The unfinished note, written in pencil upon the back of a used envelope, and addressed to the coroner, makes one wonder about many things: `` God forgive me for everything.

It is not the authority of God Himself which makes them true.

This conclusion is based on two propositions: that man by the use of his reason can ascertain God's purpose in the universe and that God makes known His purpose by certain `` given '' physical arrangements.

Thus the image of God is that which makes a man a man and not an oyster ; ;

the similitude of God, by contrast, is that which makes a man a child of God and not merely a rational creature.

Samuel answers the description of the " prophet like Moses " predicted in Deuteronomy 18: 15-22: like Moses, he has direct contact with Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, acts as a judge, and is a perfect leader who never makes mistakes.

Religion that makes the words of its leader, be he Pope or other, equal with the Word of God is false.

Saul does so and makes David one of his armor-bearers and " whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play.

God makes a covenant with David, promising that he will establish the house of David: " Your throne shall be established forever.

Also, this means that it makes no sense to state that God intervenes or does not intervene, as that is a human characteristic which God does not contain.

The Latin translation, confirmed by Hippolytus, makes Irenaeus state that according to Cerinthus ( who shows Ebionite influence ), creation was made by a power quite separate from the Supreme God and ignorant of Him.

While Moses is with God, Aaron makes a golden calf, which the people worship.

The Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry document of the World Council of Churches, attempting to present the common understanding of the Eucharist on the part of the generality of Christians, describes it as " essentially the sacrament of the gift which God makes to us in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit ", " Thanksgiving to the Father ", " Anamnesis or Memorial of Christ ", " the sacrament of the unique sacrifice of Christ, who ever lives to make intercession for us ", " the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, the sacrament of his real presence ", " Invocation of the Spirit ", " Communion of the Faithful ", and " Meal of the Kingdom ".

By doing so Copleston makes clear that Aquinas wanted to put forth the concept of an omnipresent God rather than a being that could have disappeared after setting the chain of cause and effect into motion.

There God makes a covenant with Abram promising that his descendants shall be as numerous as the stars in the heavens, but that they shall suffer oppression in a foreign land for four hundred years, after which they shall inherit the land " from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.

( XXXVIII: 46 ) Jacob is described as a good-doer ( XXI: 72 ) and the Qur ' an further makes it clear that God inspired Jacob to contribute towards purification and hold the contact prayer.

The Qur ' an makes it clear that Jacob was blessed by God as a prophet and, therefore, Muslims believe that his father, being a prophet as well, also knew of his son's greatness.

God judges each person individually according to his / her deeds, and makes a decree for the following year.

If he does teshuva ( repentance ), i. e. he ceases his forbidden actions, regrets what he has done, apologizes to God, and makes a binding resolution never to repeat those actions, he is seen to be forgiven by God.

The exercise and maintaining of this liberty makes men grow more evil, and in time to be worse than brute beasts: The other kind of liberty I call civil or federal ; it may also be termed moral, in reference to the covenant between God and man, in the moral law, and the politic covenants and constitutions, among men themselves.

# a treatise On the Sovereignty of God, in which he makes use of pagan authorities as well as Christian ;

In chapter 129 of his Dialogue with Trypho, a Jew, Justin makes a clear distinction, indicating that the " God " he refers to as Christ, is numerically distinct, but '... not ( different ) in will ...', from another, who is " Lord of the Lord ", and causes the " God " Christ to have his power and authority.

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.

Judah thinks itself safe because of its covenant relationship with God.

However, God tells Judah ( through Isaiah ) that the covenant cannot protect them when they have broken it by the worship of other gods and by acts of injustice and cruelty, which oppose God's law.

Numbers begins at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites have received their laws and covenant from God and God has taken up residence among them in the sanctuary.

`` Holy Mary, Mother of God, Star of the Sea, stay Thou with me on this next dive.

John Adams asserted in the Continental Congress' Declaration of Rights that the demands of the colonies were in accordance with their charters, the British Constitution and the common law, and Jefferson appealed in the Declaration of Independence `` to the tribunal of the world '' for support of a revolution justified by `` the laws of nature and of nature's God ''.

Lucretius has remarked: `` The reason why all Mortals are so gripped by fear is that they see all sorts of things happening in the earth and sky with no discernable cause, and these they attribute to the will of God ''.

In assigning to God the responsibility which he learned could not rest with his doctors, Eisenhower gave evidence of that weakening of the moral intuition which was to characterize his administration in the years to follow.

He was universally beloved by his neighbours, and the Indians, who esteemed him, not only as a friend, but one high in communion with God in Heaven ''.

Yet, the idea imbedded in each was identical: to surround the unknown with mystery and to isolate that class which had been given special dominion over the secrets of God.

His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said: `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way: and it is unworthy to think of self.

we do well to conform this way with all that God requires.

So, walking in awe, he became familiar with God, who resided chiefly in Drew Centennial Church with its high steeple and clock.

It could never happen as long as God was alert and the Drew steeple stood guard with its peaked lance.

But perhaps this was a part of the eternal plan, that man's ambition when linked with God would be a driving, indefatigable force for good in the world.

They simply turned to God filled with gratitude and faith.

Of course, the perspective of those who are dealing directly with the world-wide problems of the People of God will always be different from the perspective of those who are dealing with the nearby problems of particular persons in a particular place.

With the loss of the Emperor diety in Japan, the people are left in confusion with no God or moral teachings that have strength.

But of course the paterollers won't be of any help, not with everything so upset and that Yankee cavalry outfit they say is running around, God knows where ''.

But, as Scripture everywhere reminds us, God does have need of his creatures, and the church, a fortiori, can ill afford to do without the talents with which the world, by God's providence, presents it.

In any event, it is an irreversible step, and if we are at all honest with ourselves, we will know we have no other alternative than to live in the world in which God has seen fit to place us.

Man's life, originally shaped for immortality and for communion with God, must now be conformed to the shape of death.

The outcome of such an experiment has been in due time the acceptance of the Bible as the Word of God inspired in a sense utterly different from any merely human book, and with it the acceptance of our Lord Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God, Son of Man by the Virgin Mary, the Saviour of the world.

I believe, therefore, that we are without exception sinners, by nature alienated from God, and that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth, the representative Head of a new race, to die upon the cross and pay the penalty of the sin of the world, and that he who thus receives Christ as his personal Saviour is `` born again '' spiritually, with new privileges, appetites, and affections, destined to live and grow in His likeness forever.

Because your soul was made to be filled with God Himself, not religious functions `` about '' Him.