Priesthill (Zion) Methodist

The major doctrines of Calvinism are:
1) Total depravity of humankind, which asserts that humans are sinful and can do nothing on their own behalf to earn God's favour or salvation;
2) Unconditional election, which asserts that before the world was formed God predetermined and foreordained who among humans would be drawn to him for salvation;
3) Limited atonement, which avows that Jesus Christ in his life, death and resurrection bore all the sin and punishment deserved by humankind, all of whom God knew and foreordained to salvation;
4) Irresistible grace (sometimes categorised as effective calling) that affirms those who are foreordained will be drawn to God through the saving activity of Jesus Christ; and
5) Perseverance of the saints, which affirms that those who are called and saved by Jesus Christ will remain so despite all subsequent sin and evil that surrounds them. Calvinism stresses God's sovereignty and grace and generally decries any doctrine or ritual that can be interpreted as a human effort to earn or win God's favour.

Tent of Meeting - tabernacle means "dwelling place." It was a special tent where the Israelites worshiped God. It is sometimes called the Tent of Meeting. It was the place where God would meet his people.
The Israelites used the tabernacle until Solomon built the temple.
Exodus 25-27
Exodus 39:32-40:38
2 Chronicles 1:1-13
Acts 7:44-47
The tabernacle built on earth was a copy of the true tabernacle in heaven. Now, because of Jesus' sacrifice, his followers can enter the heavenly tabernacle. They can truly meet God.
Hebrews 8-9
When Jesus came to earth. God was again dwelling with his people.
Matthew 1:18-23
John 1:14
Jesus brought peace between, God and his people. So God, will one day make his home, with them again.
Revelation 21:3

Roman public official and historian whose two greatest works, Histories and Annals, concern the period from the death of Augustus (A.D. 14) to the death of Domitian (96).

Prayer shawl, with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner, worn by orthodox Jewish men at morning prayer in the synagogue

For Jews, these constitute an exposition and interpretation by scholarly ancient rabbis of the oral law given by God, as distinct from the written law of the Torah. The Talmud is comprised of the Mishnah and the Gemara. The word is derived from the Hebrew term for learning.

Tefillin, also called phylacteries, are leather objects used in Jewish prayer, containing Biblical verses. They are an essential part of morning prayer services, and are worn on a daily basis (except the Sabbath and festivals) by observant Jews.

The origin of wearing tefillin comes from the Torah (five books of Moses), in Deuteronomy 6:8, 11:18; Exodus 13:9, 16.

(Gk. teleos - "end" or "purpose") A proof for the existence of God. The argument stated: Design requires a designer. The universe exhibits evidence of complex design. Therefore, the universe was designed by a cosmic architect (God). This argument has been advocated by many thinkers (Plato, St. Thomas Aquinas), but its most popular version was expressed by William Paley (the "watchmaker argument").

A building where people worship divine beings. God told Israel to build him a temple and worship him there. God showed his people that he was with them by having his presence in the temple. 1 Chronicles 28:11-19
1 Kings 5-6
1 Kings 8
Ezra 3:10-13
Ezra 6:13-18
Psalm 11:4
Mark 11:15-17
In the New Testament, we learn that the new temple is not a building. God's people are now the temple of God. God's Spirit lives within them.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
2 Corinthians 6:16
Ephesians 2:19-22
Revelation 21:22

To entice, allure like a bait does to fish. Satan uses the things of this world to tempt old desires to sin.

Laws of conduct written on stone and given to Moses by God at Mt. Sinai.

Covenant requirements of the Israelites, covering man's relations with God and neighbour.

The first three are regarding the love and true worship of God and the remaining seven are regarding love and justice to our neighbour.

[L. tenet, he holds.] Any opinion, principle, dogma or doctrine which a person believes or maintains as true;
The tenets of christians are adopted from the Scriptures; but different interpretations give rise to a great diversity of tenets.

A covenant, especially between God and man.

Today, we find the Scriptures grouped under Old Testament and New Testament. In the ancient world a testament, or more often a covenant, was the term for a special relationship between two parties. Occasionally we still speak of the marriage covenant, which binds husband and wife to each other.

The Old and New Testaments described the relationship between God and man.
The Old Testament promised the Messiah (Christ)
The New Testament fulfilled the promise.

God's name which the Jews do not pronounce for fear of blasphemy. It is written as the four consonants hwhy (yhwh). When the Hebrew text had vowels added to it the vowels of "lord" here placed beside this name as a reminder to read the word "Lord" (Adonai) in place of the sacred name. Thus though the Hebrew text gives the consonant + vowel combination yehowah (Jehovah) this was never how the name would have been said. The best guess is "Yahweh". LORD often represents this name in modern translations. In order to keep the flavour of a name in English, but also comply with tradition I have used "Adonai" to represent the name.

Strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were the first tetrarchs in Palestine. Herod the tetrarch had the title of king (Matt. 14:9).

