The Expository Glossary

Expository Glossary

Expository and theological terms from the teaching, each with its definition and the scripture it rests on.

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CAPTIVITY OF THE THOUGHTS: For the son of God: forcibly restraining negative thinking by obedience (2 Corinthians 10:5).
CAREFUL: Worry or anxiety (Philippians 2:5-6).
CASTING DOWN: Destroying; tearing down from a high place; refusing to comply; letting go (2 Corinthians 10:5).
CELL: The basic and usually smallest unit of any organism that is capable of independent function.
CHARACTER: The disposition of the mind reflected in the actions of the flesh. Distinctive qualities of a person or thing; certificate of qualification.
CIRCUMSTANCES: Those areas of our lives we have some control over (example: marriages, jobs, health, education, finances, etc).
COMFORTER, THE: The Holy Ghost; the Spirit of Truth.
COMPREHENDING THE LENGTH: 1. The spiritual distance we will travel in our spiritual growth from one point to another. 2. The ability of our mind to comprehend God and the things that pertain to Him as well as our movements in Him. 3. Comprehending the length means that we are at one spiritual location, which we call point A, and must get to point B, which is called perfection, and the length or distance between is what we need to comprehend or understand.
CONCEPTS: An idea of a class of objects; a thought, general notion; the formulation of ideas; a mental image; an original idea or design
CONDEMNATION: To pronounce judgment. To know by experience or to pronounce judgment because of an erroneous interpretation of righteousness.
CONSCIENCE: 1. The spirit of the mind. 2. Co-perception of both worlds (good and evil, flesh and spirit). 3. Is the judge of all the actions and deeds of the flesh. (Ephesians 4:22-23, Hebrews 9:9-14). 4. The hidden man of the heart. 5. The knower.
CONSCIOUSNESS: We can perceive, express, feel and think. This is true essence which means we are alive. An awareness of what is happening around an individual.
CONTENTMENT: To stand still, think soberly; and move by the unction of the Holy Ghost; to not be moved by your feelings; to be satisfied or gratified.
CORRECTION: A change that corrects a mistake; change from wrong to right or from abnormal to normal.
COUNSEL: To speak according to the will of God.
COUNSEL OF GOD'S OWN WILL: The determinate counsel. (Acts 2:22-24).
CURIOUSITY: A powerful enticement that is a craving to know the pleasures or disappointment of a sinful experience.