Mar 17, 2013 · I would say that the biggest problem with using this as an analogy is when one moves from the analogy and starts discussing what these works are in the main topic of a Christian relationship with the Lord and , more importantly , what prompts the Christian to do them . …

May 14, 2007 · I had a hard time understanding how "body, soul and spirit" thing work, but then I heard this analogy and found it very helpful to me. Body, is our physical body. Soul is the essence of who we are: it's our feelings, acts and memories. Spirit is the lifeforce (aka Spirit of God aka breath of God) that gives life to any human body and sustains it.

Mar 24, 2014 · It already occurred in history In the year 540 BCE, Cyrus captured Elam and its capital, Susa. Cyrus moved into Babylonia and fought the Battle of Opis in or near the strategic riverside city of Opis on the Tigris, north of Babylon. The Babylonian army was routed, and Cyrus conquered Babylon...

Jul 11, 2023 · Logging truck analogy If I was to say that on my way here, I stood on the road was hit by a logging truck doing 100 miles an hour, you would say, “That’s absolutely absurd. It is impossible to have an encounter with something as large as a logging truck and not be changed."

Feb 10, 2025 · Let me try another analogy (please remember that this is only an analogy, and you could pick holes in any analogy. They provide a way to make principles more relatable by comparing them to something familiar.) "If you were given a million dollars, it would completely change your life.

Jan 22, 2012 · 1 John 1:9-10 NASB If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (10) If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. The Joseph Prince intepretation of 1 John 1:9 (as I …

Feb 26, 2021 · QUESTION: "Are there any ancient or modern-day laws that can be used as illustrative analogies to the substitutionary atonement?" Looking only for direct analogies. Please, no brainstorming or spitballing.

May 31, 2005 · The Lord then showed me the analogy of the cockroach, which is really what I want to share with you, today. According to the truth, the cockroach is much smaller than a human being. A cockroach cannot bite; a cockroach cannot win in a fight with a human being in a one on one battle. The match is overly in favor of a human.

Feb 3, 2025 · Your analogy about putting on a parachute does not work very well, because recognising that there is a God, that the Bible is God's word, and that He died on the Cross because He loves us is not like having to jump out of an airoplane. We have a simple choice to accept God, or not, by nature of being born in this world.

May 15, 2010 · For us, saddled with Western cultural concepts, the use of "beget" to describe the relationship of Father and Son seems somehow taclky, steeped in the language of sexual reproduction. But for the Jews and Greeks, it was the perfect analogy.