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1441 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.4
… the Divine will and in the circle of Divine providence" (Schultz). After the prologue, the Satan is left out of account, and Job's misfortunes are attributed …
1442 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptismal Regeneration.2
… the agency with which regeneration is specially connected is the Divine "word" (compare 1 Peter 1:23 ). Without living faith, in those capable of its exercise …
1443 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptismal Regeneration.6
… sacramental agencies are the ordinary and normal channels of Divine grace.
1444 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptismal Regeneration.16
… of divine origin, "from above." It is ascribed to the agency of the entire Trinity: the Father ( James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:3 ); the Son ( John 1:12 ); and the Spirit ( Titus 3:5 ). But by …
1445 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Conversion.9
… purely Divine acts, repentance, faith, conversion are human acts although under the influence and by the power of the Divine agency. Thus, conversion denotes …
1446 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Creation.24
… of Divine Personality. The inconceivability of creation has been pressed by Spencer, the idea of a self-existent Creator, through whose agency it has been …
1447 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Exodus, the Book Of, 2.7
… human agency, offered this deliverance. It is a situation which demands faith (4:31). This section naturally falls into ten pericopes, of which in each instance …
1448 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gnosticism.53
… intermediate agency, the Jewish angels and the heathen demons. Philo has much to say in regard to the Logos. His utterances on this subject may be compared …
1449 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Inspiration, 8-18.4
… a Divine book, created by the Divine energy and speaking in their every part with Divine authority directly to the heart of the readers, is the fundamental …
1450 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 1.106
… . The agency of the Spirit in regeneration is repeatedly and emphatically declared in a single passage ( John 3:5 - 8 ), but is nowhere else referred to either in …
1451 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. John, the Epistles Of, Part 1-3.50
… the Divine and human vitally and directly meet--to that in God which is communicable to man, to that in man by which he is capax Dei. The Divine nature as life and …
1452 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Light.22
… a Divinely-ordered natural cause or the light was the natural light of day, the process that preserved the interspersed Israelites from the encompassing …
1453 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Magic; Magician.23
… . But divination has to do generally with omens, and it is better for this and other reasons to notice the two subjects--magic and divination--apart as is done …
1454 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mediation; Mediator.61
… the agency of angels in the promulgation of the law is first found in the Septuagint of Deuteronomy 33:2 (not in the Hebrew original), but was greatly amplified …
1455 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philo, Judaeus.18
… . These agencies were suggested to Philo by the Platonic Ideas. But he personalized them more or less and, as a characteristic addition, included them in the …
1456 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Principality.3
… superhuman agencies, angelic or demonic ( Romans 8:38; Ephesians 3:10; 6:12; Colossians 1:16; 10, 15 ). Paul was keenly sensible of the dualism of mind and body and of …
1457 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 1.48
… reference divine providence, into three departments: first, the inanimate or physical universe, which is conserved or governed by God according to certain …
1458 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 1.60
… :4 ). Divine providence does not work independently of man's free will; providential blessings are conditioned on character and conduct ( Proverbs 26:10 the …
1459 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 1.72
… free agency, many who are "sent from God" refuse to go upon their divinely-appointed mission. The Day of Pentecost is the revelation of a new power in history …
1460 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 2.29
… divinely-produced thoughts and feelings; and if divinely-produced thoughts and feelings, there may be, in like manner, it would seem, Divinely produced …