Glossary
- Amen
- Signifying something is true. Also: "So be it"
- Apostle
- A physical witness of Jesus Christ who was given a direct commission from Jesus to help build up the church.
- Atone / -ment
- To reconcile with God.
- Baptize / -ism
- To immerse in water. Symbolic of a complete change in one's life, and of one's spiritual baptism.
- Begotten
- (i.e. God's Son) Of the same nature.
- Blessing
- Favor from God
- Church
- The body of Christ on earth, made up of all believers.
- Covenant
- A binding agreement.
- Communion
- Lord's Supper. Symbolizes Jesus' death - remembering what it cost Jesus to save us.
- Disciple
- One who studies and practices the teachings of another.
- Doctrine
- A teaching, considered true.
- Edify / -fication
- Strengthening in Christ
- Eternal / -ity
- Not just everlasting in time, but outside of time
- Faith
- Trusting and willingly depending on God's grace
- Glorify / -fication
- Honor / Final stage of our salvation
- Grace
- Undeserved favor from God
- Holy / -iness
- Set apart, dedicated/devoted to God. Includes the concept of "no compromise".
- Hope
- Eager and confident expectation
- Inerrent
- The writers of the Bible wrote exactly what God wanted them to write.
- Infallible
- The Bible is entirely truthful.
- Inspiration
- God's leading of men to write the Bible.
- Justify / -fication
- To declare righteous
- Law, the
- God's standard of righteousness
- Mercy
- Help for those in need / Withholding of deserved punishment
- Omnipotent
- All-powerful, limited only by God's character
- Omnipresent
- Everywhere-present
- Omniscient
- All-knowing
- Only-begotten
- Only one of the same nature.
- Plenary
- Full, complete.
- Prayer
- Communication with God
- Preexistent
- Existing before anything was created.
- Prophet / -cy
- One who gives a message from God.
- Propitiation
- Appeasement, reconciliation.
- Repent / - ance
- A change of heart. Turning 180°.
- Resurrection
- God's raising our bodies back to life.
- Redeem / -er / -demption
- To buy someone's freedom.
- Righteous /-ness
- Blameless before God.
- Sacred
- Holy, set apart
- Salvation
- To rescue, i.e. from hell and eternal separation from God to eternal life with God.
- Sanctify / -fication
- Becoming godly.
- Sin
- Falling short of God's standard of righteousness.
- Trinity
- Three Persons, yet one God.
- Verbal
- Words (i.e. word-for-word)
- Worship
- Showing God how much we value Him.
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