Bible Dictionary: Gods Purpose

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Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Romans 10:9
That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
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Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
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Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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Matthew 5:18
For truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one stroke or one pronunciation mark shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
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Romans 5:8
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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In Scripture, the True God Opposed, Exclusively, to all the Gods ...
... is set before us in the Scriptures, is designed for the same purpose as that ... to direct
us to the true God, distinctly excludes and rejects all the gods of the ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 in scripture the.htm

The Gods of the Mythic Class the Poets a Very Poor Authority in ...
... should exist, though not of such a character, than that there should be such characters,
although not gods. ... The infinitive of purpose is frequent in our author ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/ad nationes/chapter vii the gods of the.htm

The Gods Themselves have Been Created, as the Poets Confess.
... follows in most matters, especially in reference to the gods)"he, too ... very important
note, refuting Gibbon's cavil, and illustrating the purpose of Bishop Bull ...
/.../a plea for the christians/chapter xviii the gods themselves have.htm

Impure Loves Ascribed to the Gods.
... Nay, verily, they are gods, and desire cannot touch them! Even though a god assume
flesh in pursuance of a divine purpose, [777] he is therefore the slave of ...
/.../athenagoras/a plea for the christians/chapter xxi impure loves ascribed to.htm

Argument: Although the Heathens Acknowledge their Kings to be ...
... the gods could create, [1796] they could not perish: we should have more gods than
all ... god, when man has chosen it to be so, and for the purpose has dedicated ...
/.../the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxiii argument although the heathens.htm

Conclusion, the Romans Owe not their Imperial Power to their Gods ...
... belong as many sacrileges as trophies; and then as many triumphs over gods as over ...
and since they are injured with impunity, they are worshipped to no purpose. ...
/.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter xvii conclusion the romans.htm

The Mythology Respecting the Gods; the Dogmas of the Manichæans ...
... who make Saturn devour his sons and to have been cheated of his purpose by the ... when
he makes Jupiter to rejoice in the strife and war of the gods with each ...
/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter x the mythology respecting the.htm

Absurd Representations of the Gods.
... her with what is called the Herculean knot, and accomplished his purpose, of which ...
history, that we must believe Kronos, Zeus, Koré, and the rest, to be gods? ...
/.../a plea for the christians/chapter xx absurd representations of the.htm

The Mother of Galerius, a Woman Exceedingly Superstitious, was a ...
... He determined above all to consult his gods; and to that end he despatched a soothsayer
to inquire of Apollo at ... So Diocletian was drawn over from his purpose. ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xi the mother of.htm

Articuli xxxix. Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ. AD 1562.
... Wherefore they which be indued with so excellent a benefite of God, be called accordyng
to Gods purpose by his spirite workyng in due season: they through ...
/.../articuli xxxix ecclesiae anglicanae a d.htm

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