Alive in God: A Christian Imagination

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Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as [being] dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.

I appreciated particularly a refreshing exposition of the healing of the blind man in Acts 3, which, as the author puts it, launches the mission of the Church, which had been inaugurated with “the breathing of God’s breath, holy breath, the breath of love”. The result of Athena's death was the loss of wisdom for all people. However, as she was associated with wisdom but was not the source of it, it was considered an abstract concept. It's possible that the beings became unwise or foolish considering the fact that the domains of other gods got out of control after their demises, but it's never explicitly shown in her case, unlike some other gods. Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire ( HX) and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous ( HY) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ( HZ) 4 Christ is the culmination of the law ( IA) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. ( IB)Superhuman Speed: As a god, she possessed speed that surpassed that of any mortal and most demigods. She was able to descend from Olympus to Athens at the speed of thought, based on interpretation and calculation it scales above the speed of light. She was however, not as fast as Hermes. If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: Athena has appeared in every installment of the series so far except God of War Ragnarök and God of War: Ascension. I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, ( FP) my conscience confirms ( FQ) it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself ( FR) were cursed ( FS) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, ( FT) those of my own race, ( FU) 4 the people of Israel. ( FV) Theirs is the adoption to sonship; ( FW) theirs the divine glory, ( FX) the covenants, ( FY) the receiving of the law, ( FZ) the temple worship ( GA) and the promises. ( GB) 5 Theirs are the patriarchs, ( GC) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, ( GD) who is God over all, ( GE) forever praised! [ r] ( GF) Amen. God’s Sovereign Choice A brush with cancer led the much-loved writer and preacher on a quest to rediscover the romance of Christianity and what it means to be fully alive

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors ( FJ) through him who loved us. ( FK) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, [ q] neither the present nor the future, ( FL) nor any powers, ( FM) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God ( FN) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ( FO) Paul’s Anguish Over Israel I. Howard Marshall, The New International Greek Testament Commentary on Luke (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1979). To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. ( AA) 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, ( AB) who is a pattern of the one to come. ( AC) Invulnerable: Like all Olympians, Athena was invulnerable and couldn't be harmed by regular weapons.

That means that God is God of those who are alive on earth and yet struggle with the reality of death. Out of all the Olympian Gods, Athena plays the most significant role in Kratos's story, serving as his guide in most of the games. Only Ares and Zeus come as close in terms of role in Kratos's story. I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, ( JW) I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy ( JX) and save ( JY) some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation ( JZ) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? ( KA) 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits ( KB) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches. Romans 6:16 : ver 6, 12, 14, 17, 20; Ge 4:7; Ps 51:5; 119:133; Jn 8:34; Ro 5:21; 7:14, 23, 25; 8:2; 2Pe 2:19

Divine Wisdom: Being the Goddess of Wisdom, she had a high genius level of intelligence. Her extreme intelligence allowed her to be able to do the following: Figure out challenges and puzzles, come up with great ideas and plans, overcome her opponents, figure out questions or not so obvious causes, and guide people. During a fight, most of the time, Athena used her intelligence rather than sheer force (with the exception of her fight with Kratos). In Greek Mythology, Athena always bested Ares in a fight, both with wisdom and power.In the life to come we "cannot die anymore," says Jesus, "because we are like angels and are children of God…children of the resurrection" (Lk. 20:36). But that's beyond our human pay grade to claim. We are in no position to assert that the relationships we experience now in this earthly life will remain unchanged in the life to come. The Sadducees weren't really concerned about how to word the wedding vows. They were using the wedding example as a way to discredit Jesus' teachings. Says commentator Howard Marshall, "the Sadducees appear as opponents of belief in the resurrection, a doctrine which was held by Jesus (14:14), and ridicule it by citing a possible but far-fetched case which makes nonsense of it. The implication is that polyandry is the only solution, and that a belief which leads to such an immoral suggestion must itself be false." (Marshall 737) Therefore, since we have been justified ( A) through faith, ( B) we [ a] have peace ( C) with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ( D) 2 through whom we have gained access ( E) by faith into this grace in which we now stand. ( F) And we [ b] boast in the hope ( G) of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we [ c] also glory in our sufferings, ( H) because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ( I) 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope ( J) does not put us to shame, because God’s love ( K) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, ( L) who has been given to us. Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; ( CU) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. ( CV) 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, ( CW) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life ( CX) and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; ( CY) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh ( CZ) cannot please God.