By the Trinity is meant the unity of three persons in one Godhead; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Representing God as one, the Scriptures also ascribe divinity to Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Not merely pre–existent, but pre–eminent, above all things except the Father, co–eternal with the Father.
The divine name is applied to Him as to no other being except the Father, implying supreme divinity. Called the Spirit of the Father, the Spirit of the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, the Spirit of life. The Father, Son, and Spirit are classed together, separately from all other beings, as divine.
Result of the Biblical evidence in respect to the divinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The will of God determines the end for which His creatures exist; His wisdom and His goodness appoint the means by which that end is attained: in the conservation of the frame of nature, in the care of all creatures that have wants, in the government especially of intelligent and probationary beings; and His power ensures the accomplishment of every design.” — Pope.
Some hold that the cherubim are real, personal creatures;
CONCERNING MAN
Man was Created in God's Image
CONCERNING SIN
Its Nature
Its Extent and Penalty
CONCERNING REDEMPTION
- Introductory and General Statements
- Nature furnishes presumptive evidence that God will redeem
- In the world man is subject to many evils as to his body, but all around him are remedies in nature
- The universal presence of sacrifice is another presumption. It is probable that sacrifice did not originate with man, but in the
- If nature is uncertain, revelation is clear and conclusive. From the fall of Adam to the birth of Christ the divine purpose was
- To come while the scepter still lingered with Judah, near by the close of the weeks predicted by Daniel, and while the second
- To make Himself known by works of mercy and of
- To be cut off by a violent death and His body to be pierced
- The theophanies of the old covenant were manifestations of God in the person of His Son
- Isaiah said: “A Virgin shall conceive, and bear a son” Isaiah 7:14
- The word “mediator” does not in itself indicate by what means mediation is to be made
- The usage of the English word
- Scriptural words in this connection
The word incarnation comes from Latin words (in and caro, carnis, flesh) meaning “in the flesh.”. The divine was not changed into the human, or co–mingled with the human so. that it became what it was not before, but “the divine took the human into union with itself and so entered a form or mode of being which was new as well as mysterious”. In the renewal of the promise to Abraham,Isaac, Jacob, and David He was to be their seed.
The theophanies of the old covenant were manifestations ofGod in the person of His Son. The Greek word for mediator is emites, meaning “one who goes between”, or “in the middle”. In the case of a “misapprehension” the mediator would only need to explain, or be an interpreter.
In a case of “deliberate wrong” the mediator would seek the clemency and favor of the offended party, and thus “become an intercessor”. The work of the Spirit renews the depraved nature and reforms the sinner in the divine image, and man is sanctified.
THE PERSON OF THE REDEEMER
He is truly God
THE WORK OF THE REDEEMER AS PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING
- As prophet
- As priest
- The Greek preposition “huper”, with the genitive, sometimes signifies “instead of”, and the construction is used to set forth
- The preposition “anti” definitely and always expressed
- The effects of Christ's action as priest are shown
- To cause all things to work together for the good of His people
- The mode in which He administers His government is spiritual
- His laws are spiritual. John 4:24
The Greek preposition “huper”, with the genitive, sometimessignifies “instead of”, and the construction is used to set forth signifies “instead of”, and the construction is used to set forth the relation of Christ's work to us. The same is true as to what the Scriptures teach as to our sins being laid upon Christ. His kingdom of grace”, spiritual alike as to its subjects, laws, modes of administration and instrumentalities.
The following are some of the titles to this kingdom, with the sense in which they are used. The kingdom of God”, Luke 4:43, because of divine origin and the authority of God exercised in its administration. The kingdom of heaven”, Matthew 11:12, because its origin and characteristics are from heaven and its consummation is to be in heaven.
Some of the language may be figurative, but it sets forth the glorification of Christ in heaven. It presents Him as the God–man exalted to supreme and universal glory and power.
THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN REDEMPTION
- The Father and the Son work by, and through, the Holy Spirit
- The Holy Spirit for Service
- The Union between Christ and the Believer
- Christ as the second Adam (1 Corinthians 15:22) assumes in the covenant of grace those broken obligations of the covenant of works
- Its spiritual and vital character
- Believers have fellowship with Him in the transforming, assimilating power of His life
- Also to Christ's rightful fellowship with them in all “they”
- Also to the consequence that in the spiritual reception of the ordinances, they do really hold fellowship with Him. They are
- Doctrines Connected with the Union of Christ with the Believer
- Repentance includes a sense of personal guilt, pollution, and helplessness, an apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, grief and
- True repentance brings the believer to see and appreciate the holiness of God as revealed alike in the law and in the gospel,
- The awakened conscience echoes God's law, and can be appeased by no less a propitiation than that demanded by divine
- The evidence of genuine repentance
- Scripture examples of repentance
- New Testament usage
- Knowledge is the apprehension of an object as true, and faith is an assent to its truth. In this general sense every exercise of faith
- Religious faith rests, first, upon the faithfulness of God as pledged in His supernatural revelation, John 3:33; second, upon
- The two kinds of evidence by which we know that God has revealed certain truths as objects of faith
- That saving faith includes trust is proved from the uniform and single condition of salvation as presented in the Scriptures,
- The same proved from expressions used in the Scriptures as equivalent to the phrase “believing in Christ.” Such expressions
- The object of faith is the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ as mediator
- Scripture terms by which this work of God is designated
- Proof that there is such a thing as is commonly called regeneration
- Proofs that believers are subjects of supernatural, or spiritual illumination
- Proof of the absolute necessity of regeneration
- Its fundamental idea is that of perfect conformity to all of the requirements of the moral law
- The usage of “to justify.”
- The requirement of the law in order to the justification of a sinner
- Proof that works cannot be the ground of a sinner's justification
- The ground of justification is the righteousness of Christ
- The sense in which Christ's righteousness is imputed
- The nature of the peace which flows from justification
- Classes of persons to whom the term “sons” or “children of God” is applied in the Scriptures
- That which is represented in Scripture as involved in being a child of God by adoption
- To make clean physically or morally
- Regeneration is the creative act of the Holy Spirit, implanting a new principle of spiritual life in the soul. Sanctification is the
- The sense in which the body is sanctified
- To who the work of sanctification is referred
In this general sense every exercise of faith includes the knowledge of the object assented to. The object of faith is the person and work of the Lord JesusChrist as mediator. The second effect is the going forth of the renewed affections toward that excellency perceived.
Because, forensically, the demands of the law as a condition of life have been fully satisfied in regard to Him. 1) The ungodly are said to be justified without the deeds of the law, by the blood of Christ, by faith, freely, and of grace, by means. Inward peace of conscience, through the apprehension of the righteousness by which we are justified. In the singular, the term is applied in a supreme sense to the Second Person of the Trinity alone.
Adoption proceeds from the Father, upon the merits of the Son,by the agency of the Holy Spirit. Regeneration is the creative act of the Holy Spirit, implanting anew principle of spiritual life in the soul.
THE UNION BETWEEN BELIEVERS; THE CHURCH AND ITS INSTITUTIONS
THE SACRAMENTS
ESCHATOLOGY
- Death, and the State of the Soul after Death
- Never to be given in marriage. Matthew 22:30
- Because His resurrection seals and consummates His
- Because Christ by covenant is Lord both of the living and the dead. Romans 14:9
- The Second Advent and the General Judgment
- The analogy of the first advent
- The coming itself, its manner and purpose, are alike defined
- Because it pertains to Him as mediator to complete and publicly manifest the salvation of His people and the overthrow of His enemies,
- Heaven and Hell
- Literal terms: —
- In the sight of our Redeemer, communion with His person, and fellowship in all His glory and blessedness, and through Him
- In that “beatific vision of God” which, consisting in the ever increasingly clear discovery of the divine excellence lovingly
- These sufferings will consist — a. In the loss of all good
- The Scriptures also establish the facts that these sufferings must be —
The entire penalty of the law, including all the spiritual, physical, and eternal penal consequences of sin, is called death in the Scripture. When Christ bore the penalty of the law, it was necessary for Him to die. It is used Scripture to designate the future general raising, by the power of God, of the bodies of all men from the sleep of death.
