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32641 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Catholic Epistles.3
… . The character and contents of these seven epistles are treated under their various heads. The letters of James and Jude belong to the Judaic school of Christianity …
32642 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Change.2
… of character, haphakh: (1) of leprosy, "changed unto white" ( Leviticus 13:16 ); (2) figuratively of the moral life, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin?" ( Jeremiah 13:23 ); so …
32643 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Charity.18
… own character ( 1 Corinthians 8:1 ) and be ready to go forth to God ( 1 Corinthians 8:3 ) or to men; or (2) an active and actual relation with other men, generally within …
32644 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cheer; Cheerfulness.2
… neutral character (any face expression, whether joyous or otherwise). In Old Testament, Tobh, is translated "cheer," "let thy heart cheer thee" (see GOOD ); sameach …
32645 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Children of God.38
… or character of sons, but they are still moral and rational beings made in the image of God, open to the appeal and influence of His love, and able to "rise and go …
32646 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Choose; Chosen.29
… can God be just, if a few are chosen and many are left? And (3) How can man be free if his moral character proceeds out of God’s sovereign grace? It is certain that …
32647 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, Offices of.27
… various characters of our Lord’s redemptive work. Many appellative and metaphorical titles are found in Scripture for Christ, designative of His Divine …
32648 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, Offices of.37
… royal character. It was an ever-advancing manifestation of the nature and will of God, delivered by inspired men who spake at sundry times and in divers manners …
32649 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, Offices of.41
… to God in its natural character, and especially in that aspect where man by his sin had separated himself from God and laid himself open to the penalty of law …
32650 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, Offices of.63
… spiritual character of the coming Messiah. References to the future blessedness of Israel under the restored royalty do not appear so largely in the Apocrypha …
32651 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, the Exaltation of.30
… spiritual character of the kingdom which Christ founded. Its life is that of faith, not sight. A perpetual life of even the resurrected Christ on earth would …
32652 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christianity.53
… Jesus’ character; on the other they have looked upon the claim to stand in such a unique relation to God and man as unfounded or meaningless. They have sought …
32653 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christianity.76
… holy character, necessarily ever remains the Great Exemplar to whose image His people are to be conformed ( Romans 8:29 ), in whose steps they are to follow ( 1 Peter …
32654 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christianity.83
… about God’s being, attributes and character, with all truth of Old Testament revelation, purely gathered up and preserved, but in the person and work of the …
32655 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christianity.84
… original character of the Christian system. Buddhism starts from the conception of the inherent evil and misery of existence, and the salvation it promises …
32656 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christs, False.4
… sianic character. Judas of Galilee ( Acts 5:37; Josephus, Ant, XVIII, i, Acts 1:1 - 26, Acts 6:1 - 15; BJ, II, viii, Acts 1:1 - 26 ) founded a numerous sect (the Gaulonites) by many of …
32657 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Church.29
… to God that finds expression in character and conduct. No doubt the members of the church are called saints even when the living evidences of sainthood are …
32658 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Clear; Clearness.3
… , to character, as spotless and free from guilt, or charge, or obligation "from oath" ( Genesis 24:8 ); "from transgression" ( Psalms 19:13 ). Hence, the verb "to clear" means …
32659 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Compassion.5
… the character of their God, the prophets declared that compassion was an essential requirement on the part of members of the community ( Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:8 …
32660 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Conscience.21
… the character of God, the example of Christ, and the teaching of Scripture, as well as with the maxims of the wise and the experience of the good.