selling possessions and distributing them to the poor was optional ; in context, they cite the account of the young man in the Gospel who asked Jesus what he should do to obtain eternal life, and Jesus replied to him to " keep the commandments ", but when the young man pressed further, Christ told him: " If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor " 19: 16 – 24. Furthermore ; Christian communists respond to this by citing Acts 5: 1 – 10, which they hold to be additional evidence that the Apostles and early Christians did not view communism as something optional:

Furthermore, an assessment of the length of ' missing ' text between the recto and verso readings corresponds with that in the counterpart canonical Gospel of John ; and hence confirms that there are unlikely to have been substantial additions or deletions in this whole portion.

Furthermore according to Meyer, this text seems to follow the beliefs of the Valentinian Christian sect, a group that worshipped the Gnostic Christ, and is often linked to what is sometimes thought to be Valentinius ' own text, the Gospel of Truth.

Furthermore, she was a featured judge on MTV's Top Pop Group and Gospel Dream and a contestant in series 8 of Strictly Come Dancing.

Furthermore, the spokesman described Richard Fehr's explanations concerning this issue, regarding the church administration's adaptation as on purpose " in order to perform more preaching of the Gospel ".

Furthermore, it describes how the density of states is changed on entering the superconducting state, where there are no electronic states any more at the Fermi energy.

Furthermore Demea states that even if the succession of causes is infinite, the whole chain still requires a cause.

Furthermore, if b < sub > 1 </ sub > and b < sub > 2 </ sub > are both coprime with a, then so is their product b < sub > 1 </ sub > b < sub > 2 </ sub > ( modulo a it is a product of invertible elements, and therefore invertible ); this also follows from the first point by Euclid's lemma, which states that if a prime number p divides a product bc, then p divides at least one of the factors b, c.

Furthermore, planned economies are not unique to Communist states.

Furthermore, anti-slavery activists throughout the North came to view Kansas as a battleground and formed societies to encourage free-soil settlers to go to Kansas and ensure that both Kansas and Nebraska would become free states.

Furthermore in many cases federal laws allow for more stringent regulation by states, and of transfer of certain federally mandated responsibilities from federal to state control.

Furthermore, owing to entrenched opposition from Southern slave states, Haiti did not receive U. S. diplomatic recognition until 1862 ( after those states had seceded from the Union ) – largely through the efforts of anti-slavery senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts.

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Furthermore, futurists must consider war, even between prosperous states, and non-economic goals.

Furthermore, the reports states that the military government passed guidelines in February 2006, which formalized Burma's restrictive policies.

Furthermore, the first sentence of article 3 explicitly states that " The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states.

Furthermore, the General Staff coordinates the military relations of TAF with NATO member states and other friendly nations.

Furthermore, Rogers states that Markstein had wanted the character to be a continuation of Drake, but that doing so would have meant paying royalties to Ralph Smart, creator of Danger Man.

Furthermore, the Twenty-sixth Amendment provides that states may not set age requirements higher than eighteen years.

Furthermore, RCRA allows states to develop regulatory programs that are at least as stringent as RCRA and, after review by EPA, the states may take over responsibility for the implementation of the requirements under RCRA.

Furthermore, states have the power to determine what will constitute standing for a litigant to be heard in a state court, and may deny access to the courts premised on taxpayer standing alone.

Furthermore they claim several wars between democratic states have been averted only by causes other than ones covered by democratic peace theory.

Furthermore, a theorem of Andrew Gleason states that certain functions defined on the family of projections and taking values in ( which can be regarded as quantum analogues of probability measures ) are determined by unique mixed states.

* Furthermore, the ruler of Luak Jelebu, one of the constitutive states of the Negeri Sembilan confederation, had the style Sultan in addition to his principal title Undang Luak Jelebu.

Furthermore, Wesley did not teach a salvation by perfection, but rather says that, " Even perfect holiness is acceptable to God only through Jesus Christ.

