Pneumatology
Pneumatology Pneumatology is the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. The Holy Spirit is deity in the same sense as God the Father and God the Son.
Category: Terms and Definitions
Secularism
Secularism “Secularism is human viewpoint.” Secularism is “The rejection of the Bible as the Word of God—life apart from and without God!” Secularism is the system of thinking that excludes the authority of God… rejection of God as Absolute. Christianity is not a religion. Organized religion is man attempting to please God enough to be accepted by his own efforts….
Secularism (Agnostic)
Secularism (Agnostic) Agnostic Secularism says that it is not possible to interpret the Bible with certainty.
Secularism (Deliberate)
Secularism (Deliberate) Secularism spins off of humanism in a more deliberate way, stating that Biblical consideration should be abandoned from human thinking. God and God’s Word are kicked aside with scorn. So, we should call it “deliberate secularism.”
Humanism and Human Viewpoint
Humanism and Human Viewpoint Chester A. McCalley, pastor/teacher of Beth Haven Church in North Kansas City, Mo., (now at home with the Lord), defined Humanism (human viewpoint) as: “a way of thinking where all doctrines, all attitudes, and all ways of life center on the values and interests of man. Man is the object of humanism and the source of…
De-evolution
De-evolution Scripture asserts the de-evolution of man (Genesis Chapter 3). This counters the evolutionary theory. God’s viewpoint sees man as the fall of something once great (Genesis, chapter three). Man’s viewpoint, on the other hand, sees himself as the rising up from something inferior. The theory of evolution, also man’s viewpoint, supposes the gradual development of something into a more…
Theology
Theology Theology comes from two words: theos which means God, and logos meaning word, or rational expression. Therefore theology is the study of God’s Word. Theology has many definitions. Theology pursues God-knowledge. Theology is the process of categorical instruction, illustration, exploration, extraction, and presentation of the revelations of/from God found in Scripture. Theology is the rational expression of God’s Truths….
“Defining and Defending Divine Truth in a World of Untruth”™
Defining and Defending Divine Truth in a World of Untruth™ This statement defines the Word of Truth Ministries mission, and immediately follows our ministry name on the Home Page of our web site. At some point in the distant past, I read this powerful statement while studying God and His Perfect Righteousness. Please turn in your Bible to Isaiah 45:19…
Right Lobe of the Brain
Right Lobe of the Brain The right lobe is the dominant lobe of the mentality of the soul, designated by the Greek word kardia. The right lobe circulates Bible doctrine through the soul’s stream of consciousness—frame of reference, memory center, vocabulary, categorical storage, the conscience, momentum, and wisdom compartments—to support the spiritual life of the believer.
God’s Grace Resources
God’s Grace Resources These resources are divine provisions for our spiritual comprehension, growth, and advancement, where we are “empowered” by the filling of the Holy Spirit, which enables every believer to understand, learn, enjoy, and apply the entire realm of Bible doctrine, regardless of education or human IQ. There are basically two kinds of IQ: human and spiritual.
Human Good
Human Good Human good is deeds and works done in the flesh while out of fellowship (perpetual sin unconfessed), therefore produced by the flesh, not by the Spirit. Divine good is produced by the Holy Spirit when the believer is “filled” of the Spirit. When filled with the Spirit, God the Holy Spirit is able to lead, guide, and direct…
Divine Good
Divine Good Divine good is “Christian service and deeds produced by the believer filled with the Spirit.” Only divine good is acceptable by Perfect God. Human good is deeds and works done in the flesh while out of fellowship (perpetual sin unconfessed). Human Good is not acceptable to God because human good is a product of the sin nature. Only…
Faith and Faith-Rest
Faith and Faith-Rest FAITH Faith is the acceptance of an established criterion as the basis of reality; it is confidence or belief in the authority and veracity of another. The assent (assent is the expression of approval or agreement) of the mind to the truth of a proposition, followed by acceptance and confidence. In theology, it is the assent of…
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience refers to the action of disobedience (negative attitude followed by negative action), which is a manifested arrogance against the local, civil, state, or federal laws. It is also a direct action (rebellion) against God and the laws of divine establishment, in that God sets up the principles of law for the benefit, protection, orderly function, survival…
Degeneracy
Degeneracy Degeneracy is the process of passing from a higher to a lower status – to decline progressively. Christian degeneracy is the decline to false or inferior standards, accompanied by loss of integrity. It is the subnormal status of fragmentation and reversionism, or “backsliding.”
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment Capital punishment is the maximum use of jurisprudence under the laws of divine establishment. Capital punishment must be preceded by trial, authorized by the judicial function of government. Others must see punishment by death for the purpose of restraint.
Abrahamic Covenant
Abrahamic Covenant The Abrahamic Covenant is the unconditional covenant between God and Abraham, and Abraham’s progeny (all born-again Jews). This Covenant promises a national land (Genesis 12:1-3; 13:15-17). And it promises a King from Abraham’s line (Genesis 17:1-11.)
Election
Election Election is the expression of the sovereign will of God in eternity past, before creation of the universe, before anything existed (except the Godhead). Election is the sovereign right of God over His creation. Election is a Biblical term that is applied to the believer and to angels. God ordained history based on His foreknowledge. Reference Foreknowledge.
Abundant Life
Abundant Life John 10:10b: “I am come that they (Jews and Gentiles—all humanity) might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.“ This abundant life has application to the believer’s walk through fields of grace with the Lord, who leads the way home to Heaven. But, it also speaks to eternal life, which is received at the point…
Maturity In Christ
Maturity In Christ Maturity in Christ means we have become “adult sons,” occupied with Christ. Occupation with Christ is living life in the Grace Place, filled with the Holy Spirit on a consistent basis, by the consistent volitional exercise of 1 John 1:9 (if and when necessary), and the inculcation of Bible doctrine The ascent to spiritual maturity involves the…