strength. All authority could be characterized as either intrinsic or delegated. Intrinsic authority is dominion one exercises because it is innate in that person. Because HE is GOD and Creator of the universe‚ GOD has sovereignty and dominion over all. Only the triune GOD who is Omnipotent‚ the GOD who is Omnipresent‚ the GOD who is Omniscient has purely intrinsic Authority and power. Delegated authority is given from one who has intrinsic authority to one serving in an office or carrying out a function
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and dialogue with God. He began to take me back to the moment when I wanted to mend the broken pieces of my life and fill the voids with a relationship with my father so bad‚ that I came so close to meeting him but God blocked it. I began to reminisce back on the moment I visited Texas for the first time in my adult life (and probably ever) and I just had my first son 6 months prior. During my pregnancy I struggled with thoughts of abandonment‚ not feeling loved by my father and ultimately‚ always
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faithful‚ standing‚ sign themselves with the Sign of the Cross‚ while the Priest‚ facing the people‚ says: In the name of the Father‚ and of the Son‚ and of the Holy Spirit. The people reply: Amen. 2. Then the Priest‚ extending his hands‚ greets the people‚ saying: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ‚ and the love of God‚ and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Or: Grace to
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Claiming God’s Promises Print Page By Dr. Charles Stanley In the Bible‚ we learn that Sarah was 90 years old when God told her husband Abraham‚ “I will bless her‚ and indeed I will give you a son by her” (Gen. 17:16). Abraham considered this so unlikely that he laughed. But God was faithful to His word. Sad to say‚ our world increasingly places little value on words. We’ve seen politicians retract campaign commitments once they take office. And though people swear to tell the truth in court
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Faith Remains Many people find themselves in a constant struggle of faith. These individuals are often questioning if there is a God‚ and if there is how does one know. In Hwee Hwee Tan’s novel‚ Foreign Bodies‚ there is a struggle of faith in each of the four main characters. Mei and Andy are two of these characters that are able to come to faith in the Christian God after life altering experiences. These experiences have caused each of them to analyze and attack life in different ways. Each
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and want to become one with him‚ He renews and transforms into the image of God. The Holy Spirit is sent by the Father and the Son to be with His children‚ He extends spiritual gifts to the church‚ and empowers the church to bear witness to unbelieversnon-believes about Christ. The Bible supplies three important lines of witness to the divine nature of the Holy Spirit. The first important line is the Trinity: God the Father‚ the Son‚ and the Holy Spirit. The most know scripture referring to this is
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nature of the Greek gods as opposed to Christianity. According to Hesiod’s Works and Days‚ before Zeus ruled gods and mortals his father Cronus dictated a golden race. This was the first of four races created by the gods. The last three were fashioned by Zeus after he took the golden throne of Olympus from Cronus. The silver race came after the golden race and were destroyed by Zeus because they refused to pay tribute to the gods. Animal sacrifice was hugely important to the gods. Human sacrifice
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came THROUGH our fleshly parents—not from them! Take this backward indefinitely‚ your parents‚ their parents ....each one came through his parents‚ finally we will reach our Heavenly Father FROM whom we came! Hence we are actually the children of the Heavenly Father‚ THE SPIRIT. (John 4:24) All the children of a Father who is THE SPIRIT are SPIRITual children‚ primarily spiritual‚ or same in essence for the simple reason that the effect (copy seed) contains the essence of the cause (Master Seed)!
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Attempts to depict the holy trinity pose valuable questions about how to represent a concept that has long been considered impossible to entirely explain or represent. In many ways‚ Trinitarian iconology dictates how Christians interpret the figures of God‚ Christ and the Holy Ghost and their relationship to one another. More specifically‚ depictions of the holy trinity often emphasize either the plurality or singularity of the three trinitarian figures. A popular artistic example of the holy trinity
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This is a listing of the many Names of God as found in His Word the Bible. The list is quite extensive as we have such an Awesome God! | . | THE NAMES OF GOD OLD TESTAMENT NAMES FOR GOD ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1‚ Psalm 19:1 "God"‚ a reference to God’s power & might. ADONAI......Malachi 1:6 meaning "Lord"‚ a reference to the Lordship of God. JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4 a reference to God’s divine salvation. JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM...Exodus 31:13 meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"
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