God cares for all people. To him, it does not matter if you are one of much faith or one of doubt. He welcomes those who are in fear to find the light of his grace. This all started with his covenant with the people of Israel to let them know his love for them. He wanted to make sure they could be in fear but no shy away from his love. Through this we find how much God really does love us. He compares us a lot to a small flock. As much as he tries to herd us there are some that cannot find their way back to Him.
They can find him though because they seek truth and goodness which keeps them apart of the Chosen People of God. When the covenant of first established of course there were people who were confused and that did not agree with it. Many questioned the covenant because of doubt. This is why people decided we must have faith and works to be in a covenant with God. Martin Luther was the first to bring about the idea of having just faith and no works. But it was decided you need both.
There are some in this world that have the occupations of priests, prophets, and kings. Other like us are called to act as priests, prophets, and kings. We do this by becoming them in our everyday lives. Simply doing service, telling people about the faith and God to lead them to his light. Sacraments are also a big part of being in the grace of God. We must receive sacraments in the name of God and share them in God’s name to all. We are called to serve others as Jesus did and be faithful; to God and the Church.
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... back into the herd, and when one gets lost its their job to find them and guide them back. The church does this to everyone in their everyday lives. Its their job to bring people into the faith and people who have strayed back into the faith.
“God is love, and he who abides in love, abides in God and God in Him.” God loves everyone of us, he created us in his own image. God always forgives us for our sins, even if the sin may hurt our relationship with him. If we truly are sorry and repent then he will forgive us. We also have to love other people too. They are his own creation and he told us to love others just as he has loved us. We are supposed to be able to see God in our own actions, and God through their own actions. God loves us so much that he gave up his own son for us. He sent Jesus to save us from our sins. All we need to do is give him our love back.
The next answer to this question could be "I have faith, but I also have some doubt." This is the answer that most people can identify with. Very rarely will you find a person that has complete faith, and also rarely will you find person with complete doubt. Everybody believes something, yet almost nobody believes in something purely. This is much like John. Throughout the book, John develops from not believing in God, to believing in God, too (at the end of the story) mostly believing yet having a little doubt. Throughout the book, John has faith yet has doubt. When he moved to Canada and becomes part of the Anglican Church it takes him years to fully accept their doctrine. We see this as the predominant answer to the question "do you have faith." Even in biblical times, notable characters in the Bible had faith, yet were challenged with severe doubt.
God is sinless, loving, forgiving and full of wisdom. God’s love is shown throughout the Old and New Testaments. Many times throughout the Old
God is all loving and wants the best for everyone and as we concluded with DCT, God is not all
Neely opened her paper with a powerful but yet simple scripture from the Bible. “God is Love.” (1 John 4.16) I believe this is one of the many important scriptures to look back on when talking about a Christian worldview. Love is the core of my Christian worldview. In Luke's Gospel, Jesus mentions this "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” He says, "Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back…” (Luke 6:30-36) Christian love is giving to others what you would want them to give to you in that situation, even if they can’t give it back.
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The apostle John declared: “God is love.” In the Koine Greek, Agape love is that not only that love is from God, but that it is of God. God Himself loves. Love is one of the moral attributes of God Agape love is self-sacrificing. The LORD Almighty loved the world so much that He sent His only son, to death; death on a cross. .
