Faith
A non-meritorious (unearned) system of perception and belief based on confidence and trust in the authority of God’s Holy Word and His veracity (truthfulness).
Category: Terms and Definitions
Syntax
The method in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses), the part of grammatical usage dealing with this.
Barrier Of Sin
An invisible wall, insurmountable, that literally separates imperfect mankind from Perfect God. This barrier prevents man from having a relationship with God. Six bricks comprise this barrier: Humanity’s position in Adam. Sin. The penalty of sin. Physical birth. Man’s relative righteousness. The perfect Character of God. This barrier is removed solely by the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the…
Faith-Perception
(Based on Roman 8:28-32) Your understanding of salvation and the filling of the Holy Spirit comes by means of faith-perception – knowledge, understanding, acceptance, belief. Faith-perception (meditation and recall of doctrine) makes the power of the Holy Spirit, and the spiritual life of the believer, a reality in our thinking. Reality is not what we feel, not what we assume,…
Internationalism
Satan is the enemy of nationalism. Satan offers internationalism in its place in an effort to establish his own utopian kingdom on earth. Satan’s intent is a universal state which he can control and sit on the throne as God without God’s interference. How arrogant is that? Internationalism opens the door to a world dictator – the anti-Christ. The first…
“World” And “The Devil’s World” Defined
World in the New Testament is frequently the word “cosmos,” which generally refers to the system that grew out of the fallen nature of satan and man. “The devil’s world” is an expression of rulership apart from God, and comes from “cosmos diabolicus,” which means the world system headed by satan – his behind-the-scenes rulership through human leaders of governments, corporations,…
Communion
Communion is the worship ceremony in which the believer concentrates on the person and saving sacrifice of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Christ commanded “This do in remembrance of Me“ (1 Corinthians 11:24b). The believer is required to be filled with the Holy Spirit so that he/she is in fellowship which is achieved by confession (1 John 1:9), before partaking…
Time
Time is the very process by which God’s plan unfolds and rolls out. God created angels, then time, and then man to resolve the Angelic Revolution Conflict, and to restore eternity, in time, through Jesus Christ. The consummation of time will occur when all creation is restored to its original status-purpose by God and to the praise and glory of…
Yahweh/Yeshua
Yahweh: The proper name for Israel’s God in the Old Testament. Yeshua: THE name for Messiah, Jesus Christ, in the Old and New Testament.
Naturalism
Naturalism is the philosophy that there is no supreme power, no supernatural agency in creation, no spiritual influence, and that all life is pure chance without a God. (Reference “Atheism/Skepticism” for additional understanding.) What does God’s Word say in Acts 17:28, “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being.”
The Trinity
THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY is unique to Christianity. No other faith, no religion, no sect or philosophy advocating one God also proclaims that there are three who are God. This apparent paradox does not mean that there are “three gods in one,” but that one God exists as three distinct persons who are coequal, co-infinite, and co-eternal, all three…
Foreknowledge
God is omniscient. God has always known everything there is to know – there isn’t anything He has not always known. God gave life (reality-creation) to time (history). He always knew. God ordained history which He always knew. God’s foreknowledge became, by His decree, reality. God is! We are. Time became “to be.” God is the “I Am – to…
Predestine
To be determined beforehand. Predetermination: before anything can be predetermined, there must be foreknowledge – certain knowledge – divine knowledge. That knowledge which only God can know is based on the sovereignty of God – His essence – who and what God IS. (See “Foreknowledge.”)
Transience
A state of being, limited by time; impermanence. We are transitory – fleeting, temporary; temporal in time.
W.O.R.M.
Write Once, Read Many times…. such is God’s Word.
Epoch
Epoch An epoch is a period of time, characterized by particular events. Specific time periods (epochs) are clearly defined (visible) when we look back at history in Scripture. It is easier to grasp the great panoramic view of history and the times of various events when we place these events on a timeline. Epochs are basically time capsules of history….
Scapegoat
A scapegoat is an animal that carries away sin, as in Leviticus 16:7-10. In ancient times, the Israelite ritual used two goats. One was designated for the Lord and offered as a sin offering (Leviticus 16:9), the other goat, the scapegoat, bore the people’s iniquities (Leviticus 16:11). In this ritual, Israel released a live animal to carry away impurities. The…
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.
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…
Secularism (Agnostic)
Agnostic Secularism says that it is not possible to interpret the Bible with certainty.