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• Witness of the Holy Spirit

  The witness of the Holy Spirit is the doctrine that the Holy Spirit confirms truth in the hearts of believers. It refers chiefly to the Spirit's testimony that believers are children of God and to the Spirit's work of assuring them that Scripture is the Word of God.

• 1 John 5

  1 John 5 is the final chapter of the First Epistle of John. It addresses the faith and love of those born of God, the witness of the Spirit, the water, and the blood to the Son, the assurance of eternal life, and prayer. It closes the letter with an exhortation to keep away from idols.

• John 15:26–27

  In this passage Jesus says that the "Comforter" (Paraclete), the "Spirit of truth" whom he will send from the Father, will testify of him, and that the disciples will also bear witness. The text speaks of the witness of the Holy Spirit together with the witness of the church, and it served as a key proof text in the dispute between the Eastern and Western churches over the procession of the Holy Spirit.

• John 15

  John 15 is the chapter in which Jesus likens himself to the true vine and his disciples to the branches, telling them to "abide in me." In it he also gives the commandment to love one another, speaks of the world's hatred, and describes the witness of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit.

• John 16

  John 16 is a farewell teaching in which Jesus, before his departure, warns his disciples of coming persecution, promises the coming of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, and the turning of their sorrow into joy, and closes with the words "I have overcome the world."

• Missio Dei

  Missio Dei (Latin for "the mission of God") is a concept in the theology of mission holding that the agent of mission is not the church but the triune God, and that the church is a community sent to participate in that mission.

• 1 John 5:7–8

  This passage states that there are three that bear witness: the Spirit, the water, and the blood. Some Latin manuscripts and later translations add the words "there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost." This addition, known as the Johannine Comma, has become the most famous case in biblical textual criticism.

• Lamp (Bible)

  In the Bible, the lamp is a vessel that burns oil to give light; the term also refers to its flame. It symbolizes the light kept burning continually in the tabernacle, the guidance of God's word, life and the continuance of the Davidic dynasty, and the witness of the disciples.

• Han Sang-dong

  Han Sang-dong (1901–1976) was a Presbyterian minister who led resistance to compulsory Shinto shrine worship during the Japanese colonial period. After Korea's liberation he founded Koryo Theological Seminary in Busan, and he is regarded as a leading figure of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Kosin).

• Tent of Meeting

  The Tent of Meeting is the tent where God met with Moses and Israel and spoke to them. In the Old Testament the term is used chiefly as another name for the tabernacle.

• 1 Peter 2:12

  First Peter 2:12 urges Christians living amid persecution and slander to conduct themselves with good works so that unbelievers may glorify God. It is frequently cited in support of the idea that the Christian life is itself a form of witness.

• Tablets of the Testimony

  The tablets of the testimony are the two stone tablets, inscribed with the Ten Commandments, that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. They were kept inside the Ark of the Covenant as a witness to the covenant between God and Israel.

• Queen of Sheba

  The Queen of Sheba was a foreign queen who, having heard reports of Solomon's wisdom, came to Jerusalem and tested him with hard questions. Jesus called her "the queen of the south" and spoke of her as a witness at the judgment.

• Song of Moses

  The Song of Moses refers to two Old Testament poems attributed to Moses: the hymn of deliverance sung after the crossing of the Red Sea (Exodus 15) and the song bearing witness to the covenant that he delivered before his death (Deuteronomy 32).

• Matthew 24:14

  A prophecy of Jesus that this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations, and then the end will come. Because it links the motive for mission with the timing of the Second Coming, the verse figures prominently both in the missionary movement and in eschatological discussion.

• Job 16:19–21

  In the midst of his suffering, Job looks beyond the friends who condemn him and expresses his hope that a witness in heaven will take his side before God. The identity of this witness is frequently debated, and interpreters are divided.

• Urijah (Priest)

  Urijah was a priest of the Jerusalem temple during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah. At the king's command he built a new altar in the temple modeled on an altar in Damascus, and in Isaiah 8 he is named as a "faithful witness" to Isaiah's prophecy.

• Jehovah's Witnesses

  Jehovah's Witnesses are a religious organization that grew out of a Bible study group begun in the United States in the late nineteenth century by Charles Taze Russell. The group rejects the Trinity, and several Korean Protestant denominations have formally declared it heretical.

• John 19:34–35

  After Jesus died on the cross, a soldier pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out. The passage then states that the one who saw this bears true witness. It is read as confirmation of Jesus' actual death and is often interpreted symbolically in connection with baptism and the Lord's Supper.

• Beersheba

  Beersheba was a town at the southern edge of the land of Judah, in the northern Negev. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dug wells and worshiped God there, and the expression "from Dan to Beersheba" marks the southern boundary of Israel.