Megan’s Talk 7-13 Obedience I am going to start out with a scripture from D&C 93:24, 26-28. It says, “The spirit of truth is of God, and no man can receiveth the fullness unless he keepeth his commandments. He that keepeth God’s commandments recieveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.” Our Heavenly father has given us the commandments to guide us and to protect us. Being obedient is doing God’s will. He knows what is best for us and he doesn’t want us to get hurt, so obeying His commandments will save us a lot of grief in the long run.
The proposed “strength” in line one becomes the “saving refuge” in the following line. The Lord is their strength, thus he is the strength of all Israel because he is the “saving refuge” of His anointed. The psalmist sees that our Lord and Savior will always be in our lives and will defend His people and anointed. The final verse also uses synonymous parallelism. The first example is “save your people” and “be their shepherd” both show the want for His salvation.
Luther’s Definition of The Ideal Christian Life Luther has a very specific idea of what the ideal Christian life should look like. The instructions and guidelines for the life of a Christian are clearly presented in Luther’s writings with references to the Bible. Luther writes, “A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.” (Modern History Sourcebook: Martin Luther: On the Freedom of a Christian) The Christian man is free in the sense that his spirit is free because his sins are wiped clean and forgiven when he receives salvation in Christ. A Christian man is called a dutiful servant because he diligently strives to grow and strengthen his faith in Christ. According to Luther, a strong faith is the foundation and necessity for a good Christian life.
This alludes to 1 Samuel 18:7. This allusion is significant because it is both encouraging and relatable to the American soldiers. In this time period, the colonies were very dependent and passionate about their faith in God and the Bible. This allusion from the Bible is stimulating for the soldiers because they could relate to their religion and American faith. Another biblical allusion that Paine successfully uses is “ ‘Show your faith by your works’ that God may bless you” (716).
It guides them to make the correct ethical decisions in life fulfilling their role as Christians. Ethics is the decision between right and wrong influenced heavily by beliefs and responsibilities of an adherent. Through the Bible, teachings by Jesus through parables such as the ‘Good Samaritan’ educate them on the way they should behave in everyday situations. In this parable, a man is neglected by a priest and a Levite but is helped by a Samaritan, a person who was disliked in that time. It shows Christians that they should help everyone who is in need, leaving no one behind.
FAITH Zakiebeituo Metha 1. Introduction: Faith is derived from the Greek word ‘pistis’ and latin word ‘fides’. It means an inner attitude, conviction, or trust relating man to a supreme God or ultimate salvation[1]. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. The present dimension of faith is the life of obedience in which the believer demonstrates his or her faithfulness to God out of gratitude and love for the one whom he or she unconditionally trusts[2].
His speech was extremely persuasive in nature. The use of Biblical references was powerful. One of those powerful references included “Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?” (1) This quickly appealed to the audience’s faith. During this time period individuals took their faith and religious beliefs very seriously. With Henry appealing to something like faith that the audience members held so dearly he was able to not only capture their attention, but keep their attention and ultimately persuaded them to his sentiments.
The first principle is humble your heart, which Wilkes mentions, “ True humility does not lead to exhaustion but frees us to serve others” (Wilkes, 1998, p.37). It illustrates the significance role of “true humility” to servant leadership. In addition, this phrase emphasize the humbleness is comes from the leaders own heart like Jesus. To achieve humbleness, which is not as easy as present in the book. Considering other in the first place, providing service with one’s own willing, waiting the assignment from God, and having unique characteristics are the key to success.
This is why God created a universe fit for human life, and why he laid down guidelines for how to live our lives. According to Christianity, each one of us is created for communion with God; God wants to know us, to love us, and to rejoice with us. Examples in the Bible are Proverbs 19: 21 and Ephesians 3: 20. The most basic principle of the Christian moral life is the awareness that every person bears the dignity of being made in the image of God. He has given us an immortal soul and through the gifts of intelligence and reason enables us to understand the order of things established in his creation.
Just put your trust in Jesus. In Galatians 5:16-18 the man of faith has the Spirit, and he walks by the Spirit. He is led by the Spirit, the Spirit bears the fruit of the Christ-life in and through Him, and he conducts his life in the power and blessing of the Spirit of God. In Verse 19-24, the bible says that the character of Christ is produced by the Spirit of Christ dwelling within us! Finally brethren we need to seek the help of the Holy spirit because if we truly believed on Christ, God has sent forth His Spirit into our hearts crying "Abba, Father."