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From what I read on Islamic sites, that is not categorically true, but it has been a gray area, practices vary, and it may be permitted like assuming they compose themselves.
You can read the nuanced arguments, but I think it can fall into the legalism Jesus hated and obscure more important...
That would be like in 2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.†(ESV)
"Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you." is also discussed in James 4:6-10.
Perhaps like Mordecai who raised Esther (Esther 2:7) and saved the king (Esther 2:21-22) and who unlike Haman sought, and for a long time received, no recognition (Esther 6:3), but these events saved his own life (Esther 6:4) as well as those of all the Jews by the values he instilled in Esther...
"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.†(John 3:8, ESV)
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh...
What brings us closer to God?
"that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us," (Acts 17:27)(ESV)
Aristocrat, after the four Gospel books comes the book of Acts. Acts 17 is where Paul explains God to the Athenian philosophers of the day, in contrast to other places in the New Testament where God is described to the Jewish people who had the Old Testament background.
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." (ESV). But who can make someone thirst? With thirst is a desire to "be holy for I am holy," battling those things that "wage war against the soul" (as 1 Peter talks about).
Ecclesiastes 11:1: "Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days." (ESV)
What does this verse mean to you? Can you provide examples (in the Bible or in your life)?
Jesus had a comparable argument in John 8:12-59 with the leadership of the Jewish community he much a part of (John 7:14; Luke 2:22-24). Their common vocabulary included God, Father, and Abraham. He affirms they are the children of Abraham while in a metaphorical sense also saying that they...
So we prudently acquire wealth by honest trade (never gambling) and accumulate it into a big safe bank account in order to live the good life in retirement, and then God says, "Fool! This night your soul is required of you..." (Luke 12:13-34).
Some translations (KJV, ESV) render Luke 12:15...
Rose, I was concerned I had written that too abruptly, the intent being a question on a verse I didn't really understand which just first came to my contrairian mind and also follows the theme of your thread on JW barriers. Here's what I can assemble that might help some to sort out your...
You're the first to ask. The word "providence" in attribution to God is not even in the Bible, but its connotations are pervasive (like how the word God is technically absent in the book of Ester). Here's some passages that convey the idea "by example": Acts 17:24-28, Hebrews 1:1-3, Colossians...
Both of you mentioned Hebrews 11:1-40, a chapter on faith within people (like Joseph). It says that faith is the "substance/assurance of things hoped for, the evidence/conviction of things not seen." If when obeying God in faith, we do not immediately perceive God working in our humble...
Not that I know, but here's a story from Taylor during surgeon training in the 1800's: http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/hudsontaylor/hudsontaylorv1/hudsontaylorv113.htm.
Elijah, in his closing days, felt he was the only one, soon to be wiped out, who did not bow unto Baal. But God said there were seven thousand left (1 Kings 19:1-18). See, even in those more dire times, the light of God (John 1:5) still shined in the darkness, and know that this light is still...
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