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• Isaiah

  [Bible]

  Isaiah is the first of the prophetic books of the Old Testament and consists of sixty-six chapters. It contains prophecies of judgment, restoration, and the Messiah, and Christians have long read it as a book containing many passages that point to Jesus Christ.

• Romans 6:23

  [Bible Verses]

  Romans 6:23 reads, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (KJV). By contrasting the consequence of sin with the gift of grace in a single sentence, it summarizes the gospel and is one of the verses most frequently used in evangelism.

• Titus 2:13

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse describing the "blessed hope" for which believers wait, namely the glorious appearing of Christ. It is frequently cited in Christological discussion over whether "the great God and our Saviour" refers to one person, Jesus Christ.

• Psalm 118:22

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse of Psalm 118 confessing that the stone people rejected has become the most important stone of the house. Quoted several times in the New Testament, it is widely used to refer to the rejection and exaltation of Jesus Christ.

• The Resurrection Chapter

  [Bible]

  The Resurrection Chapter is a name for 1 Corinthians 15 in the New Testament. In this chapter Paul gives his most extensive treatment of the resurrection of Christ and the bodily resurrection of believers on the last day.

• Son of God

  [Bible]

  "Son of God" is a biblical expression denoting a special relationship with God. In the Old Testament it refers to angels, Israel, and the king. In the New Testament it refers chiefly to Jesus Christ, and it is also applied to believers.

• Messianic Prophecy

  [Bible]

  Messianic prophecy refers to Old Testament passages understood to point to the anointed deliverer who was to come, the Messiah. The New Testament regards these prophecies as fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

• Marian Veneration

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Marian veneration is the devotional practice of giving special honor and reverence to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. It is a tradition of the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. Most Protestants respect Mary as an example of faith but do not make her an object of prayer or veneration.

• Great Disappointment

  [History]

  The Great Disappointment was the collective disappointment experienced by members of the Millerite movement in the United States, who believed that Jesus Christ would return on October 22, 1844, when that day passed without the Second Coming.

• Gospels

  [Bible]

  The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), which record the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Together they are called the four Gospels.

• Servant Songs

  [Bible]

  "Servant Songs" is a scholarly term for four poems in Isaiah 40–55 concerning "the servant of the LORD." They are found in Isaiah 42, 49, 50, and 52:13–53:12, and the New Testament applies them to Jesus Christ.

• Glory (Bible)

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, glory refers to the visible manifestation of God's majesty and presence. In the Old Testament it appears as the cloud and light that filled the tabernacle and the temple; in the New Testament it continues in the revelation of God in Jesus Christ.

• 1 John 2

  [Bible]

  1 John 2 presents Jesus Christ as the advocate and the propitiation for sins and addresses keeping the commandments, loving one's brother, the exhortation not to love the world, the warning about antichrists, and the charge to abide in him.

• Faith

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Faith is trust in God and Jesus Christ and the acceptance of his word as true. Protestants understand it as the means by which salvation is received, though denominations differ somewhat in emphasis.

• 1 John 5:6

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse declaring that Jesus Christ came "by water and blood," testifying that both his baptism and his death on the cross were real. Interpreters differ on what "water and blood" refers to.

• Luke 24:46–49

  [Bible Verses]

  In this passage the risen Jesus declares that the suffering and resurrection of the Christ, and the preaching of repentance and the forgiveness of sins, were written in the Scriptures. He appoints the disciples as witnesses and commands them to wait for the Holy Spirit. The passage is often cited as Luke's "Great Commission" and in discussions of the experience of the Holy Spirit.

• Easter

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Easter is the oldest and most important feast of the Christian faith, commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead on the third day after his death on the cross. It is also called Resurrection Sunday.

• Evangelism

  [Christian Life]

  Evangelism is the work of making the gospel of Jesus Christ known to those who do not yet believe and inviting them to faith. It takes various forms, including street evangelism, relational evangelism, and door-to-door evangelism.

• Pontius Pilate

  [People]

  Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who tried Jesus Christ and sentenced him to crucifixion. He appears in all four Gospels, and his name is included in the Apostles' Creed.

• 1 John 4:2–3

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage presents the confession that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh as the criterion distinguishing the Spirit of God from the spirit of antichrist. It is frequently cited as a basis for confessing the Incarnation and for discerning spirits.