• 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. (returningking.com)
  • The Lord Jesus Christ came to help us do that. (wor.org)
  • The only thing that stands in the way really is the church of Jesus Christ. (gty.org)
  • He is believed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. (gty.org)
  • However, we can face these times with the strength and faith of God the Father and Jesus Christ. (cbcg.org)
  • Understanding from God's Word why these things are happening will give us peace of mind, while realizing that God the Father and Jesus Christ are in complete control . (cbcg.org)
  • We believe that Jesus Christ breathes His Spirit on us so that we can strive to become a more perfect expression of the Good News in all aspects of everyday life. (assumptionparish.org)
  • Who Is Jesus Christ? (amazingfacts.org)
  • Our lesson today - lesson #3 - on the Gospel of Luke, is entitled who is Jesus Christ? (amazingfacts.org)
  • Our content should arise from the Word of God, centered on the Lord Jesus Christ. (founders.org)
  • I beg you to notice how strongly this passage goes to prove the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ because the whole run ofthe passage is concerning Christ. (liveprayer.com)
  • It does,indeed, relate to our Lord Jesus Christ, for He is "very God of very God," and God shall judge the secrets of men by JesusChrist. (liveprayer.com)
  • The Lord shalljudge His people," and it is "the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom"(2 Tim. (liveprayer.com)
  • This lesson is intended to help you better understand the Final Judgment and prepare to have a wonderful experience standing before Jesus Christ on that day. (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • Throughout the lesson, find ways to reassure them of the love and compassion of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • In what ways does Jesus Christ offer to help us prepare for that day? (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us and want us to be filled with peace and joy on the Day of Judgment. (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • And indeed, while we know that God himself dwells unseen in unapproachable light, we believe that out of love for us he chose to show himself, at first obliquely, in burning bushes and pillars of fire, and then definitively in Jesus Christ, who said that anyone who had seen him had seen the Father. (catholic.com)
  • A parallel passage from the Apostle Paul is his exhortation to his disciple Timothy: "I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His epiphany and His kingdom…" (2 Tim. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. (cmalliance.org)
  • It felt cataclysmic, but it also led to a deeper uncovering of the nature of our Lord Jesus Christ-of his suffering and death on the cross. (christianitytoday.com)
  • His painting of the Last Judgment from 1675 located in the Convento de San Francisco in Cuzco provides an enduring reminder of the fate of humanity on Judgment Day. (smarthistory.org)
  • The Last Judgment is modeled from a 1606 engraving by Philippe Thomassin, a French-born engraver who spent the majority of his life in Rome. (smarthistory.org)
  • Regardless of the precise source used by Quispe Tito, his Last Judgment reveals the importance of European models in colonial Andean painting, while at the same time demonstrating the creativity of seventeenth-century artists in determining the painting's color palette and incorporating unique compositional details. (smarthistory.org)
  • For example, the mestizo artist Tadeo Escalante produced a mural painting of the Last Judgment in 1802 at the church of Huaro located just outside of Cuzco. (smarthistory.org)
  • In one collage, tourists at Niagara Falls find themselves unwittingly immersed in a Last Judgment scene. (christiancentury.org)
  • Explore the Church's teaching on the second coming of Christ and the Last Judgment. (assumptionparish.org)
  • These verses used to fill my imagination with frightening images of the Last Judgment, where every shameful thing in my life would be aired out before the world. (christianitytoday.com)
  • For we will all stand before God's judgment seat. (returningking.com)
  • God's sons will be filled with glory and, under Christ, will reign supreme over all the works of God's hands. (wor.org)
  • God's Glory is revealed not only in forgiving sinners but in bringing forth sons in His image-sons who under the most difficult of circumstances have chosen to obey their Father in all things. (wor.org)
  • First, he tells us that the resurrection of Christ is not the end of God's reign, but the beginning. (stfrancisnyc.org)
  • Turning the black Christ into a Brown-like prophetic sign of God's vengeful judgment, antilynching writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries warned of disaster, demanded a change of course, challenged white southern notions of redemption, and insisted that African Americans must reemancipate themselves and redeem the nation. (cambridge.org)
  • We're not made in God's image. (oneplace.com)
  • But it seems better to regard the winds as forming part of the general description by which God's judgment is foreshadowed. (studylight.org)
  • It is mainly through preaching that the church is conformed to the image of Christ (Rom 8:29) and is taught to submit to God's law under grace (Rom 8:7). (founders.org)
  • Yet, scripture teaches that believers will undergo judgment. (returningking.com)
