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93801 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Antipas.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
(2.) A “faithful martyr” ( Revelation 2:13 ), of whom nothing more is certainly known.
93802 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assurance.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ’] of faith” ( Hebrews 10:22 ) is a fulness of faith in God which leaves no room for doubt. The “full assurance of understanding” ( Colossians 2:2 ) is an entire unwavering …
93803 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assurance.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… saving faith. It is the result of faith, and posterior to it in the order of nature, and so frequently also in the order of time. True believers may be destitute …
93804 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assurance.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
This assurance may in various ways be shaken, diminished, and intermitted, but the principle out of which it springs can never be lost. (See FAITH .)
93805 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Babe.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… Christian faith and knowledge ( 1 Corinthians 3:1; Hebrews 5:13; 1 Peter 2:2 ). In Isaiah 3:4 the word “babes” refers to a succession of weak and wicked princes who reigned …
93806 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Baptism, Christian.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith or of their being “believers” would be required from every one of them before baptism. The point in dispute is not the baptism of believers, but whether …
93807 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Baptism, Christian.10 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith and a promise of subjection to the laws of the kingdom. Now it is a fact beyond dispute that the children of God’s people under the old dispensation …
93808 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Baptism, John’s.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the faith of Christ. It was not administered in the name of the Trinity, and those whom John baptized were rebaptized by Paul ( Acts 18:24; Acts 19:7 ).
93809 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Barak.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… . Barak’s faith is commended ( Hebrews 11:32 ). “The character of Barak, though pious, does not seem to have been heroic. Like Gideon, and in a sense Samson, he is an illustration …
93810 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Bartimaeus.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Bartimaeus — son of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho ( Mark 10:46; Matthew 20:30 ). His blindness was miraculously cured on the ground of his faith.
93811 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Benaiah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… remained faithful to Solomon ( 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:10, 1 Kings 1:26 ), by whom he was raised to the rank of commander-in-chief ( 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:29, 1 Kings 2:30, 1 Kings …
93812 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Brother.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
(5.) One of the same faith ( Amos 1:9; Acts 9:30; Acts 11:29; 1 Corinthians 5:11 ); whence the early disciples of our Lord were known to each other as brethren.
93813 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Caesarea.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith was opened to the Gentiles. Philip the evangelist resided here with his four daughters ( Acts 21:8 ). From this place Saul sailed for his native Tarsus …
93814 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Canon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith and practice, the standard of doctrine and duty. A book is said to be of canonical authority when it has a right to take a place with the other books which …
93815 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Christ.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the faith of which alone men can be brought unto God. That Jesus is the Christ is the testimony of God, and the faith of this constitutes a Christian ( 1 Corinthians …
93816 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Christian.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ,” “the faithful,” “elect,” “saints,” “believers.” But as distinguishing them from the multitude without, the name “Christian” came into use, and was universally accepted …
93817 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Church.9 (Matthew G. Easton)
… is faithful to the great King is an integral part of the visible church, and all together constitute the catholic or universal visible church.” A credible …
93818 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Confession.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Confession — (1) An open profession of faith ( Luke 12:8 ). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God ( Leviticus 16:21; Ezra 9:5-15; Daniel 9:3-12 ), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged ( James 5:16; Matthew 18:15 ).
93819 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Conversion.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… Christian faith; and in a more special sense men are converted when, by the influence of divine grace in their souls, their whole life is changed, old things …
93820 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Covenant.11 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith. It is still in force, however, as it rests on the immutable justice of God, and is binding on all who have not fled to Christ and accepted his righteousness …