The Jews consider themselves the chosen people of God. ... The Old Testament illustrates many promises and blessings from the Lord pronounced upon the heads of His chosen people through their continued obedience and observance of Him. ... Both communities believe that they are the chosen people of God. ... The Mormons believe that because of these new beginnings they are claim to once again be the chosen people of the Lord entitled to all the blessings that the Jews were once entitled to. ... History seems to be the foundation of belief because what God desires of his chosen people is beli...

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Also, in old stories, Magdalene is viewed as a whore, and it is contradictory to have the woman chosen by Jesus be a sinner. ... If he would have chosen any other point of view, the movie would not have been such a controversy. ...

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The idea of Calvinism was simply an idea that there were chosen ones and nothing could change what already was planned. ... " The pilgrims and puritans really did believe that if their crops were doing really well, it was God's signal that they were one of the chosen. ... Through faith, practice and belief of this theory you will be one of those "predestined chosen ones". ... Calvinists only worked hard however to get the acceptance of God in hopes that they may be the chosen ones. ...

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Everyone failed to realize that he was really God's chosen son. ... Franklin is more convincing to me because his thoughts in his commentary were very mature, and Tony Hendra does not understand that Jesus Christ was God's chosen son, and Jesus Christ had this mission to lay his life down for his friends. ...

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Baptism: A Biblical Study I have read this book, and gained insight from it. In the book Baptism: A Biblical Study Jack Cottrell tries to show the reader his out look on the scriptures concerning baptism. He states that the scriptures in the New Testament speak for themselves. While there a...

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He did not like sin in his world, so one day, as it says in chapters six through nine, he sent a flood over the world to rid it of sin but keeping the family he had chosen safe. ... Israel, known as God's chosen people, turned their back on God many times but by his grace he forgave them over and over again and sent them to the God's place known as the land of Canaan. ...

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Matthew emphasizes that there is a distinct difference between the initial call of guests and the final election of salvation, "for many are called, but few are chosen " (Mt 22:14). ... By presenting the text in the form of a parable, the message of God's will is omitted in a historical and cultural context that enables society to comprehend the meaning behind the words chosen by Matthew....

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This is a marriage such as could never be imagined on this earth, for it is the wedding of the Son of God to the One whom the Father has chosen to be His Bride. ... Ephesians 1:3 says, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." ...

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The past experience of the Old Testament gives us a general idea of who God is , the general idea of his presence, and the action He chooses with His chosen people. These chosen people had their experience with God and produce a deep influence in their lives, as well as in our lives; which changes our way of thinking; either positive or negative. ...

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Each of which seems to have been carefully, perhaps divinely, chosen to serve their literary purpose. In terms of use of hyperbole in the New Testament, there is one central figure who provides us with some of the most eloquent and recollective verses where his use of exaggeration seems so perfectly chosen that once understood, the images are forever with us. ...

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A fetus is a living being from conception, the only difference between a baby that is born, and a fetus is that the fetus's existence is completely dependent on the mother who was chosen by god. In Galatians 1; 15 it says, "Even before I was born, God had chosen me to be His....

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William Faulkner's "Barn Burning," takes place in the Deep South during the 19th Century and is a story about the relationship between a father and son. A father with a need to burn the barns of aristocrats resulting in dragging his family down with him; along with his knowledgeable son. This story ...

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In chapters 1-7 in the book of Romans, Paul begins to lay down the solid framework for understanding the broad scope of the gospel in his letter to the Romans. Paul, who was chosen to be an apostle to spread the Good News of God, begins his longest, most elaborate epistle by explaining the relations...

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The earliest recorded text teaching Christianity has its roots buried deep within Judaism. The birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as the Messiah, created a new ideology of worship. The Messiah is the savior for all people and of all sins. Paul carried the message of the Messiah to th...

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I have chosen you.... " (Tenth) Scriptural basis - 1 Peter 1:2 "who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance....

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Paul is an important figure for all denominations of Christianity and his contributions to the understanding and spread of the Christianity. His writings continue to be a means by which many Christians learn about their faith. Paul's work most significantly underpins the Christian belief in salvatio...

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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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Faith Faith, according to Hebrews 11:1, is being sure of what we hope for and what we do not see. (New International Version Teen Study Bible) In modern times, faith has been weakened in meaning so that some people use it to mean self-confidence. But in the Bible, true faith is confidence in Go...

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Chapter 2: 4-10 goes on to inform the readers of how Christians are like the capstone to a builder, rejected by men but chosen by God and he will use that stone in the most important role of the Building. ...

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The way humans were created has always been something questioned in a person's mind. The people who lived in the early civilizations came up with their interpretations of how life came to be. All the civilizations had a different take to the story, but they all expressed that gods created humans and...

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Beowulf In every society that exists on this earth in any given time period, there will always be a present evil that will continually battle against that forces of good. This continuous and monotonous strife will forever persevere until one force, either good or evil, becomes imm...

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The Abrahamic Covenant narrowed God's focus on earth and established the Jewish race as His chosen people with the promise of a new nation, which would occupy its own land and the establishment of a theocracy. ...

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The inception of Christianity and Islam in the Roman and Byzantine empires, the African kingdoms, and the Arabian Peninsula influenced each civilization's daily life, set of beliefs, government, and the Christians and Muslims who practiced. The two religions are similar in many aspects. Both religi...

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Since Jesus" death at the hands of the Roman political powers stood in contradiction to al that the pious Jews believed about the Messiah, God's expected deliverer of the chosen people (Deut. 21:23; cited in Gal. 3:13), a rationale was found in two ways. ...

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Good men must die, but death can not kill their names ---Proverbs How the Term Of Death Has Developed In The Bible Throughout human history, people have refused to accept the finality of death that is bringing about by life. Death, perceptively, brings an unacceptable interruption int...

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