  • In Holy Scripture a great deal is said about the coming judgement, which is a starting-point for eternal life and eternal Hell. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • The Judgment Seat of Christ is the judgment for the church. (returningking.com)
  • 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. (returningking.com)
  • So what I did, I just wrote him back and said, "Go where you want to go, do what you want to do, keep your money, but know that as everyone else, we're all going to stand before the judgment seat of God. (cbcg.org)
  • NO doubt there is an error in our version, for where in the 10th verse we read, "The Judgment Seat of Christ," it should be,"The Judgment Seat of God. (liveprayer.com)
  • The passage runs, "We shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of God, for it is written, As I live, says the Lord, everyknee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God. (liveprayer.com)
  • All men will stand before the dread judgement seat of Christ. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • For a Christian end of our life, painless, peaceful and unashamed, and for a good answer before the dread judgement seat of Christ, let us pray. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • Referring to the fact that we are all suppliants, servants of Christ, and we should not judge others, he affirms: "For we shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ" (Rom. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • It was generally accepted that humanity as it was known would soon come to an end before the Last Judgement and Christ's return. (edu.au)
  • The connection of the Second Coming of Christ with the throne shows both the majesty of God and Christ's authority to judge men, but also men's fear in the face of the judgement and the judge. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • The meaning of the throne, which suggests the imperial throne and the tribunal, has been closely linked with Christ's judgement of the living and the dead, and we find it in many passages in the epistles of the Apostle Paul. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • Third, the saints of God are destined to reign with Christ. (bibleprophecyblog.com)
  • over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. (theologyweb.com)
  • but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. (google.com)
  • 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. (biblegateway.com)
  • and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (bibleprophecyblog.com)
  • and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (google.com)
  • Revelation: The Kingdom Yet to Come from Ascension Press is an intriguing 11-session study program that shows how the kingdom established by Christ in his Church is intimately connected with the kingdom of heaven. (assumptionparish.org)
  • Discover what the mysterious figures and images of Revelatio n mean and see how Revelation is more than an apocalyptic vision of the "end times. (assumptionparish.org)
  • And this exactly agrees with the vision in Revelation 19, 20, where Christ is represented as coming from heaven, reigning with His risen saints, and, when this glorious kingdom closes, and the earth and heaven are fled away, only then judging the dead before the great white throne. (stempublishing.com)
  • In what follows we shall have an opportunity to emphasize the fact that although we use images of a tribunal, the judgement will have more the character of a revelation and manifestation of the spiritual state of the person. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • The first question one would ask when discussing the "judgment" of saints is, "for what? (returningking.com)
  • Christ and the saints, as we shall see, use such images to make people understand pictorially that dreadful day when they will see the reality. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • The only One found worthy to take the scroll and open the wrath judgments within it is Jesus the Lamb. (bibleprophecyblog.com)
  • The souls in heaven (at the top), by contrast, surround the ascended Christ in an orderly formation. (smarthistory.org)
  • I hope this work will not be misconstrued as critical judgement of those who believe that they go to heaven or hell the moment they die, but rather a test of Christian discernment through the reading of Gods Word. (pbase.com)
  • Though the day of Pentecost was fully come, and the Holy Ghost given in unprecedented power, and never had the world beheld such unselfish love among thousands of believers as at that moment, yet the apostle shows that the full blessing of Israel and of the earth depends on the future coming of Christ from heaven. (stempublishing.com)
  • 1:10) is to gather up again all things in Christ, the things that are in heaven and the things that are on earth. (stempublishing.com)
  • We have divine purpose, and through Christ, eternal life. (oneplace.com)
  • This judgment by Christ is, by our Apostle, proved from an Old Testament prophecy which certainly refers to Jehovah, Himself.Read Isaiah 45:23 and learn from it that our Lord Jesus is Jehovah and let us joyfully adore Him as our Savior and God to whom be Glory foreverand ever. (liveprayer.com)
