Paul’s day. Sexual immorality is a result of a much larger problem: the refusal of God’s call to be holy. The pagan Gentiles during the New Testament had a skewed picture of moral issues, including sexuality. F. F. Bruce provides a unique look into Greek culture and morality when he quotes Demosthenes who lived during this time period: “We keep mistresses for pleasure, concubines for our day-today bodily needs, but we have wives to produce legitimate children and serve as guardians of our homes.”1
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have a responsibility to ensure that we do not stumble. God has given us everything we need to live a godly life and to participate in his divine nature so that we can stand and not stumble. God has done his part. In verses 5 through 7, Peter outlines the efforts that we are responsible to carry out. In these verses, Peter outlines our participation in this partnership. Before I talk about these efforts though, I need to talk about the Greek figure of speech that I alluded too earlier. Check out
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years ago. It embraced many Iranian gods merging both polytheism views and monotheistic doctrines. It is believed that many Zoroastrianism views were introduced later into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Views and understanding that is said to originate through Zoroastrianism. Some of the views that Zoroastrianism holds that can also be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the view of one god who is all just and compassion. Also the battle between God and Satan. Another influence that
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children of the one God who created all things” (Esposito, Fasching, & Lewis, 2014). In other words, there is one true God who is the True Creator. They each tell the myth of Adam and Eve being the first humans, and worship Abraham as he is considered to be a true model of obedience. In each religion, life’s goal is to be in harmony with God. In Judaism, to be in harmony with God you must be obedient to God’s will and even debate with God. In Christianity, one must accept God as their savior, and
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in God. Cullen believed God is kind, loving, and gracious. However, he’s astonished God stoops to help the cruel human race. Incidentally, he states that while humans look similar to him, humans must someday die. However, the ultimate theme of this poem is religion. Even in the most mysterious situations, God has a plan and will ensure justice for everyone. Countee Cullen opens stating “God is good, well-meaning, kind” proclaiming his faith trusting God’s ways. However, he questions why God allows
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importance of what our Canon represents: a book of absolute truth given to us by our God. We are living in a generation where rejecting the Scripture is the new trendy fad. This generation calls the Bible, “just a storybook”. Little do they know that this book is God’s inerrant word, given to man through the Spirit’s inspiration. The Bible needs to be 3 understood as the true Canon. The word “Canon” comes from the Greek word “κανών (kanon)”. This word defines the Bible as a “measuring rod” or in
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exegetical analysis by identifying and examining the historical context, offering word studies of significant terms and analyze the text verse by verse and will also demonstrate clearly how God let people of Sardis know that reward is waiting for them if they turn back and repent and complete the works of God and be alert. All this analysis comes under the doctrine of eschatology. Context Well if we
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of evil is based on the personalities of God, such that God is omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient. So, if such a perfect being with all the personalities were to exist, there would be no evil. However, evil does exist. Hence, God does not (sober, 119). The argument takes the logical form, if X then Not-Y. Y, hence not-X. In my opinion, this form is not prone to any counter-example, nor does it beg the question, suggesting that it is deductively
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to recognize the Creator, and is extremely important to the church. “Worship is the single activity that both unifies and transcends time.”1 However, the method in which the believer has worshipped God has changed and looks different. So one must ask the question, what is the proper way to worship God? Or what are the nonnegotiable parts that must be included to worship? In this paper we will develop a philosophy to determine what worship is, what should be included in worship today, and how important
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the Body Healed ...................................................................13 VI. God’s Power and Energy is the Force that Heals............................................14 VII-VIII. God’s Healing Power, the Holy Spirit, and the Light of God .....................15 IX-X. The Vulnerability of the Christian & Spiritual Conflict ..................................19 XI. A Biblical View of Demons..........................................................................22 Practical Steps &
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