This same vital union causes the resurrection of the believer to be similar to, as well as consequent upon, that of Christ. The meaning of the expression, “the coming” or “the day of the Lord,” as used in both the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament, for the coming of Christ in the flesh, and the abrogation of the Jewish economy.
Kingdom of heaven, heavenly kingdom, eternal kingdom, kingdom prepared from the foundation of the world. In all the natural consequences of unrestrained sin, judicial abandonment, utter alienation from God, and the society of the lost.
CONTENTS
Communion of Saints; Communion of the Lord's Supper; Communion with God; Compassion and Sympathy; Compassion and Sympathy of Christ, The; Condemnation; Conduct, Christian; Confessing Christ;. Daily Sacrifice, The; Dan, The Tribe of; Darkness; Day; Dead, The; Death, Eternal; Death, Natural; Death of Christ, The; Death of Saints, The; Death of the Wicked, The; Death, Spiritual; Deceit;. Divination; Divisions; Divorce; Doctrines, False; Doctrines of the Gospel, The; Dog, The; Dove, The; Dragon, The; Dreams; Drink Offering; Drunkenness.
Families; Famine; Fasting; Fatherless; Favor of God, The; Fear, Godly; Fear, Unholy; Feast of Dedication, The; Feast of Jubilee, The; Feast of the New Moon, The; Feast of Pentecost, The; Feast of Purim, or Lots, The; Feast of Sabbatical Year, The; Feast of. Tabernacles, The; Feast of the Passover, The; Feasts of Trumpets, The; Feasts, The Anniversary; Feet, The; Fig; tree, The; Fire;. Pomegranate; tree, The; Pools and Ponds; Poor, The; Power of Christ, The; Power of God, The; Power of the Holy Spirit, The;.
Sea, The; Sealing of the Holy Spirit; Seals; Second Coming of Christ, The; Seed; Seeking God; Self; delusion; Self; denial; Self;. Government by God; Threshing; Time; Tithe; Titles and Names of Christ; Titles and Names of the Church; Titles and Names of the Devil;.
ACCESS TO GOD
ADOPTION
AFFECTIONS
AFFLICTED, DUTY TOWARD THE
AFFLICTED SAINTS
AFFLICTION, CONSOLATION UNDER
AFFLICTION, PRAYER UNDER
AFFLICTIONS
AFFLICTIONS MADE BENEFICIAL
AFFLICTIONS OF THE WICKED
AGRICULTURE OR HUSBANDRY
WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY Allotments to each family — Numbers 36:7–9 The rights of redemption — Leviticus 25:23–28 Separation from other nations — Exodus 33:16 The prohibition against usury — Exodus 22:25.
ALLIANCE AND SOCIETY WITH THE ENEMIES OF GOD
ALTARS
ALTAR OF BURNT–OFFERING
Came from before the Lord — Leviticus 9:24 Was continually burning — Leviticus 6:13 Consumed the sacrifices — Leviticus 1:8,9 Sacrifices bound to the horns of — Psalms 118:27.
ALTAR OF INCENSE
AMALEKITES
Their utter destruction foretold — Numbers 24:20 Presumption of Israel punished by — Numbers 14:45 United with Eglon against Israel — Judges 3:13.
AMBITION
Seized upon the possessions of Gad — Jeremiah 49:1 Aided the Chaldeans against Judah — 2 Kings 24:2 Vexed the Jews after captivity — Nehemiah 4:3,7,8.
AMORITES
AMUSEMENTS AND PLEASURES, WORLDLY
ANAKIM
ANGELS
ANGER
ANGER OF GOD
ANOINTING
ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
ANOINTING, SACRED
ANTICHRIST
APOSTATES
APOSTLES
ARK OF THE COVENANT
ARMIES OF ISRAEL
PERSONS EXEMPTED FROM SERVING IN Who had built a house — Deuteronomy 20:5 Who had planted a vineyard — Deuteronomy 20:6 Who were lately betrothed — Deuteronomy 20:7 Who were newly married — Deuteronomy 24:5 Refusing to join, stigmatized — Judges 5:15–17.