  • In the Creed we confess that Christ will come with glory "to judge the living and the dead. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • Christ used this image when he said that when he comes with the angels, "He will sit on the throne of His glory" (Matt. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • The closing days of the Church Age will be characterized by Divine judgment. (wor.org)
  • The exercise of the Divine judgment will result ultimately in the destruction of the entire first creation. (wor.org)
  • The imagery of the four beasts in chapter 7 (paralleled by the image of four metals in chapter 2), representing four kingdoms to be overthrown by a fifth monarchy of divine origin, is one of the enduring images of the book: it survived as a prototype of Jewish and Christian historical and apocalyptic schemes to the end of the Middle Ages . (encyclopedia.com)
  • The Second Coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead are closely connected with the coming judgement, the so-called future tribunal. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • And then the Apostle immediately, without any break in the sense whatever, speaks of God, because He wasspeaking of the same Person and he quotes a passage which relates to God, Himself, and uses it as relating to Christ! (liveprayer.com)
  • And this is not independent of the fact that Christ is the prototype of man, since man is an image of Christ, but also the rebirth of man comes through Christ. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation [judgment]" (Luke 20:45-47, KJV ). (cbcg.org)
  • In Islam, the Day of Judgement is preceded by "signs" (Arabic: علامات alāmāt as-sā'a, also ishārāt al-sāʿa) or portents of its arrival. (wikipedia.org)
  • Well one logical reason I am Christian and not Muslim is because there is no way to ever know if one has salvation in Islam until you actually face Allah on the day of judgement, and at the point its up to Allah's wasiya. (answeringmuslims.com)
  • And He shall bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your judgment like the noonday. (cbcg.org)
  • The Christian, the Church has the Holy Ghost, and has to wait for Christ. (stempublishing.com)
  • They speak to us through the scriptures and through modern Church leaders to teach us what the Judgment will be like and how to prepare for it. (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • But the God of creation declares we're made in His image. (oneplace.com)
  • In another place Paul most distinctly declares that it is Christ who is to judge the world. (liveprayer.com)
  • However, de Botton says, the exact opposite is true: "Fame makes people more, not less, vulnerable, because it throws them open to unlimited judgement. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The danger is there, not just for those who are crushed beneath the weight of others' judgment, but perhaps even more so for the people who have learned coping mechanisms to protect themselves from social judgment. (christianitytoday.com)
  • If God went any further in controlling the conduct of people they would cease to be human beings and would be puppets possessing no will or judgment of their own. (wor.org)
  • But the people in the parable who helped all those in need did not recognize Christ in the needy. (stfrancisnyc.org)
  • I used to think that once I start seeing Christ in all people, I'll be more willing to help them. (stfrancisnyc.org)
  • The Lord Himself then speaks to the people to describe the right response to the news of this coming day of judgement: "turn to me (v12). (christkirk.com)
  • He has been sent, he is a commissioned person, and he is standing there as the mouthpiece of God and of Christ to address these people" (64). (founders.org)
  • Resurrected Christ with arms outstretched stands above a throng of people of all races and times, some prone, some standing. (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • The people on the right side of Christ are in the attitude of worship. (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • The people on the left side of Christ are in anguish. (churchofjesuschrist.org)
  • Christ assured the people that He Himself would judge the people in the age to come. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • The Gospel gives us the image of a king on his throne, surrounded by his subjects. (stfrancisnyc.org)
  • The Prophet-King David already writes in one of his psalms: "He has prepared His throne for judgement. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • Since the eleventh century the depiction of the "preparation of the throne" has been connected with the Second Coming of Christ and the coming tribunal. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • The implication, then, would be that whether one lives & dies as "Blessed & Holy" or as "the Rest of the Dead," he still eventually "comes to covenant life," making faith & obedience to Christ irrelevant to one's eternal fate. (prophecyhistory.com)
  • Belief in the existence of Judgment Day is considered a fundamental tenet of faith by all Muslims, and one of the six articles of faith. (wikipedia.org)
  • Further, Christ will be sent, according to these testimonies, not for the destruction, but for the restitution of all things. (stempublishing.com)
  • In the language of Paul, he is 'an ambassador for Christ. (founders.org)
  • I suppose the word, "Christ," slipped into certain manuscripts because Paul had been speakingof Christ and it was thought to be natural that he should continue to use the same name. (liveprayer.com)
