Pleroo

Pronounced, “Play-row-oh,” meaning to be full or to fill a deficiency. At Salvation we are devoid of Doctrine. We need to be filled with God’s Word. The believer must be “full” (filled with the Holy Spirit). When the believer is full of the Spirit, he is fully influenced by the Holy Spirit and Bible Doctrine. Bible Doctrine and the Holy…

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Omnipotence Of God

Omni means “all” and potent means “power.” Omnipotence is a Latin term and refers to God’s Power. God is “all” capable — there is nothing He cannot do. It is the attribute of total ability without limitation. God is all-powerful. Omnipotence is a Theological term used to describe the Infinite and Eternal power of the Trinity.  

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Occupation With Christ

As used and defined by this ministry, occupation with Christ has two parts, both are temporary, but the second is more on a full-time basis:   1). Fellowship: This is our daily walk with the Lord in Fields of Grace, which begins at spiritual birth. It is temporarily lost due to perpetual sin, but fellowship is regained or reactivated by…

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Neshamah

Hebrew word for “breath of life” (soul life) from God, which imparts the human soul to the mediately-formed body at physical birth (Genesis 2:7). God gives to every living creature the breath of life. Nothing lives or breathes without God’s creative breath (Acts 17:25-28). All life owes God its living.

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Negative Volition

“Mataiotes” (met-eye-oh-tays) is a Greek word translated “vanity” in Ephesians 4:17. This is a vacuum created in the soul by negative volition against God or Bible Doctrine. Negative volition is also rejecting the authority of the Bible as God’s Word; rejecting Christ and His Cross for Salvation; rejecting the authority of the local church and/or your right-pastor. The believer can…

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Necromancy

The attempt to allegedly contact the dead, or spirits of the dead, for information. This is evil and dabbles in demonism. The dead cannot speak to us. Any “words” that come from a deceased loved-one are not their words, they are the words of demons. God forbids necromancy.

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Mystery Doctrine

The current Church Age (a period of time from Pentecost to the Rapture) was not revealed in the Old Testament, but is now clearly delineated in the New testament (See Ephesians 3:1-11; Colossians 1:24-29; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). We, today, are living with the things that those people in the Bible had no idea was coming. Christ’s death on the cross…

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Mosaic Law

The Mosaic Law is the laws God gave Moses, which consist of three compartments or “Codices.” Codex I: Freedom Code; Decalogue or Ten Commandments. The first four Commandments deal with man’s relationship to God; the remaining six deal with man’s relationship to man. Codex II: Spiritual Code — a complete shadow presentation of the Savior — Jesus Christ and His saving…

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Morning Star

One of the names of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ (Revelation 22:16). Also one of the rewards of blessing for the believer who keeps on keeping on, and advances to spiritual maturity, like the Apostle Paul who fought the good fight (2 Timothy 4:7,8; Revelation 2:26-28).  

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Metamorphism

This word describes our Lord’s “transformation” on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:2). Transformation here means a striking change in appearance or structure. Metamorphism will also occur at the Rapture to every believer who is alive at His Coming in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17).

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Metabolized Doctrine

Metabolizing doctrine entails Biblical Truth received in the left lobe of the brain as knowledge. By faith, knowledge understood and believed (faith-digested mentally) is then transferred to the right lobe where it becomes epignosis. Epignosis is doctrine ready for application in life. SPIRITUAL METABOLISM is the Holy Spirit causing Biblical Principles to be understood, believed, and transferred to the right…

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Messiah

The title of Messiah literally means “the Anointed One.” In Hebrew “masiah” is parallel to “Christos” in the Greek. Both mean ‘anointed one.’ Jesus Christ as Messiah is the Prophet, Priest, and King of Israel. Always has been, always will be — believe it or not.

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Mental Attitude

Your attitude reflects your thinking. Your thinking determines your actions. What you think is who you are. Bible Doctrine changes your attitude toward God and the world. Bible Doctrine transforms your thinking so that instead of being oriented to Satan’s cosmic system (the secular world) you become oriented by the thinking of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:16). Arrogance is an attitude…

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Mediator

A mediator reconciles the differences between two parties and must be equal in stature to both. (Jesus Christ was God and true humanity — “Hypostatic Union”). God chose Christ’s work (propitiation), and believers accept Christ’s work (salvation). By so doing, reconciliation is made and a contract is signed. At salvation this is the “Seal or signature agreement of the Holy…

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Love

A divine intrinsic attribute of God. God elected to share His love through creation, and through His Son at Calvary. Love is the character of God. Love Is God — God IS Love! “Shubah meshubah” is an expression of God’s Love … it IS God. There are three categories or basic areas of love: Category One Love (Agapé) is a…

