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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LADEN: That thing that is packaged and placed upon you. Packaged burden.
LASCIVIOUSNESS: Characterized by or expressing lust or exciting lust; wantonness; readiness for all pleasure; absence of restraint; indecency and shameless conduct.
LAW OF DEATH: 1. States that the wages of sin is death; penalty for sin. 2. The authority to devour or destroy because of sin. (Romans 3:23).
LAW OF GENESIS: Every seed produces after its own kind. (Genesis 1:11-12).
LAW OF KINSMANSHIP: States that if property was lost, it could only be redeemed by that person who was kinsman to the person who lost the property.
LAW OF REDEMPTION: States that man is lost and can only be redeemed by one who is related (kinsman) to the human race, therefore, Jesus put on the likeness of sinful flesh and became a man.
LAW OF REMISSION: States that without the shedding of blood, there is no removal of sin. (Romans 3:25).
LAW OF SACRIFICE: States that the sacrifice has to be pure without spot or wrinkle. (Exodus 12:5; Hebrews 9:14).
LAW OF SIN: States that the disobedience of man will cause him to be separated from God. (Genesis 2:17; Romans 7:25).
LAW OF SIN AND DEATH: The power of sin working in the flesh to bring about death which is separation from God and judgment.
LAW OF STUDY: 1. The Bible interprets itself and is the final authority on any subject. 2. There is no private interpretation of scripture. (2 Peter 1:16-21; St. John 1:1-5; 1 John 1:1-10). Look for: Purpose of scripture, relationships, manifestations (demonstrations).
LAW OF WILL: States that man's will must be in total submission to the will of the Father. (St. Luke 22:42).
LEGALISM: Any action, mindset or relationship that is untouched by Faith, grace or virtue.
LENGTH: 1. The distance between the babe in Christ and the matured son. 2. Distance which is hindered by the fleshy mind. 3. The method by which God moves you from point A (point of weakness, frailty and fear) to point B (the strength of Christ by the renewing of the mind). 4. Your spiritual growth pattern or how God moves you from one spiritual location to another. 5. To comprehend how God is using circumstances, situations and relationships in your life and in the lives of others. (Ephesians 3:18).
LIE: A falsehood, the seed of the spirit of iniquity, a false attitude of man toward God; changing the truth of God and causing it to be false.
LIFE: Personality. The last Adam (Jesus) was a personality put in flesh. (St. Luke 12:15, 23; St. John 1:4; 2 Corinthians 3:6).
LIFESAVERS CLINIC: a bible study which uses the lure of a label or title that suggests the study will focus on one major issue that holds an individual captive or makes them dysfunctional in their relationship with God and man. The label clinic also suggests that one will be in a setting where all the participants suffer with the same problem, thus gendering hope that there might be a solution in the multitude of counsel.
LIGHT: The Spirit of God; His life; His Word. An illumination; brightness; metaphorically, of spiritual enlightenment; to shine forth; the Lord Jesus as the illuminator of men
LIKENESS: Refers to a close resemblance in qualities, nature, knowledge, shape, wisdom or opinion. A copy, not the real thing. (Genesis 1:26, Acts 14:11; 1 Corinthians 15:49).
LION'S EYE: A righteous position inside the Word (fear of the Lord) that allows us to see God's perspective inside circumstances, situations and relationships.
LITERAL LANGUAGE: The scripture says what it means and means what it says.
LIVING SOUL: Life, expression. Life given to the soul. (Genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:45). Alive unto God; exhalation; a soul that has been given life; life given to the soul after mans brain was brought alive, functional, and was able to discern or understand emotions, desires, appetites and will.
LONG-SUFFERING: Bearing trouble patiently for a long time; a forbearance or patience; to be long tempered; that quality of self restraint in the face of provocation which does not hastily retaliate, promptly punish, surrender to circumstances or succumb under trial.
LOVE: 1. Strong affection or liking for someone or something. 2. To express the essential nature of God. It is the strongest feeling the soul can express. There is no feeling or emotions greater than love.
LUST: 1. Lawless desire of the fleshy mind eager to be expressed in the body. (James 1:13-15). 2. A strong desire of any kind; wantonness; a craving for things that are unlawful; the desire for things which are obtained by breaking the laws of God. 3. Lust is conceived in the mind and it is the offspring of the imagination. Lust is not confined to the sexual pleasures enjoyed by the world, but it includes the unlawful want for things. (Unlawful in the sense that the method by which they are obtained breaks the laws of God.) 4. A diseased condition of the mind.
LUST OF THE EYE: A passion for things looked upon manifested by greediness and cunning craftiness.
LUST OF THE FLESH: 1. Unlawful pleasures that the body desires to experience. (1 John 2:16; Colossians 2:18). 2. A wantonness to experience the pleasures of the flesh that are inspired by Satan. 3. A passion to experience and fulfill sexual appetites.
LYING EMOTIONS: The emotion produced by a lie or lies.