A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 4—Chapter 6 A COMPENDIUM OR SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE OR TEN COMMANDS The Commandments of the law are reduced by Christ to two capital ones; Love to God, and Love to the neighbour, (Matthew 22:36-40) and the apostle Paul says; "All the law is fulfilled in one word, e... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 1 OF THE BEING OF GOD Having undertaken to write a System of Theology, or a Body of Doctrinal Divinity; and Theology being nothing else than a speaking of God, or a discoursing concerning him; his nature, names, perfections, and persons; his purposes, prov... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 1 OF THE WORSHIP OF GOD, OR PRACTICAL RELIGION OF THE OBJECT OF WORSHIP Have, in the former part of this work, proved there is a God, from the light of nature and reason, from the works of creation, &c. and now my business is to show that this God is to be... Read More
1. (This is) a reply against the Jews, who blaspheme the people gathered from among the Gentiles; for they say thus, You worship and serve a man who was begotten, a son of man who was crucified, and you call a son of men, God. And though God has no son, you say concerning this crucified Jesus, that ... Read More
Nine awful fallacies that seek to excuse sin, and which Satan uses to defeat the purpose of Christ in the lives of those who believe them: There are some men who put in their creed, 'We sin every day, in thought, word, and deed.' Then, ignoring God's laws, they will often proceed To walk with the de... Read More
There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
"But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judg... Read More
Gentiles (1484) (ethnos gives us our word "ethnic") in general refers to a multitude (especially persons) associated with one another, living together, united in kinship, culture or traditions and summed up by the words nation, Gentiles (especially when ethnos is plural), people (much like "people g... Read More
Image (1504) (eikon) an artistic representation, as one might see on a coin or statue (an image or a likeness, as in Mt 22.20). Eikon can also refer to a visible manifestation of an invisible and heavenly reality form (see Hebrews 10:1-note) As used here in Colossians eikon speaks of an embodiment o... Read More
Do, done, did, doing; Make, made, makes, making; Perform, Practice (4160) (poieo) occurs 568 times, primarily in the Gospels and in a wide variety of contexts, which makes it difficult to do a simple word study. BDAG says poieo is "a multivalent term (possessing many meanings), often without pointed... Read More
A Compendium of the Ten Commands.
Of the Being of God.
Of the Object of Worship.
Demonstration 17 (Of Christ the Son of God)
Nine Awful Fallacies.
76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures
Are You a Merciful Christian?
Gentiles (nation, nations) (1484) ethnos
Image (1504) eikon
Perform, Practice (4160) (poieo)