Biblia

BEATITUDES

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be … Continue reading “BEATITUDES”

BEAUTY, SPIRITUAL

The being of all things is derived from divine beauty. Thomas Aquinas God’s fingers can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness. George Macdonald Each conception of spiritual beauty is a glimpse of God. Moses Mendelssohn How goodness heightens beauty! Hannah More I pray, O God, that I may be beautiful within. Socrates

BAPTISM, INFANT

The children of believers are baptized not in order that they who were previously strangers to the church may then for the first time become children of God, but rather that, because by the blessing of the promise they already belonged to the body of Christ, they are received into the church with this solemn … Continue reading “BAPTISM,
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BAPTISM AND SALVATION

Not everyone is washed to receive salvation. We who have received the grace of baptism in the name of Christ have been washed; but I do not know which of us has been washed to salvation. Origen

BAPTISTS

The only problem with Baptists is that they aren’t held under the water long enough. Author unknown Baptists are only funny underwater. Neil Simon

BANKS

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. Robert Frost

ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

God is: eternal (without beginning or end) Ps 90:2; gracious (loving beyond measure) 1 Jn 4:8; holy (sinless and opposed to sin) Lv 19:2; immutable (unchanging) Mal 3:6; just (fair and intent on making justice)  Dt 32:4; merciful (overflowing with compassion) Ps  145:9; omnipotent (unlimited power) Gn 17:1 omnipresent (everywhere at the same time)  Jer … Continue reading “ATTRIBUTES
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ATHEIST

See also: Atheism; Atheism and deism God is an imaginary being created by the mental instability of man, onto which he blames his iniquities, and from which expects reward for his accomplishments. Andy Benas