But just because we are rulers over all the rest, does not mean we created ourselves or that we ourselves are God, but rather we are just creations being ruled over by God. Only Christianity can describe this origin from God and not be incoherent with certain rules of nature. We only became "like God" when we ate the fruit and sinning, because we thus knew what a sin was and what a sin wasn't. We thus were the definers of what good and evil was making us gods of ourselves. This makes sense of our origin because we continue to define what is right and wrong even in today's society of gay marriages and abortions galore. .
On Meaning: we cannot have meaning unless we have worship. Worship is the reason we live, to pay our respect to the one who created us and let us have freedom. Our meaning to worship and through that worship show others the reason we worship so they in turn show others the reason to worship and so on and so forth. .
On Morality: Christianity believes morals come straight out of God, and this makes sense. I mean if God isn't doing a certain thing, then why should we. This doesn't necessarily mean we should be smiting people down because they are evil and corrupt, because we must remember we cannot judge people by their motives only by their fruits. We can't have these moral laws without having someone obeying all of them, hence why Christianity is coherent here because God obeys all moral laws.
On Destiny: Our destiny is all focused on the main topic of Christ's resurrection. Pastor Steve Pierson laid it out to us simply when he said, "The death of Jesus saved us, but the Life of Jesus reconciled and sustains us." Without Christ's death and resurrection our destiny would be one of eternal torment and pain in hell. Thankfully because of his resurrection, Christ has given us the option to choose between eternal life with him or eternal damnation without him.
The Bible says about God, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
There are two main character in this chapter God and Abram. ... In verse 4-5 the Lord tells Abram that he will have children to take over the land that he has. ... Since in verse 5 God and Abram were looking at the stars wasn't it already dark then. ... The rest of the chapter is a list of tribes in Canaan. ... Even though that maybe the case Abram is still out there putting blind faith into God. ...
In this case, the relevant common belief is the violence is not to be promoted unless absolutely necessary and under certain conditions (Juergensmeyer 13). ... In this case, the general perception of society is that religion promotes violence, and any association with religion is an almost direct association with violence (de Vries 189). ... The [chapter in the Qur"an] ends with a divine command to people to counsel one another to patience and compassion (83). ... The Qur"an for instance includes an entire chapter about warfare and when it is justified. Mark Gabriel outlines the chapter in...
In some cases this is true, but over all they weren't. ... His characters are dynamic, in the sense that they all share a common and even persecuting faith yet still find time to be individuals with out letting go of that faith. ... Most people think that the puritans only had their faith to keep them busy, but this isn't true. ... In chapter 5 page 56, Hawthorne describes Hester making richly embroidered clothing at all hours for public officials. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne showed us that a lot of their behavior was based on their faith and religion. ...
An examination of 2 Peter 1:5-11 we see how the Christian is supposed to grow. Verse 5 says "Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge- To defend the Gospel, one must know what the scriptures teach. ... For example, Acts chapter 8 we read the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch. ... Again, through proper use of hermeneutics we can understand that this is not the case. Finally, man believes Romans 5:1 teaches that one can be saved by "faith only." ...
Chapter 1-3 is an all encompassing case against Jew, gentile, and all mankind and their need for God's righteousness "for all have come short of the glory of God." ... The latter part of chapter 3 Paul presents the sacrificial death of Jesus as a basis of Justification through faith in Christ. ... In Chapter 4 Abraham is given as the great example of saving faith without works or the law. Paul's example strengthens the case that righteousness comes through faith alone and not by works, religious rites, or the law. At the end of chapter 5, Paul contrasts Adams sin with Christ'...
One chapter I found most interesting in his letters was chapter 15 in which Paul discusses the resurrection of Jesus. ... And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time" (5-8). By writing this in the chapter, Paul felt that he reiterated the fact that Jesus did actually resurrect and it was not made up. ... Paul writes in chapter 15, "Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? ... While people believe that when they die they will leave their human form behind, but this is not the ca...
This is the case of the poor "monster" created by Frankenstein. ... I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly then; but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived" (Chapter 5). ... "His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath" (Chapter 5). ... (Chapter 1). ... I do not believe the opposite, it is true, but what if I am very intelligent and have faith that I will do the best I can in my job but do not have that much money and cannot buy me a nice suite? ...
The tractates are broken down further into chapters and the chapters are broken down into mishnahs that are similar to verses in the Bible. ... • Chapter Three - there is a discussion of special cases in which a person is exempt from reciting Shema and the Amida prayer. ... As can be seen from the tractate's prevalent themes, the focus of this tractate is the "ways in which a Jewish person expresses his faith throughout his life." ... The Shema Deuteronomy 6:4-5 says, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. ... Berakhot means "blessings" and the main t...
