Eph. 1 Eph. 1:3 - 3.21.7 Eph. 1:4 6 - 3.5.6, 3.13.8.1, 3.17.14, 3.21.7, 4.4.2, 4.4.3 Eph. 1:5 - 3.21.7 Eph. 1:7 2 - 3.1.5, 3.5.9 Eph. 1:9 2 - 3...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ePHESIANS\\ The city of Ephesus is, by Pliny {a}, called the other light of Asia; Miletus was one, and Ephesus the other: it was t...
hate the deeds The Ephesian church had left their first love, but had not left their former hatred for evil. Their hatred for evil was the diametric ...
In the sovereignty and omniscience of God, many things were determined and accomplished before or from the foundation of the world:God existed before...
in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel This refers to the time period during which the seventh angel sounds and the final seven bowl judgmen...
Mystery [E] Scripture frequently describes God as one who knows all things, even that which the human mind could never know or finds incomprehensible....
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
in the midst The Levites, who performed the priestly duty of the OT, camped around the glory of the Lord which resided in the Tabernacle (Num. Num. 1:...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
Salvation belongs to When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the day He presented Himself as king in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 9:9...
mystery As is frequently the case within Scripture, the answers to our questions are ?in the back of the book? (in this case, the back of the chapter)...
Union with Christ [T]According to the New Testament, the religious experience of the earliest Christians was derived from and dependent upon Christ. C...
Predestination [N] [E]The Concept. Divine predestination means that God has a purpose that is determined long before it is brought to pass. It implies...
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...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
Evangelize, Evangelism Basic Definition. To evangelize is to proclaim the good news of the victory of God's salvation. Evangelism is the noun denoting...
a male child who was to rule with a rod of iron To rule is ?????????? [Poimainein] : ?Herd, tend, (lead to) pasture.?1 Elsewhere, it is translated a...
war ??????? [Polemos] : ?Opposite . . . peace; as a single engagement battle, fight.?1 Michael and his angels Michael is one of the ?chief princes? w...
a few even in Sardis God never lumps the faithful in with the errant in his assessment. Even in the midst of a wicked culture, there are those who tru...