Reformed Perspective Vocabulary
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- Greatness of God
- An attribute of God meaning that God is awesome. God's greatness is the power behind his goodness.
- Infallibility of scripture
- The quality of the Bible that means it wil not fail. By the Bib;es unfailingness or infallibility we mean it does not deceive us, make mistakes in presenting God's word, or fail to reach its goal of helping people get saved and then lead thankful lives.
- Goodness of God
- An attribute of God meaning that he satisfies the needs of all his creatures.
- Evil
- The combination of sin and misery that we see in the world around us. Evil originated in the angel world but comes to us by through the fall of Adam and Eve.
- Disorder
- The loss of harmony and right relation in the universe. Disorder shows up in relations between God and humanity, between some humans and others, between humanity and nate, and even within indiviual human beings.
- Covenant Promises
- God's promises in the covenant of Grace is that he will love his people and protect them and help them. He also promises to bless whole world.
- Forgiveness of sin
- The subtracting, or putting away of sin.
- Inspiration of scriptures
- The process by which God "breathed" into the biblical writers what He wanted them to write. God moved, influenced, and inspired them by the Holy Spirit. The same Holy Spirit now inspires us to receive and believe in the Bible.
- The kingdom of God
- God's reign over HId universal realm. Covenant, prophets, priests, human kings, and the church are all tools, or instruments, of the Kingdom of God. Like a mustard seed, the Kingdom starts out small but grows and grows. The things that Kingdom people cherish and value -- like humility, forgiveness, kindness __ seem "Upside - down to people who are not members of the Kingdom.
- Gods Words
- What God says in his speaking. Some of what Gods says is written down in the Bible. That is why the bible is sometimes called Gods word.Everything important about God is lived out by His Son Jesus Christ. That is why he is sometimes called the word of God.
- Incarnation
- the even in which the eternal Son of God took on human Flesh, which we celebrate at Christmas
- Justification
- God's acceptance of unacceptable people. Justification includes the forgiving of our sins and the adding to us of Jesus's righteousness.
- sanctification
- The lifelong conversion by which Christians become gradually holier, that is, more like Jesus. Sanctification is the solution to the problem of pollution. We want to live the life of holiness because of our desire for God, or gratitude to him, and our faith in him.
- Guilt
- What we have when we break God's law and deserve the laws penalty. Guilt includes not only what we have when we do wrong, it also includes what we have when we fail to do right. When we fail to do right, guilt is called debt.
- Faith
- the bond to Christ from our side. Faith includes belief in the promises of God and trust in Jesus. Justification is received by faith.
- Image Of God
- The likeness of God in human beings. We see the image of God in us by our ruling over creation, by our fellowship with each other and by any right actions we do. The image of God means being like Christ.
- Shame
- A sense of humiliation after sin. People who are ashamed feel as if they'd like to crawl under something or have some covering hid them from view. The fall brings shame into the human race.
- Estrangement
- A disorder in which persons or things that ought to be friends become strangers instead; for example, when people are estranged from God, they see God not only as a loving father, but as an embarrassment or even as an enemy.
- Law of God
- The statement of what god wants from us. The law of God is a training guide for the new life of liberty.
- Covenant
- (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
- Triune
- Being a triple and a unit at the same time. To say that God is triune is to say that God is three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) but only one God. That is, God is a trinity.
- Tragedy of the fall
- The fact that the fall happens not to unimportant creatures (whose fall wouldn't matter so much), but to people made in God's image. The fall is also tragic because it includes trickery, foolishness, pride, and disastrous results.
- Satisfaction
- Giving someone what he has coming so as to "fill up an empty place" in him. Through his death Christ satisfies God's justice by obeying God perfectly, as we cannot, and by suffering the penalty for our disobedience.
- Sovereignty of God
- The attribute of God which means that he is supreme and in control.
- Authority of scripture
- The power of the Bible to influence our believing and acting. Because the Bible is our authority, it can even give commands that we must obey. The Bible is authoritative because God is its author and because only in the Bible do we find Jesus Christ, our rescuer.
- Reformed
- To be Reformed is to confess the common Christian faith with a special accent. In particular it mens to accent such things as the authority of scripture, the sovereignty of God, personal integrity in life of holiness, and the need for a view of world integrity (sometimes called a "world-and-life view" or "Kingdom vision".)
- Gods speaking
- Gods communication to us. God speaks in His word( including the Bible), and by His Son. God's speaking tells us that God is a personal, caring, and saving God. So when God speaks, we ought to respond.
- Grace
- Loving kindness to a person in misery, especially when a person is miserable because of his or her own sin. Grace is then undeserved favor or kindness
- Confessions
- Carefully organized written statements of doctrine approved by the church
- Original Sin
- The corruption and guilt that the humgan race has inherited from Adam and Eve. The doctrine of original sin tells us that sin is universal, that it keeps reproducing, and that it is extremely hard to get rid of.
- Circumcision
- The old testament sign and steal of the covenant of grace
- Repentance
- The complete turning around our lives. Repentance is like dying and then being born again.
- Covenant Obligations
- The duties God's people owe to God. The are especially obedience (because god is parent and King), trust (because God is Savior), and thanks (because God shows Grace).
- Redemption
- To rescue someone by paying a ransom. Just as God redeemed Israel from the land of Egypt, so Jesus Christ redeems us form the slavery of sin and death by paying the ransom price of his lifeblood.
- Providence
- The care God shows for all his creation. God preserves our world, rescues his people, works for good, and controls history. Providence lets us trust and thank God.
- Freedom
- The removal of the things that drag us down and the opening up to joyful life in God. (Because if we are not slaves to Him, we will be slaves to something else.)
- Atonement
- The process by which Jesus Christ put right what sin put wrong. Christ's suffering and death are an atonement, a making amends, for sin.
- Doctrine
- the church teachings about God our salvation, based on the Bible.
- Misery
- The pain and suffering that come from sin; the fallout that comes from the Fall. Among the fallen world's miseries are disorders, estrangements, and death.
- Bible
- the book that contains the writings or scriptures that Christians recognize written word of God
- The fall
- The event in which our first parents disobey God and thus brought evil into the world.
- Attributes of God
- God characterisics or qualities such as goodness and greatness and goodness and greatness Descibing , God's characteristics or qualities such as goodness and greatness. Describing God's attributes helps us understand, praise and imitate God.
- Reconciliation
- Restoring peace and harmony to estranged parties. Jesus Christ brings peace and reconiliation by acting as arbitrator, or mediator between God and humanity.
- Common Grace
- God's way of partly stopping corruption so that human life can continue. Common grace explains why unbelievers often show good behavior - better than that of some Christians.