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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DAMAGED EMOTIONS: are the negative effects produced as a result of abuse or a void of love, touch, kindness and consideration.
DARKNESS: Hell, death, sorrow, destruction, misery. (St. Matthew 8:11-12; 22:13-14). Produced by being squalid or murky; a covering, a tent to deprive of light, condition of moral or spiritual depravity; blindness or blackness.
DEATH: 1. Separation from God. 2. The penalty for sin. 3. The falling out of relationship with God. (Genesis 2:17).
DECEIVE: 1. To mislead the mind of; to delude; to frustrate (1 Timothy 2:14). 2. To beguile; to deduce; to wander astray, to lead into error; to ensnare, especially by mingling the truth of God with mans doctrines; when you accept a lie as the truth.
DECEPTION: To believe a lie rather than the truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:11, 2 Timothy 4:3).
DEEDS: The functions or interactions of the flesh.
DELUSION: A wondering whereby those who are led astray roam higher and thither; wrong opinion or mental straying
DEMONSTRATION: To see the operations of holiness, godliness, legalism and pride moving in the scriptures through your own life or the lives of others.
DEPRESSION: Inward rage, confusion or anger caused by an inability to perform or achieve those things of this world upon which one sets his affections. The new creature is a citizen of New Jerusalem in heaven. However, the fleshy mind if not in submission to Godly influence will seek to satisfy flesh by devising methods of obtaining earthly goals, dreams or aspirations. When this fails (because of the responsibility of faith in our lives), the lust of the eyes, flesh or the pride of life is not satisfied. Thus, the fleshy mind provides the sensation of being trapped or depressed. (Psalm 42:11). Continuous denial of expression; the act of internalizing the emotions inside the body.
DEPTH: The mysteries of God or the deep things of God. To understand the Mystery of Iniquity, the Mystery of Godliness, the Mystery of the Church, The Rapture, etc. (Ephesians 3:18).
DERELICT: Someone who has been abandoned; a destitute and homeless misfitDESIRE - To wish or long for; crave passion; to express a wish for; request (Genesis 3:6; 3:16; James 4:2; Ephesians 2:3).
DESTROYED: To pull down; to overthrow; to devastate; annihilate (Galatians 1:23).
DEVIL: An accuser or slanderer. An accuser of God and the saints. (St. Matthew 4:8, St. Luke 4:6, Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:8).
DIRECT EXPERIENCES: Those situations, circumstances and relationships that are actually lived through.
DISCERNMENT: To regard (1 Kings 3:9) recognize; pay attention to; be acquainted with; to look at something intently; to know; quick understanding (Isaiah 11:3, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Kings 4:9, St. Luke, Hebrews 4:12, 5:14).
DISCONTENTMENT: A state of not being content with what one has.
DISPENSATION: 1. The act of dispensing. 2. Distribution of that which is appointed or bestowed by a higher power. 3. The particular way by which at different time periods God has made known His dealings with mankind and the methods of His dealings. 4. The suspending of a law or rule in some particular case. Official permission to break a rule (Ephesians 3:2). 5. A period of earthly time and God's dealings with man during that time. When the dispensation changes, God's method of dealing with man changes. (Example: Law and Grace).
DIVINE INTELLECT: That knowledge or truth that was breathed into man by God. (2 Timothy 3:16).
DOCTRINE: That which is taught. Scriptures or teachings that instruct The Church in the will of God. (Titus 1:9, Proverbs 4:2-4).
DOMESTIC EVANGELISM: the installation of ministerial programs or campaigns in our present communities that will compel men and women, boys and girls to come to Jesus and accept Him as their Lord and Savior.
DOMINION: force, strength, rule over district governed.
DOWN TIMES: When God will allow you to be hungry and suffer need.
DRUNKENESS: To be overwhelmed by alcoholic beverages; intoxicated to be drunk with wine; being in a state of mental intoxication through the shedding of mens blood profusely.