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2761 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abstinence.7
… in God's view character grows rich and life joyful, not by fasts or formal observances, but by acts of unselfish service inspired by a heart of love.
2762 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.25
… pained to see any infraction of the laws of modesty. In Hebrews 1:14 angels are (described as ministering spirits engaged in the service of the saints. Peter …
2763 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Asharelah; Asarelah.2
… David to the temple service ( 1 Chronicles 25:2 ); in 1 Chronicles 25:14 he is called Jesharelah. The latter element in both forms may be ('el) "God," but the meaning of …
2764 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Asia Minor.47
… class called hieroi performed special functions (probably for a period only) in the temple service. This included, in the ease of women, sometimes a
2765 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bind; Bound.3
… is to declare a thing to be binding or obligatory ( John 20:23 ). In this sense this authority is used by some denominations in the service in preparation for the …
2766 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Blasphemy.6
… man to eternal condemnation involves the inability and defeat of God. The only alternative seems to be to call the kenotic theory into service, and to put …
2767 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, Offices of.32
… relationship to God. Nothing is more clear in Israel's history than the gradual evolution of official service both of church and state, as expressed in the …
2768 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, Offices of.65
… added to the knowledge of God, whether received or rejected by the people. The issues of such service had remained, enshrined in a growing liturgy, or made permanent …
2769 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Conversion.9
… obedience to the Divine summons determines to change the course of his life and turns to God. Arrested by God's call man stops to think, turns about and heads …
2770 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Daniel.11
… came to pass. For in the morning, when the king drew near to the mouth of the den, and called to him, Daniel said that God had sent His angel and shut the mouths of …
2771 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Divination.20
… their calling, probably because they were supposed to be in league with tile gods of other and hostile nations. The gods of a people were in the beliefs of the …
2772 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Elect.2
… correspondingly called to special holiness and service. See further under ELECTION. In the English versions "elect" is not used as a verb: "to choose" is preferred …
2773 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Election.15
… of God, the new, regenerate race called to special privilege and special service. From one point of view, that of the external marks of Christianity, they may …
2774 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Equal.2
… with God," is clearly defined by the preceding clause, for our Lord's opponents say that He has "called God his own Father" (Greek idion patera, i.e. His Father in …
2775 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 …
2776 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.
2777 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 …
2778 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 …
2779 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 …
2780 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 …