The neglect of Christ at Christmastime and the helplessness to which God submitted in becoming a human infant are stock themes of Christian holiday preaching.
The central act of the Christian God -- submitting to the entire human experience, including death, to identify fully with us -- speaks to the extravagant love for humanity at God's essence.
We take control of our own destinies, and become free in the way that God intended: submitting to Him entirely, free of any other attachment.
So it has been foretold — and so many believe — by the ancient Maya calendar; even Maya deities like the jade-haired maize god and the goggle-eyed storm god must submit.
Don't make up rules of life and expect God to submit.
As noted in Romans 8 7-8, "The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
A line about exploiting America's own oil instead of holding hands with the king of Saudi Arabia earns hearty applause.When asked about his moral underpinnings, Mr Gingrich says that it is impossible to find fulfilment without submitting to God's mercy.
A Dostoyevskian-looking priest speaks to Kolia about enduring his trials like Job, submitting to God's will, as mighty as the great beast of the sea: "Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a fish-hook?" Yet Kolia has become not Job, but the beached whale itself.
A Dostoyevskian-looking priest speaks to Kolia about enduring his trials like Job submitting to God's will, as mighty as the great beast of the sea: "Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a fish hook?" Yet Kolia has become not Job, but the beached whale, with all the burdensome size but none of the power: massive, inert, waiting only for death to put his trial to an end.
In working with a sinner S (shattering S's illusions and correcting S's ignorance), God could presumably bring S to a point, just short of actually determining S's choice, where S would see the choice between horror and bliss with such clarity that the probability of S repenting and submitting to God would be extremely high.
What does submitting to God really mean from a non-religious perspective?