The use of the word Love is seen 15 times in Deuteronomy which shows the importance of love towards not only our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, the love we are to extend to our neighbor, the love we have for the Lord and of course the love the Lord freely gives to us. In the Old Testament the evidence of God’s love is seen repeatedly. In Deuteronomy 6:4-5 the passage is taken from perhaps the most well known Old Testament passage that is later referenced in the New Testament. We are directed to use all of our being to love the Lord. The evidence of God’s love is also revealed in (Deut 7:6-8,Deut 10:15, Deut 14:2) by choosing the Israelites as His chosen people, liberating the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt as well as showing
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When St. John XXIII announced the Second Vatican Council (hereafter VC II) in 1959, he caught the Catholic world by surprise; no one expected that he would cause upheaval in the Catholic Church. I believe that VC II’s legacy is not strictly restricted to the Church’s doctrine, the liturgical changes that came out of the council signalled the Church’s willingness to reform itself to grow with post World War II society. Prior to VC II the mass not the all-inclusive experience associated with the modern Church: the priest did not address the congregation directly and the mass was said in Latin, the vernacular of the Middle Ages. When the mass was in Latin parishioners would not listen to the scripture readings, taking the opportunity to say prayers,
Jehovah is a savior, for he freed slaves of all nationalities thus, I am not a slave, but I am a descendant of slaves, yet I can relate to the praises given to God, for releasing my ancestors from their bondage, for I live in a time now where faith in Christ helps me to cope with life’s obstacles, racism, and self-made mistakes, for his presence is always there with me providing comfort and assurance. Atheist disbelieve in Jehovah because they have never seen him, or talked to him. Jehovah is a God and he doesn’t have to prove himself to them by standing in their face just, so that they can see that he exists; whereas, polytheism on the other hand, are frowned up on by Jehovah, for he is a jealous God, and doesn’t want his children to love anyone more than he (Ex.34: 14).
Nobody’s love is like God because no matter what he still loves us. Does not mean that you could sin all you want, but even if you sin he will still love you. It says in Deuteronomy chapter seven verse seven through eight says, "The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a might hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt." It also says in first John chapter eight and nine, “he who does not love does not know God, for God is love. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God abides in him, and who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” So if you love, you are acting like God because God tells us that we need to love are enemies and not hate anyone. In spite of who we are and though God hates the workers of iniquity and in spite of all this, God still loves us. So this concludes that we could believe or not believe in him that God will still love
What is love? I remember a time when “I love you” was the hardest phrase to say to the person you really had feelings for because you knew when you said those words it would change the course of your relationship forever. But what is the true meaning of love? “The dictionary defines love as a feeling of strong personal attach-ment induced by sympathetic understanding or by ties of kindred; ardent affection for one’s children; man’s adoration for God; strong liking; fondness; good will, al love of learning; love of country.” (Bell, pg. 10) According to Bell all of these definitions convey the outward appearance of love. He says that when looking at love that we need to take an inventory of our feeling to find out if we are truly displaying the type of love that God calls agape love. Bell says we need to ask ourselves the following questions: Do I return love? In any relationship love is a two way street. A marriage or relationship will not last very long if only one person is showing love and the other is not responding in kind. As a matter of fact, a spiritual relationship works in pretty much the same way. The bible says that God first loved us, but if we do not return that love to Him the relationship may diminish. As a Christian we must first love the unsaved person just enough to go to them and share the good news of the gospel. Then after that person has received the gospel of Jesus it is then up to them to accept it and return the love by giving their life to Christ. “Ministry is the first stage of this exchange of love.” (Bell, Pg 11)
Our main goal is to present everyone fully mature in Christ. (Col. 1:28) we warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. (1 Th. 5:14-15) We pray for them (Jam. 5:13-16) and help them to recognize and repent for their sins. (Matt.
What then is love? Over the years, society has pondered this question only to arrive to different answers. Who then deserves to be love? Some people love only those who are easy to love. Others, love people who they know will reciprocate their love. According Eagle Vision Ministry, there are different kinds of love: Storge love (love of a parent to child), Eros love (physical love), Phileo love (friendship love), and Agape love (God’s love). Agape love is a unique love that has nothing to do with emotional attachments. It is the kind of love that only God can place in the heart of an individual. It is the kind of love that permits a person to love their enemies. It is the kind of love that permits a person to do good to those who have harmed a person. It is the kind of love that permits a person to pray for those who are undeserving of his/her prayers. God’s shows Agape love because his love is unconditional; the Hebrew word “hesed” best describes the type of love of God has for people (4). One must understand God in order to reach love. In 1Corinthians 13:13, the bible says, “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.” (NRSV) So what does God’s word has to say concerning the subject of love? In Matthew 22:34-40 the bible says, “When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the laws is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two comm...
The church is a place in which many come to find a sense of belonging, comfort, and purpose. It's through these three qualities which have drawn and maintained many church goers throughout the years.