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What is the biblical counter-argument to the expression "the Universe provides"?
To treat of the creation as if it was a person capable of communication and able to answer a request for provision is idolatry :
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the ...
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What is the biblical counter-argument to the expression "the Universe provides"?
You could start with "Evey good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change" James ch1 v17, ...
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What is the biblical counter-argument to the expression "the Universe provides"?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? - Matthew 6:26
We do not know for ...
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What is the biblical counter-argument to the expression "the Universe provides"?
The Lillies of the Field (Luke 12:22-31; Matthew 6:24-34, KJV)
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ...
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Does the battle between the flesh and the spirit ever get easier?
For people for whom there is no battle between the flesh and the spirit, then such people remain spiritually dead in their sins. But for Christians, this truth applies:
"And you hath he ...
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Does the battle between the flesh and the spirit ever get easier?
Victorious Life The verses in the comment above are of help in keeping a true perspective of the Christian life with all its personal and interpersonal struggles. (Romans 7:24-8:4) Paul's statement at ...
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Does the battle between the flesh and the spirit ever get easier?
Mathew 26:41
The spirit is indeed willing but the flesh is weak.
That best describes what your are experiencing. Trust me, every believer undergoes this struggle daily because of
Ephesians 6:12
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