Many who side with this view disagree that Luke portrays Christianity or the Roman Empire as harmless and thus reject the apologetic view because “ Acts does not present Christians as politically harmless or law abiding for there are a large number of public controversies concerning Christianity, particularly featuring Paul .” For example, to support this view Cassidy references how Paul is accused of going against the Emperor because he is “ saying that there is another king named Jesus .” ( Acts 17: 7 ) Furthermore, there are multiple examples of Paul ’ s preaching causing uprisings in various cities ( Acts 14: 2 ; 14: 19 ; 16: 19-23 ; 17: 5 ; 17: 13-14 ; 19: 28-40 ; 21: 27 ).

Furthermore, Cassidy believes that Luke ’ s work serves to “ equip his readers to handle such trials ” by providing examples of the disciples ’ suffering and to encourage them to “ show the same faithfulness of testimony when under trial as Jesus and the leading disciples .”

Furthermore, when on trial, the church responds to the authorities by professing the name of Jesus Christ ( Acts 4: 20, 28-29 ; 5: 29-32 ).

Furthermore, it is said that Jesus Christ instituted a virtue ethic, whereby the worth of one's action is to be adjudged by one's interior disposition.

The writer of the letter of James identifies himself as “ a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ ,” in much the same way as did Jude, who introduced the letter of Jude by calling himself “ a slave of Jesus Christ, but a brother of James .” ( Jas 1: 1 ; Jude 1 ) Furthermore, the salutation of James ’ letter includes the term “ Greetings !” in the same way as did the letter concerning circumcision that was sent to the congregations.

Furthermore, Luke-Acts has views on Jesus ' divine nature, the end times, and salvation that are similar to the those found in Pastoral epistles, which are often seen as pseudonymous and of a later date than the undisputed Pauline Epistles.

Furthermore, the New Testament writers, when citing the Jewish scriptures or when quoting Jesus doing so, freely used the Greek translation, implying that Jesus, his Apostles and their followers considered it reliable.

Furthermore, the Welshness of the College is self-perpetuating, as Welsh students will often apply to Jesus because it is seen as the Welsh college.

UPCI sources emphasize that no one can repent on his or her own power ; it requires a supernatural gift of God's grace. See under heading " The Source of Repentance " in Bernard, David K. It does not bring by itself the full power of salvation, and unless it is followed up with baptism in water in the name of Jesus Christ and baptism of the Holy Ghost, it may be lost. See under heading " Relationship to Water and Spirit Baptism " in Bernard, David K. Furthermore, the ability to repent is temporary and may only be accomplished while one is alive.

Furthermore, salvation comes solely through faith in Jesus Christ ; there is no salvation through any name or work other than his.

Furthermore, there have been splits in many of the off-shoot churches ; for example, the church founded by Sherrod C. Johnson ( Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, also referred to as CLJC ) has splintered and re-emerged as the Holy Temple Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith ; the Apostolic Ministries of America ; and the, all of which are actively evangelizing North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and West Africa.

Furthermore, some Islamic scholars have opined that Jesus has died ( Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's assertion ) or expressed their own confusion on this matter, though the majority orthodox position of most Muslims with regard to this issue has not changed.

Furthermore, Jesus can be seen as being the ladder, in that Christ bridges the gap between Heaven and Earth.

Furthermore, seventy ( or seventy-two, depending on the source used ) people are sent out in pairs to prepare the way for Jesus ( Luke 10 ).

Furthermore, Ahmadi theologians highlight passages from the Qur ' an to suggest that Jesus did not ascend to Heaven but died a natural death on Earth.

Furthermore, they point out that their body angles form the letter M, a reference to the Magdalene, and that she and Jesus are dressed in similar but oppositely colored clothes, a negative image of each other.

Furthermore, Wesley did not teach a salvation by perfection, but rather says that, “ Even perfect holiness is acceptable to God only through Jesus Christ .”

Furthermore, they see it as a contradiction of Jesus ' sinlessness ( according to His own words, Matt.