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In Luke's Gospel, the saying is thus clearly one about God and money. In Matthew, the previous verses imply it can mean placing anything above God. Leon Morris notes that the Greek: δουλεύειν, douleuein, translated as serve, literally means be a slave to, unlike in Luke where the reference is to servants. [1]
Some of the key quotes are as follows: "A natural man… may have the eye of reason open, but he does not discern the things of God in a spiritual manner… he is no more able to judge sacred things than a blind man is able to judge colors" (20). "The ship of ordinances will not carry us to heaven… unless the wind of God’s Spirit blows" (76).
Commenting upon the command to love the neighbor [5] is a discussion recorded [6] between Rabbi Akiva, who declared this verse in Leviticus to contain the great principle of the Law ("Kelal gadol ba-Torah"), and Ben Azzai, who pointed to Genesis 5:1 ("This is the book of the generations of Adam; in the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him"), as the verse expressing the ...
Love is a key attribute of God in Christianity. 1 John 4:8 and 16 state that "God is love; and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." [13] [14] John 3:16 states: "God so loved the world..." [15] In the New Testament, God's love for humanity or the world is expressed in Greek as agape (ἀγάπη).
Isaiah 52:13–53:12 makes up the fourth of the "Servant Songs" of the Book of Isaiah, describing a "servant" of God who is abused and looked down upon but eventually vindicated. [2] Major themes of the passage include: Human opposition to God's purposes for the servant. The servant has an exalted status in the eyes of God, but people despise ...
Jesus Christ God: as affirmed in Philippians 2:8–11; all the angels: the Satan's mighty pride to be like God made him the fallen angel before the creation of man, and also it was punished with the promised mission of a woman (Mary), a Servant of God, which would have bruise his head (Genesis 3:14–15).
The expression Servant of God appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in the Old Testament, the last four in the New.The Hebrew Bible refers to Moses as "the servant of Elohim" (עֶֽבֶד הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים ‘eḇeḏ-hā’ĕlōhîm; 1 Chronicles 6:49, 2 Chronicles 24:9, Nehemiah 10:29, and Daniel 9:11).
The Manifestations of God are seen as divine educators, who are raised up by God with the purpose of uplifting mankind and expressing his will. [4] In expressing God's intent, the Manifestations of God are seen to establish religion in the world. [4] Each brings a book and reveals teachings and laws according to the time and place which they ...