This the world that God created and we live in to this day. In the natural world, Paul explains in Romans 1:20 “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities- His eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” With the many creations that God has produced, the world should not be presented in an evil way. God gives us chances every day to show what is right in the world and how everything should be treated. God wants us to present ourselves in righteousness rather than in sin. When we receive God and his word, we should receive it with open arms rather than resist it.
They did not have to change or evolve from the way God made them, they were perfect the way they were. God through just a few chapters gives us so many looks into what we consider to be everyday life. Take the Sabbath day for instance. Genesis 2:23 “By the seventh day God has finished his work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” Having someone to share life with is beautiful.
MARVEL AT THE LORD JESUS’ STYLE VIII. SERVANT LEADERSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE IX. CONCLUSION SERVANT LEADERSHIP: JESUS’ STYLE INTRODUCTION Philippians 2:4-8 is an interesting passage to consider as we think about servant leadership. It says, Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
It contains three principles, and they are as follows: 1. Don’t Criticize, condemn or complain. Under this principle the author told so much stories to identify the what, how and why of the act of criticism. Although we are mostly tempted to see view ourselves that we are more righteous than others, and we have better opinions about different stuff. That all won’t matter when you break someone’s pride, there is no joy of breaking others by all means.
Always be prepared to give an answer, to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” (1 Peter 3:15) We are God’s crown, and glory of His creation. Above all created things He chose us to bear His image, male and female, so that by our life we might display Him in this world. We are each crafted by God, given uniqueness possessed by no other living beings, and each of us is given uniqueness no other “being” possesses. Inherent dignity and value constitute our identity, because we are from God.
We do this by seeking to walk in all the light that the Spirit gives us. Pursuing obedience is not the same as attaining it. 48You shall be perfect [walk in all the light you receive] as your Father...is perfect. (Mt. 5:48) B. Jesus calls us to live out the eight beatitudes (5:3-12) as we pursue 100-fold obedience (5:48).
A difference exists where in the life of man the Holy Spirit works these in the elect and not on everyone. There is not a similar comparison to this in His workings in nature. Common Grace is the next category of the general operations of the Holy Spirit that Berkhof discusses. Common grace refers to the common blessings of God to all men. It is the work of the Holy Spirit in the people’s lives whereby He restrains sin, preserves morality and order in life.
By placing his faith in man rather than God, he does not receive "any more comfort" (Everyman 304). The same discouragement greets Everyman after his talks with Cousin and Kindred. After Kindred and Cousin leave him, Everyman realizes that "fair promises men to me make, / but when I have most need they me forsake" (Everyman 370-371). Since man will not help him, he turns to goods. Everyman realizes that the goods he has loved his whole life do nothing but hinder his eternal happiness.
If God is assumed to be good, then all of his actions are good, and this would include the creation of right and wrong. The idea of “wrong” would never exist in this case as God only does and creates things that are good. While the author never gives up the idea of God being good, as he states that all theologians also believe this and then proceeds to brainstorm potential reasoning for the creation of “wrong.” He suggests that a deity, more superior than God, gave him orders to do so. This is a plausible conclusion to the premise of God being good, but also creating right and wrong. But he seems more certain about the idea of the devil creating this
They believe that this God is the creator and source of all that exists. God cares about the well being of all, He is just and has provided basic rules for us so that we may be good and righteous. He is merciful, and by his grace we are given strength to be more like what we ought to be. In all of these faiths, not believing in God alone will lead to punishment, whether it is sin in Christianity, or eternal damnation in Islam. While they all believe in only one God, it does not mean that this God possesses the same qualities and attributes throughout.