our church is wondering,if you know the meaning please share in detail.
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Tradition states that the Easter lily originated in the Garden of Eden by the teardrops of Eve that she spread while leaving the Garden of Eden. They were teardrops of repentance.
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The is a place in our "Heart" that is the shape of God. So when we except the values, & understand Bibical turths it is filled. Our souls see this. So how can it not continue.
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"839 "Those who have not yet received the Gospel are related to the People of God in various ways." \nThe relationship of the Church with the Jewish People. When she delves into her own mystery, the Church, the People of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with the Jewish People, "the first to hear the Word of God." The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to God's revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews "belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ", "for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable."\n\n840 And when one considers the future, God's People of the Old Covenant and the new People of God tend towards similar goals: expectation of the coming (or the return) of the Messiah. But one awaits the return of the Messiah who died and rose from the dead and is recognized as Lord and Son of God; the other awaits the coming of a Messiah, whose features remain hidden till the end of time; and the latter waiting is accompanied by the drama of not knowing or of misunderstanding Christ Jesus. <2>\n\n841 The Church's relationship with the Muslims. "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day." <3>\n\n842 The Church's bond with non-Christian religions is in the first place the common origin and end of the human race: \n\nAll nations form but one community. This is so because all stem from the one stock which God created to people the entire earth, and also because all share a common destiny, namely God. His providence, evident goodness, and saving designs extend to all against the day when the elect are gathered together in the holy city. . .\n\n843 The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as "a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life."\n\n844 In their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them: \n\nVery often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creator. Or else, living and dying in this world without God, they are exposed to ultimate despair.\n\n845 To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son's Church. The Church is the place where humanity must rediscover its unity and salvation. The Church is "the world reconciled." She is that bark which "in the full sail of the Lord's cross, by the breath of the Holy Spirit, navigates safely in this world." According to another image dear to the Church Fathers, she is prefigured by Noah's ark, which alone saves from the flood."
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I think no one will ever fully understand its significance including me. Some say that it is because He has to do it to save mankind from the bondage of sin. Some say that the supreme sacrifice has to be done so that mankind will be able to see the essence of life by conquering death. Some interpret it as a total expression of God for his total love of mankind, some don't even believe that it happened and some don't give a damn at all. \n\nBut what does it reallt mean? I am a Christian but am not an authority in interpreting such Biblical phenomenon.  I myself was at a loss when I was younger, so restless and careless that I didn't care so much about what Jesus did and knew about it only because my parents told me so. I was free and never understood that I was commiting sin left and right because I thought that I can do anything I like being a free man living in a democratic society where no one can tell or dictate to me what should be done. I solely depended on my limited knowledge, proud enough to think that I can overcome any obstacle. Then something went wrong along the way, so wrong that I couldn't find a way to fix some crisis I was in. Suddenly, I was facing the wall and couldn't get through, everything went blank and there was no answer. I was about to give up and say, that's it, for this world then out of I don't know where, I felt like someone's calling me saying, "look at me, look at me, is the heaviness of your heart more than what I have done for you in that you have to fall so hard"? I did this so that you may live. \n\nI was not fond of reading and I don't know why I just picked up the Holy Bible and started reading. As a Catholic I was not raised to be a Bible reader but later found out that no book can equal the wisdom that it contains. I started to realign my crooked life and started to make sense. I became a sensible person and wise in my own right but not judgemental in a way that I would show people that they are sinners but that they too have been saved and should lead a straight path. \n\nNow, all the troubles are gone and I can see only light even in my darkest hours. I gain strength in every challenge that I face and face it squarely with Christ to follow. That was the time when I knew the reason why He was crucified.
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Sounds like a new religion is being formed. (Oh great, just what we needed!)
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Can you explain what do you mean?
