PRESERVED
Assurance is the believer's full conviction that, through the work of
Christ alone, received by faith, he is in possession of a salvation in
which he will be eternally kept. And this assurance rests only upon
the Scripture promises to him who believes.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALVATION
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _
IT WAS NEEDFUL
Literally, constraint was upon me, that is, of the Spirit.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAVED
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT DAY
The judgment of the fallen angels. The "great day" is the day of the
Lord. (Isaiah 2:9). As the final judgment upon Satan occurs after the
thousand years, and preceding the final judgment (Revelation 20:10) it
is congruous to conclude, as to the time, that other fallen angels are
judged w... [ Continue Reading ]
CAIN
Cain (compare (Genesis 4:1) a type of the religious natural man, who
believes in a God, and in "religion," but after his own will, and who
rejects redemption by blood. Compelled as a teacher of religion to
explain atonement, the apostate teacher explains it away.
ERROR OF BALAAM
Balaam, the... [ Continue Reading ]
SINNERS
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _... [ Continue Reading ]
FLESH
Flesh, Summary:
"Flesh," in the ethical sense, is the whole natural or unregenerate
man, spirit, soul, and body, as centered upon self, prone to sin, and
opposed to God. (Romans 7:18).
The regenerate man is not "in the sphere of the flesh," but in the
sphere of the Spirit, (Romans 8:9), but... [ Continue Reading ]