Quotes About God

govern his actions according to the dictates of the law of reason which God had implanted in him.

When any such declaration of God's intention is produced, it will be our duty to believe God intends it so; but till that be done, our author must show us some better warrant, before we shall be obliged to receive him as the authentic revealer of God's intentions.

Professor Ratzinger specifies that the philosophical view of God was reframed by its convergence with the biblical faith of Christianity in two ways: 1) It removed the idea that God must be totally and solely self-interested, and 2) it recognized that the divine is not limited to pure thought and thus can act in concrete ways.[cxvi]  This union between the Logos and love is another key feature of Ratzinger's theology.

Our goal must be, not to gain a divine knowledge of reality, but to obtain a human knowledge sufficient to carry out whatever calling God has given each of us.

We need theology in addition to Scripture because God has authorized teaching in the church, and because we need that teaching to mature in the faith.

God is a logical, rational being, though he does not necessarily conform to the laws of any human system of logic. The laws of logic are an aspect of his own character. Being logical is his nature and his pleasure. So the fact that he cannot be illogical is not a weakness. It may not be fairly described as a lack of power. Indeed it is a mark of his great power that he always acts and thinks consistently, that he can never be pushed into the inconsistencies that plague human life.

God is not a vague abstract principle or force but a living person who fellowships with His people.

que podemos violar la ley de Dios con nuestras acciones, con nuestras actitudes o simplemente con ser personas pecadoras, teniendo una naturaleza pecaminosa.

That is a way of summarizing the main content of the Bible: "God is Lord" is the message of the Old Testament; "Jesus is Lord" is the message of the New Testament.

La suficiencia simplemente significa que en las Escrituras tenemos todas las palabras de Dios que necesitamos.15 No debemos intentar añadirles algo, ni nos atrevemos a quitarles algo, porque vivimos de toda palabra que viene de Dios.

En Juan 17:3, en Su oración al Padre, Jesús dice: "Y esta es la vida eterna: que te conozcan a Ti, el único Dios verdadero, y a Jesucristo, a quien has enviado".

Lo mismo se puede decir de la providencia. ¿Cómo Dios controla el clima y las estaciones? Los controla al hablar, por medio de Su palabra:

For all its newness, we can understand the Reformation as a Renaissance phenomenon. It is antiquarian in the sense that it returns ad fontes, to the Scriptures and the older church fathers, particularly Augustine, bypassing much, but not all, of medieval scholasticism. It is humanistic in that it is concerned in a fresh way with the individual's relation to God.

Grace, too, is not an impersonal, metaphysical substance that trickles down to people through the sacraments, as in much popular Catholicism. Grace is an irreducibly personal category, first, in that it is a personal attitude of favor from God's heart, bringing us into relationship with him as our Savior, Friend, and Father.

Cuando meditamos eso es exactamente lo que hacemos. Dejamos a Dios ser Dios. Nos dejamos estar en su presencia. Ese es su extraordinario poder. Cronol

We know not whom God loves nor whom He hates.

But somehow, standing in the clear night air, under a sky that glowed like a shower of sparks, none of that stuff mattered. It slipped off me. It was like shedding your clothes before you step in the shower. I felt I was down to essentials again. In fact I felt very close to God at that moment. I guess if you're ever going to feel close to God it'll be while you're looking at the heavens.

Al fin y al cabo, la mayordomía es llevar una vida en la que los dos mandamientos mayores, el amor a Dios y el amor a nuestro prójimo, son la motivación y la fuerza motriz de todo lo que hacemos.

La fidelidad, según Pablo, no tiene nada que ver con la popularidad. Es lealtad comprometida con los deberes asignados por Dios, ni más ni menos. El hecho de que no podemos ser fieles a la multitud y a nuestro Dios al mismo tiempo es tan cierto como el hecho de que no podemos servir a Dios y a las riquezas.

As one broods over these queer collections, it seems easier to understand - with an understanding which is not, I hope, distorted in the other direction - this strange spirit, who was tempted by the Devil to believe at the time when within these walls he. was solving so much, that he could reach all the secrets of God and Nature by the pure power of mind Copernicus and Faustus in one.

before their time, but that isn't the truth. What God and good luck provide we must accept with gratitude. Our time is our time. It's up to us to make the most of it, make it amount to more than the sum of our days.

I LEFT, to earth, a little maiden fair, With locks of gold, and eyes that shamed the light; I prayed that God might have her in His care And sight. Earth's love was false; her voice, a siren's song; (Sweet mother-earth was but a lying name) The path she showed was but the path of wrong And shame. "Cast her not out!" I cry. God's kind words come -- - "Her future is with Me, as was her past; It shall be My good will to bring her home At last.

I LEFT, to earth, a little maiden fair, With locks of gold, and eyes that shamed the light; I prayed that God might have her in His care And sight. Earth's love was false; her voice, a siren's song; (Sweet mother-earth was but a lying name) The path she showed was but the path of wrong And shame. "Cast her not out!" I cry. God's kind words come -- - "Her future is with Me, as was her past; It shall be My good will to bring her home At last.

But we just cannot overlook the prophecy of Ezekiel wherein he prophesies that God said, "Even I will go and search for them