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2 Cor 5:21 has always beeen theologically confusing. The first problem is to determine the sense in which Christ was "made . . . sin for us".  There are three major approaches. One approach is to understand made . . . sin as "treated as a sinner."  It seems to be saying Christ came to stand in that relation with God which normally is the result of sin, that is, estranged from God and the object of his wrath.  This is not a particularly good translation.  \n\nThe second approach is to identify "made . . . sin" with Christ's assuming a human nature. Through the incarnation Christ was made "in the likeness of sinful man" (Rom 8:3).  This is a better translation, but still not great.  \n\nThe final approach is to interpret verse 21 sacrificially as "made to be a sin offering." This draws on the Old Testament notion that God made the life of his servant a guilt offering (Is 53:10).\n\nOn the whole, this last interpretation seems the likeliest one.  The equivalent Hebrew term "hatta't" can actually mean either "sin" or "sin offering" (as in Lev 4:8-35). Also, the logic of verse 19 almost demands it.  If our debts are not posted to our account, it is because someone else has legally assumed them--much as the scapegoat did on the Day of Atonement (Lev 16) and the guilt offering did on other occasions (Lev 4--5). This is why God can make overtures of friendship and forgiveness toward those who are otherwise his enemies.\n\nIf the exact point of "made sin" is lost to us, the thrust is clear.  In 1 Peter 2:24 Christ himself bore our sins in his body up onto the tree. Paul may well be thinking of Isaiah 53:12, where the servant of the Lord is to be numbered with the transgressors and bear the sin of many.\n\nThe genitive can be subjective ("the righteousness that God gives"--that is, a righteous character), objective ("the righteousness we have before God"--that is, a right standing) or possessive ("the righteousness that God possesses"--that is, we share the righteousness that characterizes God himself). In Paul's writings the noun dikaiosyne typically is used of character. It is not merely that we acquire a right standing or do good works; we actually become righteous--although the latter may well presume the former. This is no legal fiction. \n\nPaul is the only New Testament writer to use the noun katallage (reconciliation) and verb katallasso (to reconcile).  In Greek social and political spheres the term denoted a change in relations between individuals, groups or nations, while in the religious arena it was used of relationships between gods and humans.  In Paul's writings, God is always the reconciler.\n\nThe bible is not just about sin, it is about forgiveness.  My best advice is: don't study sin, study forgiveness.  Sin comes pretty naturally to us, forgiveness does not.  It stands to reason that forgiveness is the more important of the two.
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the "these are wounds of love" is imply the crusifiction (I can't spell, sorry) of Christ, in which he died for our sins, and therefore the wounds are that of the love he felt for Gods people...or twist that around so it makes sense :)
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Is there a question anywhere in that sermon?
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What's this got to do with religion?
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"Granny, I love you and I respect you.  But I have made a choice for my faith and life, and I need you to respect that.  Show me that you love me by respecting this choice."\n\nNow, if there is something WRONG with the non-denominational church you have selected, then that is an entirely different question.  However, if your church is teaching the Bible as God's word, and if you cannot see anything in their statement of faith that is wrong, then stand your ground, affirming your Granny of your love for her.
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please will u write the meaning of this question ?
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Well I thought at first that was someone taking the mick, but you seem genuine and what you have written is true, even powerful but that's normally shared with christians not with those who will ridicule something (sacred) like that. A 'prophetic' word perhaps but is the place to share it? Will it be well received? Yes you have addressed it to christians but it just seems to be the wrong place to share it ...but then I could be wrong of course..
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It means you are together.
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It is because the UMC has to some extent maintained the early traditions.  The word Catholic means either "all embracing," or "according to the whole."  Universal really isn't a good translation.  For a church to be all embracing, it must not foster division.  For the Church to be "according to the whole," then decision making must not be local or according to small groups but rather according to the whole Church.  It is said because it is the condensed version of the creed at Nicaea.  Originally, it was used as a baptismal statement and lesson.
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This is actually a very trying question. I commend you on putting something on this Q & A, that actually makes me think. Very nice indeed.\n---------------\nIt sounds kind of like a play on words. I mean it could lead to a bunch of different things. Something like the two high beings of importance, be it the priest and doctor, take the logical way to their own way of life and easily say here is an answer now be gone with you. The doctor thinks a drug will always be the answer. The priest always thinks that a prayer and maybe a hail mary will be the answer, but in the end does that really help us out? Does it answer the question we trully asked?\n\nNow the gentleman that has been in that hole has been there before him. Basically like the saying, " ive been down that road before" So this guy knows what he is going through, and instead of just giving a quick answer he allows him to see what he did to solve his problem. Maybe something like a alcoholic that has been reformed, and then helps his friend knowing that he has been in his shoes so he knows how he can help him out of his "hole" as well.\n\n-------\nI have to agree this is not really a joke, but a story of learning or a moral, none the less it made us all think. Thanks again.. I enjoy these types of things. Seperates the adults from the kids on here.
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mmmmmmmm... sorry, can't find the meaning of that in my christian dictionary.