(From Gk. theos - "God")
The worldview that affirms the existence of an infinite, eternal, and personal God, who is the transcendent creator, and immanent sustainer of the world. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered theistic religions.

Theology is from the Greek [theos] meaning God, and [logos] meaning word or discourse. It is the discourse or study of God and the revelation of His attributes, such as His Word, omnipresence, mercy, justice and purposes.

One of the twelve Apostles (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was also called
Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name.

In the Synoptic gospels and the Book of Acts he is listed with the other apostles, but nothing else is written about him. All we know regarding him is recorded in the fourth Gospel where He appears in several scenes.
(John 11:15, 16; 14:4, 5; 20:24, 25, 26-29).

He was not present when Jesus appeared alive to his disciples the evening after his Resurrection. Thomas rejected their story and insisted that he would not believe until he had seen Jesus with his own eyes and touched Jesus' wounds with his own hands. (20:24-9) - from which comes the term Doubting Thomas.

Means "a tenth." In the Old Testament, God's people would give a tenth of their crops or animals to God. This was a sign that God owned the land and had blessed his people. Also, the tithe would be used to support the priests and Levites, and to help the poor.
Leviticus 27:30
Deuteronomy 14:22- 29
Nehemiah 10:37-39
Malachi 3:6-12

In the New Testament Titus was a companion of Saint Paul. He became the first bishop of Crete and Paul wrote one of the epistles that appear in the New Testament to him.

As in "speaking in tongues"; a grace-gift of the Holy Spirit. Either a supernatural language of the Spirit, or an ability to speak in a human language not known by God's miraculous power. The Corinthians had misused this gift, so we have a whole chapter in scripture dealing with its proper use in 1 Cor 14.

The Pentateuch. The first five books of the Bible. Literally "teaching" or "instruction" or "guidance." Often translated "the Law" in English Bibles, as in "the Law of the LORD is perfect" (Psalm 19:7 [verse 8 in Hebrew])

The Torah (Jewish law) is read publicly every Saturday at a synagogue. It is divided into fifty-four portions and is read through once a year.

(Christian theology) The belief that each individual human soul is derived from those of the individual's parents; only the souls of Adam and Eve were created directly by God. This is in contrast with creationism (theology), which holds that all souls were so created.

That which is handed down, transmitted. Tradition is the life of the Church in the Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit leads the Church "into all truth" (John 16:13) and enables her to preserve the truth taught by Christ to His Apostles. The Holy Scriptures are the core of Holy Tradition, as interpreted through the writings of the Fathers, the Ecumenical Councils, and the worship of the Church. Together, these traditions manifest the faith of the ancient undivided Church, inspired by the Holy Spirit to preserve the fullness of the gospel. See John 21:25; Acts 15:1-29; 2 Thess. 2:15.

To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. --Rom. 12v2.

The act of passing over or beyond any law or rule of moral duty; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; offence; crime; sin.

Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee. --I Kings viii. 50.

Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Genesis 2, 3). Adam and Eve were forbidden to take of the fruit which grew upon it. But they disobeyed the divine injunction, and so sin and death by sin entered our world and became the heritage of Adam's posterity.
Also referred to as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The tree of life is associated with perfect life and environment in the Garden, as well as the perpetuation of the right relationship with God in the Garden, Gen 2:9, 3:22. Man does not see the tree of life again until the eternal state, Rev 2:7, 22:2-4. The tree of life will be located forever in the New Jerusalem.

A sin or offence.
"And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses"
(Mark 11:25).
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. --2 Chron. xxviii. 22.

The final seven year period prior to the return of Jesus Christ is established from Daniel 9:27, where a peace covenant is established, then broken mid-week, (one week/ shabua = seven years), this then leads to the Great Tribulation a 1290 day period, during which the Beast/Antichrist will rule and persecute the Jews & Saints.

The doctrine of trinitarianism is the orthodox Christian belief that whereas God may be singular in power or essence, God also exists as three persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit.
It is interesting to note that the term trinity appears absolutely nowhere in the New Testament. The scriptural origins for trinitarian thinking can be found in the verses such as:
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost... (Matthew 28:19)

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)

Obviously these passages do not describe a three-in-one god, nor do they necessarily require belief in one. They do, however, set the stage for the development of Christian trinitarianism later on. It was not, in fact, until the 4th century that theologians began to officially describe God as three persons (hypostases) with one being (ousia).

God as a unity of three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, combined in one Godhead. The word "Trinity" does not appear in the Bible.

Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person.

He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. Prov.29.

Used in various senses in Scripture. In Proverbs 12:17, 19, it denotes that which is opposed to falsehood. In Isaiah 59:14, 15, Jeremiah 7:28, it means fidelity or truthfulness. The doctrine of Christ is called "the truth of the gospel" (Galatians 2:5), "the truth" (2 Timothy 3:7; 4:4). Our Lord says of himself, "I am the way, and the truth" John 14:6).