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Philippians 4:13 “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” The Good News: Your faith in God will guide you through life's challenges.
the law of God is the lamp of life: Motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne: Lex dilationes abhorret: The law abhors delay [2] lex est quodcumque notamus: the law is whatever we write down: Motto of the Chamber of Notaries of Paris. Also lex est quod notamus. lex ferenda: the law that should be borne: The law as it ought to be. lex ...
A little earlier, George Herbert had included "Help thyself, and God will help thee" in his proverb collection, Jacula Prudentum (1651). [12] But it was the English political theorist Algernon Sidney who originated the now familiar wording, "God helps those who help themselves", [13] apparently the first exact rendering of the phrase.
Trinity – used as a synonym for God, in order to call attention to the three distinct persons which share the single divine nature or essence. They are traditionally referred to as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though some modern sects prefer more gender-neutral terms such as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.
Henry Scougal's work The Life of God in the Soul of Man is sometimes cited as important in keeping alive among Protestants the ideas central to the doctrine. In the introductory passages of his book, Scougal describes "religion" in terms that evoke the doctrine of theosis:
God: The term God is capitalized in the English language as if it were a proper noun but without an object because it is in linguistics a boundless enigma as is the mathematical concept of infinity. God is used to refer to a specific monotheistic concept of a supernatural Supreme Being in accordance with the tradition of Abrahamic religions.
God Himself does not know what He is because He is not anything [i.e., "not any created thing"]. Literally God is not, because He transcends being. [80] When he says "He is not anything" and "God is not", Scotus does not mean that there is no God, but that God cannot be said to exist in the way that creation exists, i.e. that God is uncreated.
God's sovereignty, as the right to exercise his ruling power over his creation, is contingent upon his creation. God's sovereignty only takes effect once creation exists for it to be expressed upon. If the sovereignty of God is considered one of his attributes, it is a temporal one. [9]