I believe the Bible is the word of God because:.
God selected men, most who were prophets, to write the Bible for Him (1 Samuel 10:25). A prophet is defined as a "inspired teacher or revealer of the Divine Will; one who foretells future events (Webster's New Dictionary)." God specifically told Jeremiah and several other authors to, "Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you (Jeremiah 30:2)." God rose up prophets in which he will put His words in their mouths (Deuteronomy 18:18-20, 1Kings 14:18, 16:2, 2Kings 9:36, 14:25, Jeremiah 37:2, Zechariah 7:7,12). These prophets are human agents who write down what God is saying to them. A strict punishment was given to those who claim to be God's prophets but aren't; they would be "put to death (Deuteronomy 18:20)." God was the source of the content of Scripture, so that what is written, is what God has said. The human authors actively spoke as well, yet what they said came from God, they were "carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21)." The apostle Paul, author of 12 of the books in the New Testament, was given wisdom and authority from the Lord (2Peter 3:15-16) and he was commanded by God to write down his authoritative knowledge (1Corinthians 14:37 and 2Peter 3:2). .
The words that God gave to these prophets and authors were then put into written form and survived throughout countless centuries. In the times of Moses, scripture was written on tablets. Exodus 31:18 tells us that the "tablets of stone were inscribed by the fingers of God." These were God's actual thoughts, written directly by Him onto a stone tablet. Several other passages confirm that these were the inspired writings of God engraved on the Ancient Near Eastern tablets (Exodus 32:16, 34, Joshua 24:26, Deuteronomy 31: 24-26, Isaiah 30:8, Jeremiah 30:2). .
All words from God are true and genuine (Psalms 119:160, John 17:17, Proverbs 30:5). They are flawless, "like silver refined in the furnace (Psalms 12:6 and Proverbs 30:5).
INTRODUCTION Norms, values and beliefs vary widely across cultures. ... In our Jamaican culture, we have a saying that, "belief kills and belief cures-. A belief is what we know to be true and is strongly adhered to. ... Belief incorporates a culture's values. ... This success is achieved through employee motivation, loyalty and commitment to the company's Mission Statement. ...
Beliefs and knowledge are correlated because beliefs help us understand knowledge on the truth. ... We cannot obtain knowledge from a belief if that belief is not factual. ... There is no such belief of angels in Hinduism. ... They receive knowledge from their beliefs. ... In 2013, there was a statement created by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation that stated that many Islamic countries restricted the education opportunities for women. ...
. - Anne Frank Each individual who walks this earth represents a unique system of beliefs. ... In telling Black Elk's story, Niehardt also conveys the unique beliefs of the culture. ... This statement is similar to the beliefs of the Lakota, as described by Black Elk when he speaks, "Great Spirit, Great Spirit all over the earth the faces of living things are all alike," (6). ... I also received an education in respect and beliefs. I think it would be incredibly interesting to take another class regarding Native American beliefs and culture. ...
Religion is the practice of belief, in most cases identifying to the existence of a divine, transcendent being or beings. The proposals of Plato selected to be discussed will adhere to a general definition that religion is "a strong belief in a supernatural power that control human destiny".1 This will enable an appropriate scope into the discussion, and allow us to explore ideas beyond defining religion as simply codified practises of prayer, ritual and religious law, as these were not substantial within Plato's work. ... The myth of Zeus's lightening bolts and the necessi...
Belief - (yours/mine) 2. ... Kinds of statements 3. ... One other kind of statement that seems like a declarative statement but it's not. ... Give a series of statements and circle a declarative statement. 1. ... BELIEF - One can't have knowledge without belief (?) ...
This statement is describing the common belief that when ;one thing goes wrong in one's life, everything else that could go wrong will go wrong all at the same time. At the time it is very obvious that this statement is true. ... (Gilovich, 29) Another common belief or statement that can be made in today's society is that "blondes have more fun." ... This belief in a cognitive error of human nature. ... Like the statement made before, this is also not necessarily the truth. ...
The statement "under God" is a violation of basic principles separating church and state. ... This statement is interesting, because our country in my opinion, does not share a belief in one universal god, and that is what makes this country the United States of America. ... Hypothetically, if I as a citizen of the United States believed in polytheism I would be offended by the notion of the statement referring to only one god, when my belief system embodies the idea of many gods. Moreover, why would it be necessary for me to state this particular statement in public domain such as schools? .....
Determinism is a somewhat vague concept, so in order to make any meaningful statements I would here like to define more clearly what I take to be the meaning of the thesis of determinism. ... He was not compelled by an outside party, nor was he compelled by the truth of Determinism, if such a statement could have any meaning at all. ...
If we divide our history into time periods then we clearly see the distinct beliefs and how the literature reflects them. ... During the time of the Puritans some of their beliefs were that the bible is the sole source of God's law, all humans are evil, and that people were predestined to go to either hell or heaven. The famous works of that time period clearly illustrate this system of belief. ... He sermonized, "[ ] nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of you own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment [ ] (Edwards, 43...