Search for: god's call to service
2781 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayer.3
… temple services ( Exodus 40:1 - 38; 1 Kings 8:1 - 66 ). The prophet, it is true, approaches God immediately and freely--Moses ( Exodus 34:34; Deuteronomy 34:10 ) and David ( 2 Samuel …
2782 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priest, High.33
… consecration to God and His service (10:10); an ultimate perfection (10:14); and full access to the throne of grace (10:21,22).
2783 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prophecy; Prophets, 1.41
… , however, God has selected such prophetic organs for a longer service. These persons are called and dedicated for this purpose by Him through a special act …
2784 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ransom.20
… -shekel to be paid by every Israelite from 20 years old and upward when a census was taken. It was to be the same for rich and poor, and it was called "atonement money …
2785 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Self-surrender.7
… life to the service of men ( Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21; compare Luke 12:33 ). But this surrender of self was never a loss of personality; it was the finding of the true …
2786 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Servant.2
… are called the "servants" of kings, princes, etc. ( 1 Samuel 29:3; 2 Samuel 16:1; 1 Kings 11:26; Proverbs 14:35, and often). (5) The position of a king in relation to his people …
2787 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shiloh (2).2
… :3 ). To Shiloh Samuel was brought and consecrated to God's service ( 1 Samuel 1:24 ). The sanctuary was presided over by Eli and his wicked sons; and through Samuel …
2788 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sons of God.3
… to supernatural beings or angels. In Job the "sons of God" are represented as appearing before the throne of Yahweh in heaven, ready to do Him service, and …
2789 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Synagogue.25
… time to time, especially on Sabbath and feast days, to gather round those who were specially pious and God-fearing, in order to listen to the word of God and engage …
2790 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tabernacle, B.26
… of God, called also the ark of the covenant of God and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, or more fully the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Hosts, names, especially …
2791 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tithe.3
… eager to return to Jerusalem, but had to be persuaded to do so by Ezra ( Ezra 8:15 ).) The Levites were to receive the tithes offered by Israel to Yahweh, because they …
2792 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Trinity, 2.3
… be called artificiality in assigning the endowments of the church, as they are graces to the Spirit, as they are services to Christ, and as they are energizings …
2793 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ungodly.2
… from God of His dues of prayer and of service; a standing, so to speak, in battle array against God and His claims to respect, reverence and obedience. Those whose …
2794 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Woman.58
… truly called of God to public address and instruction as man. It is evident in the New Testament and in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers that women, through …
2795 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Worship.26
… the service of love in a life: "Present your bodies a living sacrifice"; not material sacrifices, but spiritual: your rational "service"; not the service about …
2796 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Yoke.6
… needs to be called only to Lamentations 3:27, where "disciplining sorrow" is meant, and to Jeremiah 5:5, where the phrase is a figure for "the law of God." This last …
2797 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Chronicles First and Second Books of.2 (William Smith)
… services at Jerusalem. Zerubbabel, and after him Ezra and Nehemiah, labored most earnestly to restore the worship of God among the people, and to reinfuse …
2798 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Leviticus.2 (William Smith)
… is called Leviticus because it relates principally to the Levites and priests and their services. The book is generally held to have been written by Moses …
2799 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Mahanaim.2 (William Smith)
… allotted to the service of the Merarite Levites. Joshua 21:39; 1 Chronicles 6:80. Mahanaim had become in the time of the monarchy a place of mark. 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel …
2800 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Nazarite.2 (William Smith)
… kind to be set apart from others for the service of God. The obligation was either for life or for a defined time. There is no notice in the Pentateuch of Nazarites …