God gave, now turns to whoever believes. ...

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They both show heroic qualities with their people, and prove the love they have for their sons. ... God tests Abraham's willingness when He asks him to sacrifice his only son to Him. ... Jacob also proves his love and fear for God when he wrestles the angel and prevails. ... In their love for their sons, Abraham and Jacob can also be seen as similar. ... It is also abundantly clear that Jacob loves his son, Joseph, profusely. ...

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Disappointment with God The story first starts out on a journey of a young man who has lost so much and had his faith tested. ... He didn't intervene and heal her, but yet He was there in the love that was shown through the whole trial. ... A faith described as "fidelity- is a deep faith that is strengthened through testing. ...

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Their is depraving of expression as if a teenager wants to show the rest of the world that he/she loves Jesus, then he or she might wear a T-shirt that states a positive view on the subject. ... A national study released in October of 1998 by Educational Testing Service found that there was no evidence to support claims that uniforms reduce discipline problems. ...

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(New International Version Teen Study Bible) Having faith also shows God our love and devotion to Him. It enables us to have a loving relationship with Him and allows us the ability to serve and love others, which is our Christian responsibility. ... By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. ...

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I was never interested in learning anything about this religion, but I wanted to know the background and beliefs that would make someone Love it so much that they would kill others. ... This life is a test for each individual for the life after death. ... It nourishes unselfish behavior, generosity, and love in the framework of a well-organized family system. ...

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These times were tests of faith and how strong their belief was willing to be taken, while keeping their utmost loyalty. ... A real confession being made with Christ as the basis is thought to be in such way "that the whole man submits himself to Truth, in the judgment of his understanding, in the submission of his will and in the consecration of his whole power of love . . . ... Who doesn't love Christmas?! ... On this day Christ ate his last supper with his disciples, he made them aware of what was to come and let them know that one of them would be betraying him later, but that th...

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June 6 Father's Day is coming soon. Jesus is the perfect role model of a father. He could give us, His children, everything our hearts desire. But He doesn't. He knows the weakness of our hearts. Instead he gives us everything His heart desires for us. He teaches us how to be patient, how to be ...

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The church got to were it is today from multiple influential people helping to shape it. The church as a whole was not in a good position back in 300 bc. The church needed someone or a group to help repair it. The church had very few followers and needed a change. Saint Francis and Saint Peter had...

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Meanwhile in the real world, Trinity confesses what the Oracle told her: She would fall in love with the one. ... He was one of the few in the world, ever to be born in the body of a virgin (of course this was before test tube babies). ...

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The apostles, who many times were short- sighted in what Jesus was preaching, tested his forgiving spirit. ... In keeping with his compassion, Jesus also loved the poor. ... He asked Simon, "Do you love me?" ...

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They believe physical birth gives bodies to these spirits, along with that, the opportunity to choose right from wrong, making our present life a period of probation in which we are tested. ... Most important of all commandments is love thy neighbor as thy self (Glaubens, 11.1-5). ...

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I have opportunities to receive and give love, listen to others, smile, laugh, accomplish something that were previously a challenge for me and ultimately become a more proficient person. ... This is a powerful explanation of what Christ saw in His children, whom he loved. ...

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Understanding the Christian Doctrines of Divine Sovereignty, Predestination, And Free Will for Counseling "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." ... (John 6:65, ESV) "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. ... (Romans 8:28-30, NRSV) "The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." (2 Peter 3:9, ES...

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The Journey of the Hero in a Myth A journey is essential to the main characters within a myth. The journey must include something that triggers a desire to fill a specific gap in ones life or an initiation of a journey and end with a completion of that journey which is usually a fulfillment of tha...

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One traditional Christian view of survival of death runs, in outline form, something like this: On some future day all the dead will be bodily raised, both the righteous and the unrighteous alike, to be judged by God ; and the guarantee and model of the general resurrection (i.e., the raising of the dead in the last days) is the already accomplished resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.My aim in this paper is to explain and defend this basic view of resurrection. There are many ways it might be understood, of course, and perhaps more than one is coherent and even from a Christian point o...

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