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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PASSIONS: To be touched by or affected; to experience a sensation or impression; to express or long for; request. feelings or affections in your members.
PASTOR: To teach, refute, reprove, admonish and comfort.
PATIENCE: 1. Tribulation works or produces patience. 2. For developing Christian character (James 1:4, 5:7-8). 3. Patience is the capacity, habit or fact of being patient. 4. To suffer, bearing pain or trials without complaint. 5. Manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain. 6. Not hasty or impetuous. 7. Steadfast despite opposition, difficulty or adversity. The scripture teaches us that patience is worked in us by the everyday trials of our life (Romans 5:3; James 1:3). Take the prophets as an example of suffering affliction and of patience. Perfect complete in Christ. The position of the heart as it relates to God (2 Corinthians 7:1).
PEACE: The absence or end of strife, granting deliverance and freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as a result of sin.
PEACEBREAKER: One who does not regard the operation of the Holy Ghost; covenant breakers (Romans 1:31).
PEACEMAKER: One who does not interfere with the operation of the Holy Ghost in their own life and in the lives of others. The peacemaker will keep God's purpose for man (a manifested son) always before Him. He will always seek to allow God's peace to prevail. (St. Matthew 5:9; Hebrews 12:14).
PERCEIVE: Think about; interpret.
PERFECTION: The ability to choose to always obey God; complete in Christ; mature in God where sin is no longer an issue.
PERFECTOR: A five-fold minister placed in the body of Christ to edify and perfect (mature, train) the saints for the work of the ministry. (Ephesians 4:11).
PERSECUTION: Constant affliction to injure or distress.
PERSPECTIVE OF SCRIPTURE (BIBLE): Perspective To see as God sees; God's point of view; the ability to see things in their true relationship. The perspective is going to be found when you determine the intention of the scripture. Non-Reconcilable When scripture seems to contradict itself. This happens when scripture is not seen in true relationship. Always ask why, when you see error. Examples of non-reconcilable scriptures are: 1 Corinthians 14:34 and 1 Timothy 2:12. The traditional conclusion is that women are forbidden to teach in Church or there is to be no female ministering in Church to men. There are other scriptures that contradict this conclusion, such as: Acts 2:17-18; Galatians 3:28. In addition to these scriptures, there are also scriptures dealing with Phillip's two daughters prophesying and the woman prophesying but had no covering on her head. Therefore, in this case, perspective was wrong, causing contradiction in interpretation.
PERVERSION: A diverting from the true intent or object; misapplication.
PERVERT: To change the meaning of; to corrupt; to misuse; to debase.
PESSIMIST: A person who believes the worst, does not trust God and slanders the intent of the Word in his life.
PHARISEES: Men zealous for religion, whose attitude was very external, formal and mechanical. (They laid stress not upon righteousness of an action but upon its formal correctness.)
PLEASURE: An agreeable feeling of satisfaction ranging from a quiet sense of gratification to a positive sense of happiness (St. Luke 8:14, Titus 3:3, James 4:1,3).
POINT OF DEMARCATION: The place of decision where we have to choose between darkness and light.
PORTER'S MINISTRY: 1. First ministry God gave to man. 2. Bishop 3. To monitor that which enters or exits a life, lives or the earth itself.
POSSESS: To keep.
POWER OF CHRIST: The anointing to minister the Gospel of the Kingdom both in Word and in deeds.
POWER OF LIFE: A lust to be exalted by the system of the world.
POWER OF THE AIR: The spirit of Satan that works in the children of disobedience. Angelic beings, thrones, dominions, principalities and rulers of the darkness of this world.
POWERS: Angelic beings.
PRECEPTS: A direction meant as a rule of action or conduct.
PREDESTINATION: A guarantee that faith will bring you to a place to experience the truth, thereby assuring that you are given the opportunity to choose between good and evil. God uses His foresight (ability to see from beginning to end) and foreknowledge (to know all things and having the ability to establish the end before the beginning). To establish those whom He called (Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11).
PREDETERMINED: To decide before-hand (Ephesians 1:5).
PRESUMPTION: To assume you already know the meaning of scripture before researching and studying. Usually due to handed down interpretations.
PRIDE: Any operation that opposes truth; exalts itself above the knowledge of God. 2. Self-exaltation that is manifested as self-righteousness, inordinate self-esteem.
PRIDE OF LIFE: A passion for reputation, authority or power.
PRINCE: Ruler of nations of the power of the air; constitutes the seat of his authority.
PRINCIPALITIES: 1. Angelic host both Godly and satanic. 2. Spiritual beings in high places.
PRINCIPLE: A measuring stick that measures everything you hear.
PROPHESYING: 1. Foretelling of the will of God that is spiritually discerned. Cannot be naturally deduced. 2. To comfort, edify, encourage or exhort. Exhort also means to admonish, warn, to take a particular course of conduct. Prophesying is not always future. (St. Matthew 7:22; Acts 19:6; 1 Peter 1:10).
PROPHET: 1. A male messenger and a declarer of God's will. 2. Declares and interprets the oracles of God. 3. One who teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes and also comforts. Moved by the Spirit to speak of future events pertaining to the kingdom of God. His words are not His own but those that are divinely received from the Lord. (Ephesians 4:11).
PROPHETESS: 1. A female messenger and declarer of God's will. 2. Declares and interprets the oracles of God. 3. One who teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes and also comforts. Moved by the Spirit to speak of future events pertaining to the kingdom of God. Her words are not her own but those that are divinely received from the Lord. (Exodus 15:20; Judges 4:4; 2 Kings 22:14; St. Luke 2:36).
PROVISION: Allows you to prepare and prove.
PRUDENCE: 1. Penetrating consideration. 2. Multifaceted wisdom.
PURPOSE: Object in view; plan; intention of what the Father wants from us.