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Legalism – 1

The term “legalism” is defined as striving to gain the approbation (attention or approval) of God, for salvation, by human good works. Legalism promotes self-righteousness — the deception of pride and ego-arrogance — hypocrisy. Legalism is perhaps Satan’s most successful strategy to keep man from seeing God’s Grace. Legalism is pseudo-spirituality. It is Satan’s counterfeit of “the filling of the…

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Lapsarianism

Lapsarianism means “lapse” and refers to man’s fallen condition and the five decrees of God in eternity past, before He created anything. The five decrees are related to “election” and are often referred to as “elective decrees.”   At a point in eternity past, God is. Before God created the universe and all that it contains, there was God the…

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Kenosis

During his incarnation (His earthly ministry in the flesh), Christ voluntarily restricted the use of His Divine Attributes, which include omnipotence — His Power (and this action is called Kenosis in the Greek). (See the “Essence Of God” for a detailed description of God’s Attributes). Our wonderful Lord and Savior volunteered to become true humanity (but, without a sin nature)…

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Justification

A judicial act of vindication whereby God imputes His Perfect Righteousness (+R) to the new believer at the point of salvation (faith in the cross-work of Christ). God’s Righteousness is imputed forever to every believer at the instant of faith in Christ (Romans 3:20-28), and we are justified and accepted forever, in God the Father’s eyes, as a result.  

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Judgment Seat Of Christ

This is God’s judgment or evaluation of believers ONLY, and is based on the execution of God’s Pre-Designed Plan for the believer, or the failure to execute said plan. The purpose is to cleanse by fire all human good and separate human good from Divine Good. It is based on rewards or loss of rewards for all eternity (not salvation…

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Integrity Of God

God’s integrity is based on His Righteousness and His Justice. God’s Integrity is defined by His Attributes which form His Holiness. God’s Righteousness is the principle of his integrity while His Justice is the function of His Integrity. Divine Integrity is, therefore, infinite, perfect, eternal, unchangeable and incomprehensible apart from God revealing Himself to humanity through Bible Doctrine, Creation and…

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Inspiration

Inspiration means God-breathed. God-breathed means the Holy Spirit supernaturally directed the human writers of Scripture so that without wavering their individual intelligence, literary style, personal feelings, or any other human factor, they wrote God’s complete and coherent message to humanity with perfect accuracy in the original languages of Scripture, the very words bearing the absolute authority of Divine authorship. God…

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Inordinate Desire

Inordinate desire is the lust to exalt oneself above others, without regard for them or God, and self-promotion, even if harm to others is necessary. This is a manifestation of the infestation of arrogance in man’s nature. Inordinate desire originated with Lucifer who became Satan at his fall in eternity past (Ezekiel 28:12-15). Inordinate desire becomes narcissistic, enamored with self-importance….

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Imputation

There are various types of Imputation from God. The imputation of sin imputed to all men; the imputation of righteousness imputed to all believers at salvation. Imputation is an action of God involving condemnation or blessing. Therefore, imputation is the function of God’s Justice, which is a characteristic of God’s Essence. (See our study on Divine Essence, and Romans 3:22-31;…

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Impeccability Of Christ

The impeccability of Christ refers to the doctrine that Christ did not sin during the incarnation. He remained free from all three categories of sin in the human race: inherent sin (no sin nature); imputed sin; and personal sin (2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15). The impeccability of Christ relates to the Hypostatic Union. See term “Hypostatic Union.”  

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Image of God

The Image of God is reflected in the immaterial, invisible essence of mankind – the soul. The very pattern God used when He created mankind … was Himself. Our essence includes volition, emotion, self-consciousness, conscience, and mentality. See definition for “Soul Life.”

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Idolatry

Idolatry is the worship of anything or anyone besides God. Giving anything a higher priority in one’s life — putting God second to self is a form of idolatry (Reference Exodus 20:2-5; 22:20; Deuteronomy 4:15-19; 5:7-9). Idolatry of any kind is forbidden for the believer.

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I.C.E.

Isagogics – the interpretation of Scripture in its historical  setting. Categories – classification of Biblical Truths according to its subject matter.   Exegesis – a critical examination of Scripture involving the grammar, syntax, and etymology of the original languages of Scripture to verify the literal intent and interpretation of the context. This I.C.E. method of study was originally developed by…

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Hypostatic Union

‘Hypostatic’ is from the Greek ‘en,’ meaning “in,” and ‘hypostasis,’ meaning “substance.” The incarnate Christ has two natures (undiminished deity and true humanity), inseparably united without loss of separate identity in one person forever. Hypostatic union is the theological term for the incarnate Person of Christ. It refers to the union of God and man. Christ, the God-man, unites in…

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Hope

Confident assurance in God’s promises — such as eternal life and the cross work of Christ on our behalf (as our substitute). Hope is satisfied and made comfortable by Metabolized Doctrine and its application in life. (What’s the point of studying God’s Word if you’re not going to do anything with it? The Word is designed for us to process…

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