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95121 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Regeneration.40
… and faith in Christ, is therefore the human response to the offer of salvation which God makes. This response gives occasion to and is synchronous with the …
95122 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Reign.4
… (in faith; compare 2 Timothy 2:12 ); of those `purchased unto God with the blood of the Lamb' ( Revelation 5:10 ); of those partaking in the first resurrection ( Revelation …
95123 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Repentance.19
… , as faith ( Acts 20:21 ), and as conversion ( Acts 3:19 ); also with those experiences and blessings of which God alone is the author, as remission and forgiveness of …
95124 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Repentance.21
… of faith ( Acts 11:21 ); and to complete and emphasize the change required by New Testament repentance ( Acts 26:20 ).
95125 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Reprobate.3
… true faith, but either hypothetically or actually are represented as having failed to meet the test. "Reprobate unto every good work" ( Titus 1:16 ) are they who …
95126 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Restoration.2
… . Their faith in the unique position and mission of Israel as the chosen people of God inspired in them the conviction that the destruction of the nation would …
95127 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Resurrection of Jesus Christ, The.16
… that faith today is to be exercised solely in the exalted and glorified Lord, but faith must ultimately rest on fact, and it is difficult to understand how …
95128 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Resurrection of Jesus Christ, The.31
… Christian faith teaches that Christ Himself was a "new thing," and that His coming as "God manifest in the flesh" was something absolutely unique. If we are not …
95129 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Resurrection of Jesus Christ, The.36
… Historic Faith and The Gospel of the Resurrection. Very full literary references in Bowen, The Resurrection in the New Testament, 1911, which, although negative …
95130 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Retention of Sins.2
… and faith, the community of believers were unauthorized to give assurance of forgiveness, and, therefore, could only warn that the guilt of sin was retained …
95131 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Retribution.20
… by faith; and this salvation by faith is a necessity "for the wrath of God is revealed," etc. Thus the divine wrath on account of sin is the dark background of the …
95132 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rhegium.2
… were faithful to their alliance with Rome during the Second Punic War (Livy xxiii.30; xxiv. 1; xxvi.12; xxix.6). At the time of the Social War they were incorporated …
95133 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rhodes.5
… the faithful ally of Rome after the defeat of Antiochus in 189 BC. As a reward for her loyalty she received Caria. In 168, however, only a small portion of this …
95134 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Righteousness.19
… themselves faithful, God must show His favor toward them. Moral worth is not conceived of as something that is to be paid for by external rewards, but if God …
95135 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rizpah.2
… Rizpah's faithful watch over the bodies of her dead sons Mephibosheth and Armoni ( 2 Samuel 21:10 - 11 ). Did this story suggest Tennyson's "Rizpah"? A three years …
95136 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 1.36
(f) Aggressiveness against Pagan Faith
95137 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 1.86
… with faith what these earlier seers, who stood nearer God, as Cicero said, had been pleased to teach of the divine. But soon this stock of knowledge became exhausted …
95138 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.4
… the faith of the Romans waned before growing unbelief. Both the educated classes and the populace abandoned the old Roman religion, the former sank into …
95139 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.13
… new faith appearing suddenly with a large clientele might be dangerous to the public peace (multitude ingens: Tac. Ann. xv.44; polu plethos Clem. Rom.; Cor 1 6).
95140 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.18
… Pagan Faith: But the Christians were not content with an uncompromising withdrawal from the practices of heathen worship: they also actively assailed …