The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself '' ( John 7: 17 ).

Arminius states that " Justification, when used for the act of a Judge, is either purely the imputation of righteousness through mercy … or that man is justified before God … according to the rigor of justice without any forgiveness.

Christian perfection ( or entire sanctification ), according to Wesley, is " purity of intention, dedicating all the life to God " and " the mind which was in Christ, enabling us to walk as Christ walked.

Nothing can be built on the vague allusions of Jerome, according to whom ' Abraxas ' meant for Basilides " the greatest God " ( De vir.

Other major ideas in the book of Amos include: social justice and concern for the disadvantaged ; the idea that Israel's covenant with God did not exempt them from accountability for sin ; God is God of all nations ; God is judge of all nations ; God is God of moral righteousness ; God made all people ; God elected Israel and then liberated Israel so that He would be known throughout the world ; election by God means that those elected are responsible to live according to the purposes clearly outlined to them in the covenant ; if God destroys the unjust, a remnant will remain ; and God is free to judge whether to redeem Israel.

All Christians who have a genuine relationship with God through and in Christ are part of the " true Church ", according to exemplary statements of evangelical Protestant theology, notwithstanding condemnation of the Catholic Church by some Protestants.

Whereas other nations have soothsayers and diviners who attempt to discover the will of their gods, according to Heschel the Hebrew prophets are characterized by their experience of what he calls theotropism — God turning towards humanity.

The title of " Mystery of God " symbolises, according to Bahá ' ís, that ` Abdu ' l-Bahá is not a manifestation of God but how a " person of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized ".

Francesco Albani's The Baptism of Christ, when Jesus became one with God according to Adoptionism

* Artemi, E., « Mia physis of God Logos sesarkomeni » a ) The analysis of this phrase according to Cyril of Alexandria b ) The analysis of this phrase according to Apollinaris of Laodicea », Ecclesiastic Faros t. ΟΔ ( 2003 ), 293 – 304.

His purpose was to make it known that according to his God, if members of the same family were to treat each other in the same manner as Edom treated the Israelites, they too may be subject to the wrath of God.

Elihu takes a mediator's path — he attempts to maintain the sovereignty and righteousness and gracious mercy of God.

Job does not disagree with this and God does not rebuke Elihu as he does Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz.

It is suggested that had Elihu appeared in the original source, his spirited and virtuous defence of the divine right to punish would have been rewarded by God in the conclusion, or at the very least mentioned.

Elihu states that God is perfectly just and good.

The characters in the Book of Job consist of Job, his wife, his friends, a man named Elihu, God, and Satan.

He did not deny God ; ;

`` Wherefore also He ( God ) drove him ( man ) out of Paradise, and removed him far from the tree of life, not because He envied him the tree of life, as some venture to assert, but because He pitied him, ( and did not desire ) that he should continue a sinner for ever, nor that the sin which surrounded him should be immortal, and evil interminable and irremediable.

Milne did not speak out much on the subject of religion, although he used religious terms to explain his decision, while remaining a pacifist, to join the army: " In fighting Hitler ", he wrote, " we are truly fighting the Devil, the Anti-Christ ... Hitler was a crusader against God.

Paneloux is at pains to emphasize that God did not will the calamity: " He looked on the evil-doing in the town with compassion ; only when there was no other remedy did He turn His face away, in order to force people to face the truth about their life " In Paneloux's view, even the terrible suffering caused by the plague works ultimately for good.

The Arian concept of Christ is that the Son of God did not always exist, but was created by — and is therefore distinct from — God the Father.

Arius taught that God the Father and the Son did not exist together eternally.

Arians taught that the pre-incarnate Jesus was a divine being created by ( and therefore inferior to ) God the Father at some point, before which the Son did not exist.

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

" The only crime that could not be compensated with a payment of money is treachery to a lord, " since Almighty God adjudged none for those who despised Him, nor did Christ, the Son of God, adjudge any for the one who betrayed Him to death ; and He commanded everyone to love his lord as Himself.

He believed, as did other kings in ninth-century England and Francia, that God had entrusted him with the spiritual as well as physical welfare of his people.

This leaves those opposed to instrumental music in worship with the understanding that if God wanted instrumental music in New Testament worship, he would have commanded not just singing, but singing and playing like he did in the Old Testament.

The Bahá ' í writings describe a single, personal, inaccessible, omniscient, omnipresent, imperishable, and almighty God who is the creator of all things in the universe.

In the Bahá ' í religion God is often referred to by titles and attributes ( for example, the All-Powerful, or the All-Loving ), and there is a substantial emphasis on monotheism ; such doctrines as the Trinity are seen as compromising, if not contradicting, the Bahá ' í view that God is single and has no equal.

Joshua takes forward Deuteronomy's theme of Israel as a single people worshiping Yahweh in the land God has given them.

# the Mozarabic Breviary, once in use throughout all Spain, but now confined to a single foundation at Toledo ; it is remarkable for the number and length of its hymns, and for the fact that the majority of its collects are addressed to God the Son ;

Although some say Judaism is noncreedal in nature, others say it recognizes a single creed, the Shema Yisrael, which begins: " Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Christianity posits that God exists as a Trinity ; in this view God exists as three distinct persons who share a single divine essence, or substance.

By contrast, Judaism sees God as a single entity, and views trinitarianism as both incomprehensible and a violation of the Bible's teaching that God is one.

He later contributed artwork for the covers of In God We Trust, Inc., Plastic Surgery Disasters, Frankenchrist, Bedtime for Democracy, Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, the back cover of the " Kill the Poor " single and the Alternative Tentacles logo.

Some currents of Neopaganism, in particular Wicca, have a bitheistic concept of a single Goddess and a single God, who in hieros gamos represent a united whole.

The Cappadocian Fathers asserted that God's nature is unknowable to man ; helped to develop the framework of hypostases, or three persons united in a single Godhead ; illustrated how Jesus is the eikon of the Father ; and explained the concept of theosis, the belief that all Christians can be assimilated with God in " imitation of the incarnate Son as the divine model.

Calvin had only intended to stay a single night, but William Farel, a fellow French reformer residing in the city, implored a most reluctant Calvin to stay and assist him in work of reforming the church there – it was his duty before God, Farel insisted.

Rock's next single, the rock ballad " Only God Knows Why ", was the biggest hit off the album charting at No 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The follow up single was the southern working man's anthem " God Bless Saturday ", which peaked at 37 on the mainstream rock tracks.

Sacrifices are to be divided between God, the priest, and the one offerer, although in some cases the entire sacrifice is a single portion consigned to God — i. e., burnt to ashes.

As societies grew more complex and encompassed different groups, a hierarchy of gods developed and as power in the society became more centralised, the concept of a single, universal God became more popular and desirable.

Monotheism ( from Greek, monos, " single ", and, theos, " god ") is the belief in the existence of one god or in the oneness of God.

* Tawhīd is a rigorous form of monotheism practiced by Muslims that God is a single, indivisible being, with none being equal or related to him.

Prophetic and glossolalic utterances must be limited to two or three within a single service, and they are not to replace the preaching of the Word of God.

In the Bahá ' í Faith, God is described as a single, imperishable God, the creator of all things, including all the creatures and forces in the universe.