Example sentences of "god ['s] [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Paul wrote to the church in Philippi , ‘ God 's peace passes all human understanding . ’ |
| 2 | For Christians , God 's activity becomes associated not only with particular events but with a particular set of human actions , those that characterise what we know of the life of Jesus of Nazareth . |
| 3 | How the face of God 's angel dazzles me ! |
| 4 | ‘ Believe me , Brother , God 's angel stands at the threshold , the flailing rod of divine retribution in his hand . |
| 5 | But against the poverty of God 's hope stands again the faith of Moses . |
| 6 | The incident of the ass : God 's purpose seems to be so to impress Balaam , that no matter how hard Balak works on him , the prophet will stick to the truth . |
| 7 | The bankruptcy of his previous position is forgotten , the sting of his former dilemma fades , a sense of God 's conviction wears off , and his acknowledgement of God 's grace becomes routine and matter-of-fact . |
| 8 | In the event , Sodom could not produce even ten good men , but we have seen something of the lengths to which God 's mercy goes . |
| 9 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 10 | History is not merely the theatre in which God 's self-revelation becomes known , but is itself a mode of revelation . |
| 11 | God 's happiness generates new life within our hearts . |
| 12 | Moses is actually at Sinai ( Horeb ) , the very place where he will later receive the law , when God 's call comes . |
| 13 | However this is only a practicality within the economy of the Kingdom , where God 's will reigns . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , what in God 's name does that make that creep Callum , eh ? ’ |
| 15 | Instead , this is the evidence that God 's forgiveness possesses our lives so powerfully that we are given the strength to forgive others in turn . |
| 16 | This man is learning slowly how deeply the experience of God 's forgiveness has to penetrate through his whole being . |
| 17 | The Book of God 's Word tells us about Jesus ' birth : |
| 18 | The Book of God 's Word tells us about Jesus ' birth : |
| 19 | They were convinced that the Catholic Church needed a credible account of how God 's word acts in history , from the first formulation in human language through the gradual process of understanding , under changing historical conditions and as the Holy Spirit gives new insights . |
| 20 | Meditating on God 's word leads us forward into contemplating God himself . |
| 21 | And then , at the end of the passage , comes the recognition that being God 's servant has untold privileges … : |
| 22 | What is being said is that God 's love makes its home in human beings and that it seeks to be replicated and brought to completion within them . |
| 23 | God 's presence extends throughout what is impersonal as well as what is personal . |
| 24 | God 's anointing remains in you , his spirit teaches you , you 're to remain in the spirit In other words living in Christ . |
| 25 | The idea that the theist must be certain of God 's existence deserves careful consideration . |
| 26 | There is a greater recognition among philosophers that belief in God 's existence does not need to be justified in these terms , and that theologians themselves do not seek to provide such justification . |
| 27 | Is it really any more rational to deny rather than affirm — am I , for example , sure that I mean by God what a religious person does , because if I do not then my dismissal of God 's existence rests on a logical non sequitur . |
| 28 | Thus a believer begins to ‘ keep God 's word ’ or ‘ walk as Christ walked ’ ( 2:5,6 ) : ‘ he does not go on sinning , because God 's seed remains in him , and he can not go on sinning , because he is born of God ’ ( 3:9 ) . |
| 29 | Because God 's seed remains |
| 30 | On the roof beam , stretching above him across the whole width of the room , was carved and gilded the minatory text , ‘ God 's eye seeth all ’ . |