Decision [T]General scriptures concerning Deuteronomy 30:19 ; Joshua 23:8 ; 24:15 ; 1?Samuel 12:20 ; 1?Kings 18:21 ; Psalms 37:34 ; 69:13 ; P...
Faith [T] [B] [E]General scriptures concerning 2?Samuel 22:31 ; Psalms 2:12 ; 5:11 ; 7:1 ; Psalms 9:9 Psalms 9:10 ; 18:30 ; 32:10 ; Psalms 3...
Persecution [N] [B] [E] Christ suffered Psalms 69:26 ; John 5:16 Christ voluntarily submitted to Isaiah 50:6 Christ was patient under Isai...
Overview - Galatians 5 1?He wills them to stand in their liberty, 3?and not to observe circumcision; 13?but rather love, which is the sum of the law....
JOHN, THE APOSTLE Sources of the Life of John: The sources for the life of the apostle John are of various kinds, and of different degrees of trustwo...
in His right hand seven stars These stars are the seven angels of the churches as explained in Revelation 1:20 . The picture of the stars being withi...
Psalms 82:6 I have said, ye are gods In the law, ( Exodus 21:6 ) ( 22:28 ) or they were so by his appointment and commission; he constituted them jud...
James [E] [H] [S]An apostle. Son of Zebedee and Salome Matthew 4:21 ; 27:56 ; Mark 15:40 ; 16:1 Brother of John and a fisherman Luke 5:10 Call...
Warfare of saints Is not after the flesh 2?Corinthians 10:3 Is a good warfare 1 Timothy 1:18 1 Timothy 1:19 Called the good fight of faith ...
Having completed the letters to the Seven Churches of Asia, John is called up to the throne room in heaven where he is given a vision of God the Fath...
SCRIPTURE skrip'-tur (he graphe, plural hai graphai): The word means writing. In the Old Testament it occurs in the King James Version only once, the...
Heathen, the Are without God and Christ Ephesians 2:12 DESCRIBED AS Ignorant 1?Corinthians 1:21 ; Ephesians 4:18 Idolatrous Psalms 135:...
Endurance [N]Continuing Christian commitment in the face of difficulty. Born in a context of hostility, persecution, and the death of their Lord and h...
Micah, Book ofthe sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the prophet exercised his office in the ...
10:1? Verily, verily1, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep3, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thi...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
Religion [B]FALSE Deuteronomy 32:31-33 See IDOLATRYSee INTOLERANCESee TEACHERS, FALSEFAMILYSee FAMILYNATIONALSupported by taxes Exodus 30:11-16 ;...
JAMES jamz (Iacobos): English form of Jacob, and the name of 3 New Testament men of note: (1) The Son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles (ho tou...
Burial [N] [T] [B]The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah ( Genesis 23 ). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the pur...
Minister, christian (a sacred teacher)CalledAMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 2?Corinthians 5:20 ANGELS OF THE CHURCH Revelation 1:20 ; 2:1 APOSTLES Lu...