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• Mediator
  ...in His own Person. But it cannot be said with justice that the mediatorial work of Jesus in this Gospel is only of this prophetic nature. St. John records ...the final <em> Judge </em> of the quick and the dead, to whom is given the power of distributing the rewards and penalties of eternity. See ATONEMENT and Se
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• Trinity
  ...ture of the Deity, whose existence is commensurate with eternity, by whose power the universe was created, and by whose wisdom it is governed; whose presenc ..., we see throughout the book the essential Deity of the Holy Spirit in the work attributed to Him of superintending and controlling the life of the [[Apost
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• Gift Of. Tongues
  ...e." He recognized precisely the same sounds in the Irish revivals of 1859 (Work and Counterwork, p. 11). Those who spoke, men of known devotion and acutene
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• Hippolytus Romanus
  ...ne literature Bardenhewer (Freiburg 1877) collects all the notices of this work discusses the different extant fragments and restores the original as far a
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• Inspiration
  ...we might reasonably suppose would have been granted to the Apostles in the work of teaching divine truth, is the very thing which Christ promised them in t ...to the most ordinary actions of life, according to this view, are not the work of man but of Omniscience. The only use which has been made of human agency
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• Prayer
  ...h </em> ’). </p> <p> (ii.) (1) A distinctive Idea in NT prayer is <em> the work of the [[Holy]] Spirit </em> . He aids us in prayer (&nbsp; Romans 8:14-16 ...iness, ought not to be indulged, unless persons are aged or infirm, or the work of prayer be drawn out so long as to make it troublesome to human nature to
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• Ethics
  ...ging absolutes, inarguable authority, effective motivation, and redemptive power. The Old Testament emphasizes that God's requirements enshrine the secrets ...ect for the civil government, and its tasks, the spiritual significance to work, the stewardship of possessions and wealth, and much else. </p> <p> The eth
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• Apostle
  ...h intention. The apostles wore commissioned to found a living Church, with power to supply itself with ministers and to organize them. </p> <p> Literature.- ...them out two by two, that they might be assistants to each other in their work; and commanded them to restrict their teaching and services to the people o
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• Almighty
  ...tion, we never hear in them, as in the Scriptures, "the [[Thunder]] of his power." </p> ...<p> The name Almighty will appear again when God works out his purposes in power and judgement. It was revealed in connection with promises made in time, as
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• Persecution
  ...ise no jurisdiction. But Roman Emperors would not admit that view, for the power of the State, in the person of the ruler, was absolute, and it covered all ...o make mankind such curses to one another? [[Merciful]] God! by they great power suppress this worst of all evils, and let truth and love, meekness and forb
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• David
  ...ntenance, which thenceforth appertained to Judah (1 Samuel 27). So did his power grow that a band of Benjamites, of Saul's brethren, right-handed and left-h ...Samuel 26:4 ff.).] It is during these wanderings that Saul falls into the power of David, but is magnanimously spared. The episode connected with David’s
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• Adam
  ...l how to give the figure or image of a thought, or of the mind or thinking power?" In <em> spirituality, </em> and, consequently, immateriality, this image ...ems to be based on a reminiscence of Messianic passages which speak of the work of the Divine Spirit, <i> e.g. </i> &nbsp;Isaiah 11:1-2, &nbsp;Joel 2:28-32
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• Nehemiah
  ...al prayerfulness, with eyes ever turned toward God, and summing up all his work and all his hope in the humble prayer at the close, "remember me, O my God, ...ple must be a separated people (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:1-9 ). </p> <p> N. God's work, including His finance program, must not be neglected (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:10
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• Liberty
  ...efly to point out that not only does the term ‘redemption’ (applied to the work of Christ in opening to men this new experience of life) derive from the so ...thority, right," is rendered "liberty" in &nbsp;1—Corinthians 8:9 (marg., "power"), "this liberty of yours," or "this right which you assert." See Authority
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• Government
  ...about the nature and objectives of civil government they are encouraged to work toward such changes as will benefit society and honor Christ. But civil dis ...ristocracy (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> Ant. </em> XX. x.). Except for the power of life and death the Sanhedrin held the supreme judicial authority; there
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• Holy Ghost
  ...of the Spirit, but of the Spirit itself." Bishop Pearson, in his elaborate work on the Creed, and Dr. Barrow, in his Sermons, are equally explicit in stati ...th all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost." (&nbsp;Romans 15:13) </p>
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• Logos
  ...rd’s personality. Being Himself the Logos, one in essence with God, He had power to impart the higher life (see Word). </p> <p> In all these directions, the ...ly the mediator of God’s redeeming purpose. It is therefore as a religious power, not as a metaphysical magnitude, that St. John brings Him before us. The E
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• Law
  ...nbsp; Galatians 5:16-24 ). God’s law ceases to press on him as an external power counteracted by ‘the law of sin in the members’; the latter has been ex ...rly a period, to such a people, and enforced by such sanctions as no human power could undertake to execute, strongly bespeaks a divine original. </p> <p> <
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• Prophet
  ...hronological mainly. But as the twelve lesser prophets are regarded as one work, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are placed at the close of the greater prophets, and
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• Bishop
  ...in other duties than word and teaching; and if so, these were not the sole work of all elders. </p> <p> [[Preaching]] is rather connected with the unlocal ...those ministers lawfully called and sent, who be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the congregation, to ca
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