  • Paul did not say "Christ," but, "God"-butby that word he meant the same Person. (liveprayer.com)
  • Paul knew that Christ is God and when he was speaking of Christ it was no deviationfrom the subject for him to speak concerning Him under the title of "God. (liveprayer.com)
  • It wouldhave been a most important point with Paul to draw a distinction between Christ and God if there had been any doubt as toHis Divinity. (liveprayer.com)
  • But here, so far from taking any pains to make such distinction between Christ Jesus and God, as would have been necessaryif He were not God, Paul interchanges the two words. (liveprayer.com)
  • Over time, they build a hard exoskeleton of cynicism, which can filter out not only the judgment of online strangers but also the counsel of real-life friends. (christianitytoday.com)
  • For we shall all stand before the JudgmentSeat of Christ. (liveprayer.com)
  • Spurgeon - KINDLING with strong emotion, constrained by the love of Christ, and animated by the fellowship of all spiritual blessings, the apostle here strikes out an exhortation. (preceptaustin.org)
  • With regards to the converts I have seen, they all claim that they became christian, not because it was the logical choice (which it is not), but because they wanted to feel the Love of christ and the sense of peace they have been missing. (answeringmuslims.com)
  • As early as the 1850's Bauer traced the origins of Christianity in the second century CE and concluded that the first gospel was written under Hadrian (117-138 CE), that is, over a century after the death of Christ. (marxist.com)
  • They say he didn't really die, his death was a scam, and he's coming back to Africa on the Day of Judgment. (gty.org)
  • Whether it is a death-row prisoner or a homeless family, we need to take that leap of faith to help, not knowing if we will ever see Christ in them. (stfrancisnyc.org)
  • The statement would then read: "Man and woman were created in the image and likeness of God, yet fell through disobedience, incurring both physical and spiritual death. (cmalliance.org)
  • This is both a decisive point of complete surrender and a progressive experience through which Christ is formed in the life of the believer by the Spirit following conversion. (cmalliance.org)
  • Positional sanctification accompanies conversion while experiential sanctification follows and is both a decisive point of complete surrender and a progressive experience through which Christ is formed in the life of the believer by the Spirit. (cmalliance.org)
  • We have a choice to make and that choice will be at the heart of the judgment we will face. (adw.org)
  • Note also, Rev 20:5a ≠ 1 Thess 4:16 because there is no mention of non-Christians, ("the Rest of the Dead" of Rev 20:5a), being raised up alongside "the Dead in Christ" in 1 Thess 4:16. (prophecyhistory.com)
  • The Second Coming of Christ is called epiphany and kingdom, which is connected with the judgement of the dead and living, that is to say, those who have died previously and those who will be living at that time. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • 36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. (returningking.com)
  • Typically, the panels are hinged together so that the two outer panels or "wings" may be folded over the center one like doors or shutters (in fact, the term triptych -pronounced "triptik"-comes from a Greek word that means "three-fold"), making it possible to hide or display the interior images. (catholic.com)
  • Regarding 1.5, the primary issue that delegates cited involved the word "originally": "Man and woman were originally created in the image and likeness of God. (cmalliance.org)
  • The concern was the possible implication that only Adam and Eve were created in the image of God, and therefore, we're now proposing to strike the word "originally. (cmalliance.org)
  • The message is a sobering one for a modern world that is often dismissive of judgment and certainly of Hell. (adw.org)
  • The publication documents the history of the world in seven ages from the Creation to the Last Judgement. (edu.au)
  • 10 For His achievement are we, being created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God makes ready beforehand, that we should be walking in them. (concordant.org)
  • The immediate tragedy of swarming insects was just a forerunner of a greater day of judgement which awaits. (christkirk.com)
  • Always keep in mind that failure to pass an edited version of a statement moves us back to the current statement so that in any case, the Statement of Faith will not be without judgment language. (cmalliance.org)
  • The recently leaked "Facebook Files," which discuss the inner workings of the social media company, include data about the harm Instagram usage inflicts on the self-image of adolescents, especially teenage girls. (christianitytoday.com)
  • In this, every work of art is a type of Christ, of the God who hides and the God who shows himself. (catholic.com)
  • Therefore, though the reading should be God, the sense is "Christ. (liveprayer.com)
  • This is Jesus speaking - "Peter answered and said, 'the Christ of God. (amazingfacts.org)
  • We might be caught off guard by this notion of judgment entering our Christmas celebration, but in her commentary on this text, Beth Tanner reminds us that the warmth of the Christmas season "gives way to the long, cold winter," a good time to "change how we live so that others can live. (ucc.org)