Glossary
Awe - a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.
Bear - to support; carry the weight of
Commissioning - order or authorize (a person or organization) to do or produce something. To appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in the armed services
Conceive - create by fertilizing an egg, form or devise, develop, design
Condemn - express complete disapproval of; to criticism something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons
Condemnation criticizes us and tell us we are worthless, that we are not good, or that we are a failure. Satan will try to condemn us when we stumble as we walk out our salvation. Our Father does not condemn us.
Conferring - to grant or bestow a title, degree, benefit or right. To discuss with someone in order to make a decision
Conform - be similar in form of type
Convict - to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime.
Conviction tells us we are guilty of sin. The Holy Spirit will convict us to guide us out of sin in order to help us become stronger in the Truth as we walk out our salvation.
Despise - feel contempt or deep repugnance for - dislike scorn
Devout - having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment and totally committed to a cause or belief.
Disobedience - failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority
Divination - the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means
Elementary - relating to the most rudimentary aspects of a subject; easily dealt with; straightforward and uncomplicated
Encourage means - give support, confidence, or hope to (someone), persuade (someone) to do or continue to do something by giving support and advice, stimulate the development of (an activity, state, or belief)
Endure - to suffer ( something painful or difficult) patiently
Enmity - the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something
Examine - inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly
Friend - John 15:14 ESV “You are my friends if you do what I command you.”
Grace is the God given ability to do what you cannot do in your flesh.
Titus 2:11-14 NIV 11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
One can fail to receive grace by continuing to sin.
Hebrews 12:15 ESV 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Grieve - feel intense sorry, cause great distress - wound, upset, sting devastate, break someone’s heart
Hate is to recoil from someone
Idolatry - worshiping of idols and extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone
Iniquity - immoral or grossly unfair behavior
Knowledge: facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject
Love-feast - An agape feast or lovefeast is a communal feast in token of fellowship among early Christians; an agape. A meal shared among Christians. The name comes from agape, a Greek term for 'love' in its broadest sense.
The book of Jude calls the body gathering together, worshiping God and eating, a love feast.
Jude 1:12 ESV “These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;”
Mercy is showing compassion or forgiveness toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm
One Heart One Mind- We get the definition of one heart one mind from Philippians 2:3-5 ESV “being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus” You can get more understanding from Jeremiah 32:37-41, Ezekiel 11:17-21, Zephaniah 3:9-13, John 14:7,10-14, and Acts 4:32-35
Opinion- a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Oppress means keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority
Outrage - an extremely strong reaction of anger, shock or indignation, fury, disapproval, disgust and insult
Possessed means (of a demon or spirit, especially an evil one) to have complete power over (someone) and be manifested through their speech or actions
Presumption - an idea that is taken to be true on the basis of probability. It is behavior perceived as arrogant, disrespectful, and transgressing the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
Pretense (Oxford) - an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.
Pretense (Merriam-Webster) - an inadequate or insincere attempt to attain a certain condition or quality.
Principle - a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning
Prophecy (noun) it is the message giving by God, it is God’s Word
Prophesy (verb) is when the human is speaking God’s Word out
Prophet is the person speaking out God’s Words
Quench - extinguish a fire
Rebellion - an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader, the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention
Jeremiah 5:23-24 But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away. They do not say in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God,
Renew - resume (an activity) after an interruption, give fresh life or strength to
Repent - to change one’s mind or purpose
Repentance is the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse
Jeremiah 3:12b-13a I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, you rebelled against the LORD your God
Rudimentary - involving or limited to basic principles
Sin - an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law
Spiritual Worship - to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.
Romans 12:1-2 ESV I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Jesus says, in John 4:23 We must worship in spirit and in truth. In John 17:17 Jesus says, “Your Word is truth”. So we must worship with spiritual worship explained in Romans 12 and by the Word/truth.
Stiff-necked - haughty and stubborn, prideful
Sovereign: Possessing supreme or ultimate power, supreme ruler.
Submit - accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person
Test - a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use
Testing the Spirits
1 John 4:2-3 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
Tolerance - the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinion or behavior that one dislikes or disagrees with
Transformation - make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of
Wave offering - was made by a Jewish priest and it became his property
Wisdom: the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. Wisdom comes with spiritual growth.