Difference between revisions of "Accept; Acceptable; Acceptation"

 

<p> <translit> ak </translit> - <translit> sept </translit> ´, <translit> ak </translit> - <translit> sep´ta </translit> - <translit> b </translit> ' <translit> l </translit> , <translit> ak </translit> - <translit> sep </translit> - <translit> tā´shun </translit> : "To receive with favor," "to take pleasure in"; "well-pleasing"; "the act of receiving." </p> <p> Accept, used (1) of sacrifice, "accept thy burnt-sacrifice" ( <span> דּשׁן </span> , <i> <translit> dāshēn </translit> </i> , "accept as fat," i.e. receive favorably; <span> [[Psalm]] 20:3 </span> ); (2) of persons, "Yahweh accept Job" ( <span> [[Job]] 42:9 </span> , <span> נשׂא </span> , <i> <translit> nāsā </translit> </i> ), "to lift up," "take," "receive"); (3) of works, "a the work of his hands" ( <span> [[Deuteronomy]] 33:11 </span> <span> רצה </span> , <i> <translit> rācāh </translit> </i> , "to delight in"). [[In]] New [[Testament]] (1) of favors, "We accept ... with all thankfulness" ( <span> ἀποδέχομαι </span> , <i> <translit> apodéchomai </translit> </i> , <span> Acts 24:3 </span> ); (2) of personal appeal, "He accept our exhortation" ( <span> 2 Corinthians 8:17 </span> ); (3) of God's [[Impartiality]] ( <span> λαμβάνω </span> , <i> <translit> lambánō </translit> </i> , "to take," "receive"); "accepteth not man's person" ( <span> [[Galatians]] 2:6 </span> ). </p> <p> Acceptable, used (1) of justice ( <span> בּחר </span> , <i> <translit> bāḥar </translit> </i> , "choose select"), "more accept ... than sacrifice" ( <span> Proverbs 21:3 </span> ); (2) of words ( <span> חפץ </span> , <i> <translit> ḥēphec </translit> </i> , "delight in," "sought ... accept words" ( <span> [[Ecclesiastes]] 12:10 </span> ); (3) of times ( <span> רצון </span> , <i> <translit> rācōn </translit> </i> , "delight," "approbation"; <span> δεκτός </span> , <i> <translit> dektós </translit> </i> , "receivable") "acceptable year of the Lord" ( <span> [[Isaiah]] 61:2 </span> (King [[James]] Version); <span> [[Luke]] 4:19 </span> ); (4) of spiritual sacrifice ( <span> ευπρόσδεκτος </span> , <i> <translit> euprósdektȯs </translit> </i> , "well received"), "acceptable to God" ( <span> 1 [[Peter]] 2:5 </span> ); (5) of patient endurance ( <span> χάρις </span> , <i> <translit> cháris </translit> </i> , "grace," "favor") "This is acceptable with God" ( <span> 1 Peter 2:20 </span> ). </p> <p> Acceptation, used twice to indicate the trustworthiness of the gospel of Christ's saving grace: "worthy of all acceptation." ( <span> 1 [[Timothy]] 1:15 </span> ; <span> 1 Timothy 4:9 </span> ). </p> <p> These words are full of the abundant grace of [[God]] and are rich in comfort to believers. That which makes man, in word, work and character, <i> acceptable </i> to God; and renders It possible for God to <i> accept </i> him, his service and sacrifice, is the fullness of the [[Divine]] mercy and grace and forgiveness. [[He]] "chose us" and made us, as adopted sons, the heirs of [[His]] grace "which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved" ( <span> Ephesians 1:6 </span> ; compare the [[King]] James Version). </p>

 

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