ARMS, MILITARY
ARROWS
ARTS OF THE
ASCENSION OF CHRIST
ASP, OR ADDER
ASS, THE DOMESTIC
ASS, THE WILD
ASSURANCE
ASSYRIA
ATONEMENT
ATONEMENT, THE DAY OF
ATONEMENT, UNDER THE LAW
BABYLON
Called beauty of Chaldees, etc — Isaiah 13:19 Called the city of merchants — Ezekiel 17:4 Called Babylon the great — Daniel 4:30 REMARKABLE FOR.
BACKSLIDING
BAPTISM
BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
BEAR
Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd — 1 Samuel 17:34 Particularly fierce when deprived of its young — 2 Samuel 17:8;.
BEARD
BEASTS
BEDS
Of the poor often sold for debt — Proverbs 22:27 Subject to ceremonial defilement — Leviticus 15:4 Purification of — Mark 7:4.
BENJAMIN, TRIBE OF
BIRDS
BLESSED
BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL
BLOOD
BOLDNESS, HOLY
BONDAGE, SPIRITUAL
BOOKS
BOTTLES
BRASS, OR COPPER
BREAD
BREASTPLATE
Righteous judgment of Christ — Isaiah 59:17 Defense of righteousness — Ephesians 6:14 Defense of faith and love — 1 Thessalonians 5:8.
BROOKS
BURIAL
Provided for the common people — Jeremiah 26:23 Provided for aliens and strangers — Matthew 27:7 Visited by sorrowing friends — John 11:31. An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass — Jeremiah 22:19 Illustrative of regeneration — Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12.
BURNT OFFERING
Blood of, sprinkled round about upon the altar — Leviticus 1:5,11 If a bird, the blood was wrung out at the side of the altar — Leviticus.
BUSY–BODIES
CALF
CALF OF GOLD
Excited wrath against Israel — Exodus 32:10; Deuteronomy 9:14,19 Caused Moses to break the tables of the testimony — Exodus.
CALL OF GOD
CALVES OF JEROBOAM
CANAANITES
CANDLESTICK
CARE, OVERMUCH
CAVES
CEDAR
Perching on the high branches of — Ezekiel 17:3 Instrumental in propagating — Ezekiel 17:4,5 Destruction of, a punishment — Jeremiah 22:7 Destruction of, exhibits God's power — Psalms 29:5.
CENSERS
CHARACTER OF SAINTS
CHARACTER OF THE WICKED
CHARIOTS
CHARITY
CHASTITY
CHERUBIM
CHILDREN
Excluded from the congregation — Deuteronomy 23:2 Sometimes sent away with gifts — Genesis 25:6 Despised by their brethren — Judges 11:2.
CHILDREN, GOOD
Adduced as a motive for submission to God — Hebrews 12:9 Spirit of, a requisite for the kingdom of heaven — Matthew 18:3 Illustrative of a teachable spirit — Matthew 18:4.
CHILDREN, WICKED
CHRIST, CHARACTER OF
CHRIST IS GOD
CHRIST, THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH
CHRIST, THE HIGH PRIEST
CHRIST, THE KING
CHRIST, THE MEDIATOR
CHRIST, THE PROPHET
CHRIST, THE SHEPHERD
CHURCH
CHURCH OF ISRAEL
Required to know its statutes — Leviticus 10:11 Required to keeps its statutes — Deuteronomy 16:12 Required to attend its worship — Exodus 23:17.
CIRCUMCISION
CITIES
CITIES OF REFUGE
CLOUDS
CLOUD OF GLORY
COMMANDMENTS, THE TEN
COMMERCE
COMMUNION OF SAINTS
COMMUNION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
COMMUNION WITH GOD
COMPASSION AND SYMPATHY
CONDEMNATION
CONDUCT, CHRISTIAN
CONFESSING CHRIST
CONFESSION OF SIN
