conveying his Puritan idea of an angry God. The words are harsh‚ dark‚ and intimidating with the intention for the people to be frightened by His higher power. In order to achieve such a strong message he uses words such as “fiery…wrath…fury…damned…abominable…and venomous serpent” to do so. When comparing all those words they share a common negative connotation. With such a potent word choice the audience is mesmerized by what they believe is the truth of the God they worship. On the other hand Chief
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my sophomore year‚ I remember having to ride home every 2 hours to check in with you guys. He said that was horrible‚ and I could not agree more. “THOU SHALT NOT LIE” (10 commandments). This is a sin through God when you lie‚ so by lying you are hurting god with what you say. God is our father in heaven and he ulitimately is what we believe in as Christians. Lying is wrong and the people that I have talked to could not stress this enough to me. Punishment for lying should be hard‚ because lying
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How to identify and discern a person-07102012 We are ministering and talking to people all the time. We are meeting people everywhere and anywhere. We talk about fellowship‚ it is people; we talk about church‚ it is people. When we talk about business‚ we are meeting with people. When we go shopping we are meeting people too. So‚ all the time we are in contact with people. That is why we need to know how to discern. If we don’t discern we touch the live wire. When we touch the live wire we can
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(2) He created earth‚ made it a globe part water and part solid. (Wa khalakal arda wakaw-waraha waja’alaha ma’an wa jalada.) (3) Say to those who have been deceived by the call of Satan: your minds were blinded so you accused God falsly and became supporters of Satan. (Kol lilltheena* khoodi’oo bida’wateesh shaytani: Ameeyat basa’irookom faftaraytumoo alal lahee kathiban* wakuntumoo lish-shaytani sanada.) (4) Satan has always been a fierce
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with the children in bringing them in. these spirit were paganism spirit but my father made me to understand that as a Christian we accept that our family is fetile but the children were given by God not by the evil spirit but by the Holy spirit. In these believe I can own my own word and head up as a proud descendant of Iwoye and the Abolarin’s‚ whereas my great and grandparents believe that the god of osun i.e is god of water gave them or helped them to bring these children into the world. I as
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this question as he guides us through the journey of a purpose driven life in Christ. That choice of 40 days and not 7 or 14 is due to the fact that in life’s manual (the Bible) God places a lot of emphasis on this number 40‚ when transforming individuals’ life. Day by day we go deeper and deeper into finding each purpose God has pre-destined in our lives and we execute actions for fulfillment of these. One key factor to note is‚ the author stresses that while reading this book‚ you should have one
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that they need a Savior and that their works are dead (Hebrews 6:1) according to God and fall short to His throne in heaven. (Romans 3:23) Then they must accept that God‚ is God alone (Job 9:8) and that there are no other gods‚ except Him‚ (Exodus 20:3) and He stands in a Trinity of power. (Isaiah 48:16) Jesus Christ is the Son of God‚ (John 3:16) and chose to bare our dead works and rebellions against God to be able to achieve forgiveness for all that we have done. (1 Peter 3:18). That
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key to a great ministry and being an effective Christian‚ (believer). (This is love: not that we loved God‚ but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins). 1 John 4:10 Gen:22:1-3 Reads…This is the story of when God commanded Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice..God knew what he had planned for Abraham‚ knowing he was not going to allow Abraham to kill Isaac…God wanted to see if Question: If we claim Christ and Christ alone‚ how is it that we hold things against
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the most frequently asked questions and find out what the Bible says about forgiveness. Is forgiveness a conscious choice‚ or an emotional state? I believe forgiveness is a choice we make through a decision of our will‚ motivated by obedience to God and his command to forgive. The Bible instructs us to forgive as the Lord forgave us: Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (NIV) How do we forgive
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imagery to magnify the splendor of God’s earthly creations. Hopkins’ use of clever diction informs the reader that God has made His power and majesty obvious to humans through creation. Therefore‚ man has no excuse to ignore what is obvious to his or her eyes. The first lines of the poem intensely describe the manifestation of creation’s glory: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God. / It will flame out‚ like shining from shook foil; / It gathers to a greatness‚ like the ooze of oil” (lines
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