In the quote it is describing God's true nature as is relates to humans here on earth. God has to power and the self awareness to respect what he has created. ... Jesus was on the cross as a result of our choices as humans and it was God's self-limiting power that prevented him from saving Jesus. ... Edwards states, "They will often think of a God who can do absolutely anything - of power without limits of any kind. ... In Jesus crucified we find that Divine power, which, as the resurrection assures us, is a real power to save and heal, can look like utter foolishness- (Edwards, 4...

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According to The Bible, they were so frightened of his power that they brought him to the attention of the empire, who had him put to death for threatening the sanctity of their authority. ... And in the end, the Christians decided to give full power to Satan, whom they promised all of creation. ... Paine continues to have a problem with the superstitious nature of the stories combined with the fact that the power of the so-called prophets is constantly being put in terms of evil. ... The specific story to which he refers is the story of loosing Satan upon the world giving him more power tha...

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For one person to fulfill 48 of these prophecies, the number becomes staggering--1 chance in 10 to the 157th power (1 with 157 zeros after it). ... This is shown in Mark 12:24 in which Jesus replied to the Sadducees, "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?" Jesus would sometimes quote clear Old Testament predictions as finding their fulfillment in Him. ... He was able to quote many scriptures that helped him teach and win religious debates. ...

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Back to Romans 10 a. 10.13 - Paul quotes Joel 2.32, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."" ... -, then Paul quotes Isaiah 52.7, "Lord, who has believed our message?... And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the sa...

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Zeus's rise to power is different than other religious stories where is father did not pass those powers down to his son but instead he overthrew is father Cronus and gained the sovereignty of heaven for himself. ... He was also son to father Cronus and owned supreme power over his realm of the underworld. ... That lightning bolt when seen was associated with him and the power that he possessed. ... Quotes that "treat every moment like your last" or "never put tomorrow what you can do today" or "time is money....

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In fact, history would argue that no kingdom's monarchy could have ruled with power without the support of the Catholic Church, and more specifically the papacy. This time of great Church power also came with wide spread Church corruption and positional abuse. ... He is quoted to have saying "Now," he said, "I shall certainly lead a far more God pleasing life than I ever did at the University." ...

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Peter quoting the 16th Psalms in the Bible, traditionally ascribed to David, he spoke of an greater. ... How David could influence our lives if we will open our eyes to see David as a person like us who is thriving to know God and all His power. ...

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This is a quote of a soldiers who turns to God in a cry of desperation to live to see another day while also describing the brutal injuries that many soldier faced in war. ... And I pray hey will be comforted by a power greater than any of us spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for you are with me"" (Williams 1). ...

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I will demonstrate the treatment that the religious slaveholders put towards the slaves, the passages they used from the Bible while beating the slaves, and how they refused to educate slaves, fearing the power they would gain if they were on the same level mentally. ... I have seen him tie up a lame young woman, and whip her with a heavy cow-skin upon her naked shoulders, causing the warm red blood to drip; and, in justification of the bloody deed, he would quote this passage of Scripture- "He that knoweth his masters will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." ... The slaveho...

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