Quotes About Divinity

To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both.—Bacon: Advancement of Learning.

That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

See now, God made all these things; and never a man, perhaps, set eyes on them till fifty years agone; and yet they were as pretty as they are now, ever since the making of the world. And why do you think God could have put them here, then, but to please Himself—and Amyas took off his hat—with the sight of them? Now, I say, brother Frank, what's good enough to please God, is good enough to please you and me.

God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.[9]

John says, in effect, "In the beginning, God the Son created humanity and filled them with life. He then came to earth as a human to bring life again to humanity, which is spiritually dead because of sin.

Jesus doesn't ask us blindly to believe; He invites us to believe Him. The ineffable, transcendent God became a material, flesh-and-blood human to give us all the evidence we need. And to claim that abundance, all we must do is trust Jesus—trust His words and trust the authenticity of His gift.

Poetry is the language of the gods.

if anybody asks you who you are, tell them you are a child of God." That message translated in such a way that you would never call yourself a slave or tell anyone that you were a child of slaves or that you belonged to a slave owner. As a child of God, you were not a mistake, or a product of lust or rape, but you were meant to be here, to learn, love, and be loved.

I have to be very humble. I know that anything I do is through God. Through me, God can make a miracle. The most you can do is to think and create all love, all grace, all power, all health. When you do that, amazing things can happen. But the day I think that I'm doing a miracle myself is a foolish day for me.

I always had a relationship with God as early as 8 years old. I can remember having these conversations with God. I'd go in the bathroom and look in the mirror and talk to myself, but then I knew I was not the only one present.

Becoming is the mode of activity of the uncreate deity.

If I were to believe in the stories of the of the gods, then the gods do not need mortals to defend them, do they?

It is always edifying for mortals to look at a god.

I know by experience that Jesus Christ is a very powerful spirit - I know by experience that he is probably the most powerful spirit in the universe. I know by experience he is not a mere human being. He is something beyond that.

The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good.

why would Caesar fear Ovid, except for knowing that neither his divinity nor all his legions could protect him from a good line of poetry.

Something has got to hold it together. I'm saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue.

There is a sense in which a painted stick is a stick in bloom. This stick points to the hidden face of God. Sometimes it points to you.

The usual way in which we try to become like God is first to eliminate the God who reveals himself in human form and reimagine God as the god I want to be, invest this reimagined god with my own god fantasies, and then take charge of the god business.

What kind of love is it that requires an angel and only an angel for its commitment?

are human and therefore educable, and therefore capable of learning how to learn, and therefore interesting to God, who is interested only in Himself

Él, Dios, había cometido un desastroso e imperdonable error de juicio: diseñar un universo imperfecto.

Tu espalda tiene un árbol. En flor. Me pregunto en qué estaría pensando Dios. Yo también he recibido mis buenos azotes pero no recuerdo nada como esto.

God isn't amalgamated into His creation. He is not a tree, a river, or a butterfly. Rather than being a part of His creation, God is above and outside of it.