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2761 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ethics of Jesus.50
… , to the objects and actions by which the Almighty is honored; and it is often said that the only service of God which mattered in His eyes was the service of man …
2762 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ethics, III.27
… Christ; to attain to the perfect life--"the prize of the high calling of God in Christ"--is the aim of Paul.
2763 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Foot.7
… the service of God, even though they be poor or mean-looking, by bidding them to take a lowly place at the feet of the richer members of the congregation ( James …
2764 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gehazi.3
… , Gehazi called the Shunammite, that she might be rewarded by the prophet for her liberal hospitality. Failing to elicit from the lady a desire for any particular …
2765 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, 1.102
… relation to a being called God, the Divine Being is in different religions conceived in the most different ways; as one and as many, as natural and as spiritual …
2766 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, Names of.29
… service which the child should render, or perhaps commemorating in a name the favor of God in the gracious gift of the child, e.g. Nathaniel ("gift of God"); Samuel …
2767 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Greece, Religion in Ancient.62
… the service of the gods; the office may be called sacred, but the office was distinct from the man. The result was important, in that the priests in Greece could …
2768 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holy Spirit, 1.55
… applied to the Spirit of Yahweh. Yahweh gives His good Spirit for instruction ( Nehemiah 9:20 ); the Spirit is called good because it teaches to do God's will ( Psalms …
2769 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hosea.47
… entertained to sacrificial service as it was practiced. So when it is said, "I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths …
2770 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Inspiration, 8-18.7
… the service of God's people; or in the progressive revelation of Divine truth itself, supplying their culminating contents. And there is the preparation …
2771 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Intercession.33
… of God to the people. But, after the catastrophe, in his sorrow he appeals to God for mercy upon them ( Lamentations 2:20; 1, 19 ). Ezekiel in the same way is rather the …
2772 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.18
… derision, called "calves") were intended only to represent the Covenant-God Yahweh. However, this representation in the form of images, an idea which the king …
2773 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.37
… Yahweh to make the Gentiles His spiritual subjects. But as this people in its present condition is little fit for this great service, he sees with his prophetic …
2774 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4a.46
… us to fulfill all righteousness" ( Matthew 3:15 ). The Head was content to enter by the same gateway as the members to His specific vocation in the service of the …
2775 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joy.5
… poetically called upon to join ( Psalms 96:11 - 13; Psalms 98:4 - 9 ). In the case of those who held such views of God, it was natural that the service of God should elicit …
2776 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Justification.52
… , but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?" ( Micah 6:8 ). No religious attitude or services could take the place of uprightness of life …
2777 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 1.64
… ecclesiastical services of the man, the status of presiding presbyter developed out of seniority into superiority, out of representativeness into official …
2778 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 2.36
… especially to Plato's teaching about the Divine Logos and judgment to come. To refute prevalent calumny Justin describes Sunday service and administration …
2779 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ministry.53
… grew to a prescriptive right. It was then that the bishops of the towns which were the meeting-places of synods came to be called metropolitans. The title was …
2780 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Praise.7
… spirit calling for social utterance. The man who praises God desires to praise Him in the hearing of other men ( Psalms 40:10 ), and desires also that their praises …