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• Parable of the Lost Sheep

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Lost Sheep is a parable of Jesus in which a shepherd with a hundred sheep goes in search of the one that has gone astray and rejoices when he finds it. It appears in Luke 15 and Matthew 18.

• Parable of the Ten Virgins

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  The Parable of the Ten Virgins is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 25:1–13. It tells of ten virgins waiting for a bridegroom, of whom only the five who had prepared oil in advance entered the wedding feast, and it teaches believers to watch and be ready for the Second Coming.

• Parable of the Rich Fool

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Rich Fool is a parable of Jesus found in Luke 12:13–21. It tells of a rich man who enlarges his barns, stores up his wealth, and feels secure, only to hear the words "this night thy soul shall be required of thee." The parable warns against covetousness.

• The House Built on the Rock

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  The house built on the rock is a parable Jesus told at the close of His sermons in Matthew 7 and Luke 6. It compares the person who hears His words and does them to a man who built his house upon a rock, and the person who hears but does not do them to a man who built his house upon the sand.

• Parable of the Unjust Judge

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  A parable of Jesus recorded in Luke 18:1–8. Even an unjust judge grants the plea of a persistent widow, and God will all the more avenge his elect. The parable teaches that believers ought always to pray and not lose heart.

• Intermediate State

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The intermediate state is a doctrine of Christian eschatology concerning the condition of a person from death until the resurrection of the body at the Second Coming of Christ.

• Meribah

  [Bible]

  Meribah is a Hebrew place name meaning "strife." It is the place where the Israelites in the wilderness quarreled with Moses because they had no water and where God brought water out of a rock. It appears in Exodus 17 and Numbers 20.

• Burning Bush

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  The burning bush is the event in Exodus 3 in which God appeared to Moses at Mount Horeb in a flame of fire within a bush that was not consumed, called him, and commissioned him to lead Israel out of Egypt.

• Threefold Office of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The threefold office of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ accomplishes salvation by holding together the three offices of prophet, priest, and king. It was systematized in the Reformed confessions.

• Evangelical Counsels

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  In Catholic theology, the evangelical counsels are three ways of life: poverty, chastity, and obedience. Unlike the commandments, which bind all believers, they are regarded as recommended for voluntary adoption by those seeking a more perfect life.

• Retribution

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Retribution is the idea that good deeds bring good results and evil deeds bring bad results. The concept originated as a Buddhist term, and in Christianity it arises in discussions of the biblical teaching on divine recompense and of the problem of suffering.

• New Creation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  New creation is the biblical teaching that God, through Christ, makes people new and will renew the whole of heaven and earth at the last day.

• Four Horsemen

  [Bible]

  The Four Horsemen are the four figures, riding a white horse, a red horse, a black horse, and a pale horse, who appear in succession in Revelation 6 as the Lamb opens the first four of the seven seals.

• Massah

  [Bible]

  Massah is the name given to the place at Rephidim where, after the Exodus, the Israelites quarreled with Moses over the lack of water and put the LORD to the test. It is named together with Meribah, and the name Massah means "testing."

• Active Obedience

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Active obedience is a theological term for the obedience by which Jesus Christ perfectly kept the law of God throughout His entire life. It is used chiefly in Reformed accounts of justification, where it is paired with passive obedience, which refers to His suffering on the cross.

• Reprobation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Reprobation is the Reformed doctrine of predestination holding that God decreed from eternity not to choose certain people for salvation but to leave them in their sin. It is the counterpart of election.

• Threefold Division of the Law

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The threefold division of the law is a theological framework that divides the Old Testament law into moral, ceremonial, and civil (judicial) law in order to explain which parts remain binding on Christians.

• Sackcloth

  [Bible]

  Sackcloth is a coarse fabric, or a garment made from it, that people in the Bible wrapped around their bodies or wore to express grief, repentance, and humility. It frequently appears together with putting ashes on the head and fasting.

• Double Predestination

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Double predestination is the doctrine that God decreed from eternity to elect some people to salvation and to leave others to perdition. It is taught chiefly in the Calvinist tradition and is not accepted by denominations in the Wesleyan tradition.

• Monastic Vows

  [Organization & Polity]

  Monastic vows are the public promise, made before God by a person entering a religious community, to live according to the community's rule. They most commonly consist of three vows: poverty, chastity, and obedience.