Saturday, January 18, 2025, 4:05 PM
Site: Thirdmill Online Courses
Course: We Believe in Jesus (eJES)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-3
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Hypostatic unionRefers to the fact that Jesus is one person with two distinct natures (a divine nature and a human nature) with each nature retaining its own attributes. |
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ImputationWhen speaking of Jesus, it means the act in which God assigned the guilt of sinners to the person of Christ. |
Incarnation Refers to Jesus' permanent assumption of a human nature. |
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Messiah Hebrew word meaning "Anointed one." Translated into Greek as "Christos." |
Moses The prophet who administered the Ten Commandments and the Book of the Covenant |
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OntologicalTerm that means "related to being." It is used to refer to the Trinity when speaking of the fact that all three persons possess divine attributes. |
OrganicRefers to the kind of inspiration God used to compose the Scriptures. It means that the Holy Spirit utilized the human authors' personalities and perspectives as He guided them to write the infallible and authoritative message that He desired. |
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Passion When speaking of Jesus, it refers to His suffering and death. |
Prophet God’s covenant ambassador who proclaims and applies God’s word, especially to warn of judgment against sin and to encourage the kind of loyal service to God that leads to his blessings |
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Repentance Turning from sin toward Jesus |