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33041 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sabbatical Year.11

… religious character of the Sabbatical year, we are in keeping with the idea permeating the Old Testament, namely that the children of Israel are the chosen …

33042 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, in the New Testament, 1.83

… of God in making such a propitiation was the exhibition of His righteousness; i.e., the vindication of that side of His character which demands the punishment …

33043 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, in the New Testament, 1.84

… of God" ( Romans 1:18, etc.) to express the attitude of God toward sin, an attitude of displeasure and of grief, of revulsion of holy character which demands the punishment …

33044 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, in the New Testament, 2.5

… and character of Jesus as a ground of efficacy in Christ's sacrifice, "who knew no sin" in His life experience ( 2 Corinthians 5 5:22Co 1:1-24a).

33045 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, in the Old Testament, 1.128

… the god and the people but that of a common meal, it does not appear that the god is a totem god. There is no reason why the animal should have been a totem. In any …

33046 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, in the Old Testament, 2.41

… private character and accompanied by a fine. It expressed expiation and restitution. The classes of sin requiring a guilt offering with reparation in money …

33047 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, in the Old Testament, 3.14

… the character of God, and is entirely out of accord with the sacred record.

33048 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Saints.2

… of character, like chacidh, but express a relation to God as being set apart for His own. Wherever qadhosh refers to angels, the rendering "holy one" or "holy ones …

33049 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Saints.3

… by God as His own, yet the godly and holy character ought inevitably and immediately to result. When God consecrates and claims moral beings for Himself and …

33050 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Salvation.39

character ( Psalms 101:1 - 8, etc.). But for the individual all these evils are summed up in the word "death," which was thought to terminate all relation to God and all …

33051 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Salvation.46

… " caused character in its relation to religion to be forgotten. (2) As God's commands were viewed as statutes the distinction between the moral and the ritual …

33052 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Salvation.51

… of character, of the single eye ( Matthew 6:22 ), of the pure heart ( Matthew 5:8 ). Only so can the spiritual house be built on a rock foundation. But the mere ideal is not …

33053 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Salvation.52

… the character that Christ teaches as making up for the lack of moral perfection is becoming "as a little child" (compare Mark 10:15 ). Now the point here is not credulousness …

33054 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Salvation.58

… of character. Paul, indeed, is frequently obliged to give directions as to details, but the detailed directions are referred constantly to the underlying …

33055 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Salvation.65

… of character is needed (3:6), and the blessing is only on him who does Christ's commandments (13:17). This "doing" is the proof of love toward Christ (14:15,21); only by …

33056 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctification.20

… moral character. It may refer to days and seasons, to places, to objects used for worship, or to persons. Exactly the same usage is shown with the word "sanctify …

33057 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctification.25

… moral character that is meant here, but a certain separation from the profane and unclean and a certain relation to God. This is made plain by the reference …

33058 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctification.27

… to God become the idea of transformation of life and character? The change is, indeed, nothing less than a part of the whole movement for which the entire Scriptures …

33059 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctification.34

… is God's gift, and that its fruit is holiness. First, it is God's gift. What God gives us is nothing less than Himself. The gift is not primarily forgiveness, nor …

33060 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctification.35

… personal character. The Spirit is personal, not some thing, nor some strange and magical power. The Spirit is ethical; there is a definite moral quality which …