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 ]