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1461 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 2.31

… the divine Christ that He could not do many mighty works in a certain city because of their unbelief and opposition. In like manner divine providence is conditioned …

1462 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 2.33

… to divine providence is evident to every student of the Scriptures. Indeed, it is in working good out of what the world accounts evil that divine providence …

1463 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Red Sea.29

… direct divine agency. But in this case the disturbance is at once seen to be beyond the powers of human agency to produce.

1464 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Satan.26

… the divine will, leads to the ultimate declaration that Satan is a morally fallen being to whose conquest the Divine Power in history is pledged. There is …

1465 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Trinity, 2.10

… distinct agencies of the one seeking and saving love of God. Without the doctrine of the Trinity, his conscious Christian life would be thrown into confusion …

1466 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Inspiration.2 (William Smith)

… extraordinary divine agency upon teachers while giving instructions, whether oral or written, by which they were taught what and how they should write …

1467 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Miracles.2 (William Smith)

… the agency of man (including prayer under the term agency), and unless it be put forth as a proof of divine mission. Prodigies and special providences are not …

1468 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Prophet.7 (William Smith)

… the agency of the Spirit of God that the prophets received the divine communication; but the means by which the divine Spirit communicated with the human …

1469 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. παρά.5

… , by divine agency or by the power at God's command); akin to which is οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρά τοῦ Θεοῦ πᾶν ῤῆμα, Luke 1:37 L marginal reading T Tr WH (see ἀδυνατέω, b.); λαλεῖσθαι …

1470 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. πιστεύω.8

… — the divinely appointed author of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God, conjoined with obedience to Christ: πιστεύω τόν υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἶναι Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν …

1471 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Convert, Conversion.7

… :9 ). Divine grace is the efficient cause, human agency the responding effect.

1472 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Locust.3

… satanic agencies, let loose by Divine judgments inflicted upon men for five months, the time of the natural life of the "locust." For the character of the judgment …

1473 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Sabaoth.3

… spiritual agencies, or of what are described as "the armies of heaven." Eventually it was used as equivalent to "the Lord all-sovereign." In the prophetical books …

1474 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Scripture.4

… its Divine Author with an intimation that it remains perpetually characterized as the living voice of God. This Divine agency is again illustrated in Galatians …

1475 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 89.2 (Ellen G. White Estate)

… the divine agencies. Feeling our helplessness, we are to improve all the opportunities granted us to gain a fuller experience. As the plant takes root in the …

1476 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 93.11 (Ellen G. White Estate)

… of divine agencies, and they will be enabled to grasp by faith unseen benefits. As they come to understand the wonderful work of God in supplying the wants …

1477 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 105.35 (Ellen G. White Estate)

… chosen agency for revealing Christ to the world. We are to acknowledge His grace as made known through the holy men of old; but that which will be most effectual …

1478 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 117.7 (Ellen G. White Estate)

… the divine agency. They do not give God the glory due unto His holy name. The working of His power is ascribed to natural causes or to human instrumentality …

1479 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 182.8 (Ellen G. White Estate)

The heart that does not respond to divine agencies becomes hardened until it is no longer susceptible to the influence of the Holy Spirit. Then it is that the word is spoken, “Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?”

1480 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 267.3 (Ellen G. White Estate)

… a divine foresight would deprive man of free moral agency, and degrade him to the position of a slave. It was their belief, that, having created man, God had left …