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Category: Scripture, Word: GREAT COMMANDMENTS
July 31, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
13. GREAT COMMANDMENTS Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments. (Matthew 22:37-40) DEFINITION: The Great Commandments are Je... Keep Reading
Category: Scripture, Word: INTERPRETATION
July 24, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
12. INTERPRETATION Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:45) DEFINITION: To interpret a passage of Scripture is to explain its message: first as it was meant to be understood in its original setting; and second as it has significance in a contemporary setting. Christ is the central theme of Scripture, and the Spir... Keep Reading
Category: Scripture, Word: PROPHECY
July 17, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
11. PROPHECY You may say to yourself, “how can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?” When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. (Deuteronomy 18:21-22) DEFINITION: Prophets were spokesmen for God, with a message inspi... Keep Reading
Category: Scripture, Word: LAW
July 10, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
10. THE LAW For no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. (Romans 3:20) DEFINITION: Although the five books of Moses—and the Old Testament as a whole—may be called the Law, in essence “law” refers to all the righteous demands of God that reveal Hi... Keep Reading
Category: Scripture, Word: INFALLIBILITY
July 3, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
9. INFALLIBILITY The ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold—than an abundance of pure gold… In addition, Your servant is warned by them; there is great reward in keeping them. (Psalm 19:9-11) DEFINITION: The infallibility of the Bible means that it is perfectly true and t... Keep Reading
Category: Scripture, Word: INSPIRATION
June 26, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
II. SCRIPTURE Without a right understanding of the nature of the Bible, the church will cease to exist. Unless God has used His voice understandably, there is no way to know whether Christianity is true. For good reason the word “Word” is applied both to written and speech communication as well as to Jesus Christ, God’s personal ... Keep Reading
Category: God, Word: TRINITY
June 19, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
7. TRINITY The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. (2 Corinthians 13:13) DEFINITION: God is eternally one Being. Yet He exists eternally as three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. There are not three Gods, only one. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit are... Keep Reading
Category: God, Word: LOVE
June 11, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
6. LOVE We have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him… We love because He first loved us. (1 John 4:16,19) DEFINITION: God’s love is His freely given, intense affection, actively showing delight and goodwil... Keep Reading
Category: God, Word: PRESENCE
June 5, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
5. PRESENCE Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, even there Your hand will lead me. (Psalm 139:7-10) DEFINITION: God’s presence is His “being there.” Omnipresence means that He is ... Keep Reading
Category: God, Word: OMNISCIENCE
May 29, 2015 | by: Kendell Easley, prepared by Dave Maniquis | 0 Comments
4. OMNISCIENCE He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Our Lord is great, vast in power; His understanding is infinite. (Psalm 147:4-5) DEFINITION: Omniscience means to know all things, and the Scriptures affirm that God alone is all knowing. Although this includes factual knowledge, the biblical emphasis conce... Keep Reading