Gospel [N] [E]Glad tidings or good news, from Anglo-Saxon godspell.The Old Testament. Good news is proclaimed widely ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; Psalm 96:2-3 ; ...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
CHAPTER 15. THE BOASTED MERIT OF WORKS SUBVERSIVE BOTH OF THE GLORY OF GOD, IN BESTOWING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF THE CERTAINTY OF SALVATION. The divisi...
Chapter?7In this chapter, I. Christ, the royal bridegroom, goes on to describe the beauties of his spouse, the church, in many instances, and to expre...
Chapter?2The apostle here directs Titus about the faithful discharge of his own office generally (v.?1), and particularly as to several sorts of perso...
Chapter?5In this chapter we have the second edition of the ten commandments. I. The general intent of them; they were in the nature of a covenant betw...
Reward [N]A Definition of Reward. The word reward has both a favorable and an unfavorable meaning in English. In its favorable sense, it is something ...
Apocalyptic Type of biblical literature that emphasizes the lifting of the veil between heaven and earth and the revelation of God and his plan for th...
Divorce [N] [T] [E] [S]Perversion of the marriage institution. Marriage was ordained by God as an intimate and complementing union between a man and a...
But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues The two-thirds left from the population prior to the sounding of the sixth trumpet (Rev...
CHAPTER II. THE ORIGINAL STATE OF MAN. In determining man's original state, we are wholly dependent npon Scripture. This represents human nature as ...
Chapter?4The work of a Christian is twofold?doing the will of God and suffering his pleasure. This chapter directs us in both. The duties we are here ...
Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life The divinely bestowed gift of blessedness in God's presence that endures without end. This relates especial...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7. overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? hidden manna The manna is set...
CHAPTER 22. THIS DOCTRINE CONFIRMED BY PROOFS FROM SCRIPTURE. The divisions of this chapter are,--I. A confirmation of the orthodox doctrine in oppos...
Chapter?43The contents of this chapter are much the same with those of the foregoing chapter, looking at the release of the Jews out of their captivit...
CHAPTER 14. THE BEGINNING OF JUSTIFICATION. IN WHAT SENSE PROGRESSIVE. To illustrate what has been already said, and show what kind of righteousness ...
Chapter?4In this chapter, I. Jesus Christ, having espoused his church to himself ch.?3:11 ), highly commends her beauty in the several expressions of ...
Hell [N] [T] [E] [S]Place of God's final retributive punishment. Scripture progressively develops this destiny of the wicked: the Old Testament outli...
Scripture, Unity and Diversity of Study of the nature of the relationship of the sixty-six canonical books of the Bible. The unity of Scripture claims...