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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SADDUCCEES: see Pharisees
SALT OF THE EARTH: A preservative, savor; season or intreat with the Word (St. Matthew 5:13).
SATAN: Adversary; deceiver (deceit is his weapon). (St. Matthew 16:23, St. Luke 22:3; 1 Corinthians 7:5).
SATAN'S PURPOSE: To slander God; to discredit the power of God in a person's life.
SCRIBE: One who writes what is dictated to him (Revelation 1:19).
SEASON OF REVEALING: Trials or set-ups that come to reveal seeds of disloyalty in us as they relate to God and His instituted authorities. Testing and trials always originate in the foresight and foreknowledge of God. (Job 23:10; 1 Peter 1:6-7). When your leader is going through a season of testing, God is judging your response to the disposition of that leader. Any leader who is chosen by God to perform a work has been tried in God's foresight and provisions for his failures or weaknesses have been made.
SECOND HEAVEN: Satan's abode; atmosphere.
SEDITION: A stirring up of rebellion against instituted authority; a dissension, an insurrection, a standing apart; causing tumults, trouble, false teaching.
SEDUCING SPIRITS: To weaken; to entice or lure; to lead astray by catering to the desires of the flesh and the lust of the imagination.
SELF-AWARENESS: A mindset designed to make provisions for the flesh.
SELFISHNESS: A mindset that has no regard for the disposition of others; a watchful eye on the things that affect only you.
SELF-WILL: A mindset designed to make provisions for the flesh.
SEMEN: Seed of life; the secretion of the male reproductive system containing sperm; the sperm; the seed of male animals and humans.
SHAPEN: (Hebrew--chuwl khool or chyl kheel) To twist; to wound; to pervert.
SHEILD OF FAITH: The power of the Word in our heart.
SINGLE-EYE: Being one with God.
SITUATIONS: Operations that are set up by the Holy Ghost wherein we can choose to do the right, wrong or the righteous thing.
SOUL: 1. The spirit of the mind. 2. The inner atmosphere of the body. 3. A combination of the brain and its products. 4. This is the mind. 5. The brain and its expressions.
SOULICAL TIE: An agreement based on mental dispositions that oppose the Word of God.
SPIRIT: Divine or demonic life; personality (Godly or satanic). Ruwach (Hebrew): air for breathing, life-giving air, the light of God (enlightenment); the essence of a man; Candle of the Lord (Proverbs 20:27); Natural spirit in man (Genesis 2:7, 7:22); Breath of Life (Job 32:8); divine inspiration, intellect and understanding; spirit is wind or life; that element which causes man to live. The energy of the air that gets the brain moving; breath going in (Job 7:7--my life is wind, Job 26:3--the spirit of God is in my nostrils).
SPIRIT OF COUNSEL: The ability of a son of God to bring peace (He himself being a peacemaker) in every circumstance, situation and relationship. The ability to speak according to the oracles of God. The ability to articulate wisdom in the midst of any trial. Counsel that will never move outside of the boundaries of the Word of God. Counsel that will never separate itself from truth. (Isaiah 11:2).
SPIRIT OF ENLIGHTENMENT: To give spiritual insight to; to furnish knowledge that causes the eyes of the flesh to see what is happening in the Spirit (Ephesians 1:18).
SPIRIT OF INIQUITY: The spirit of Satan whose influence in the unbeliever has brought the innerman or conscience into captivity. For the believer, it is the influence of Satan in the heart that brings our minds into captivity; which causes us to produce an evil anointing.
SPIRITUAL EFFECT: 1. A process of the renewing of the mind. 2. The method by which the Word, which is Spirit, will cause the fleshy mind to fall in love with Christ (Ephesians 4:23; Colossians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:1). The renewing of the mind is going to be done by learning Christ. When the mind learns Christ, it will dispel vanity. If you have not learned Christ, you are still a babe and not walking in the Spirit. Therefore, you are walking in the flesh. There is no medium.
SPIRITUALIZING: 1. To take a scripture and give it a meaning out of your own mind or something you have heard from someone else. 2. Not allowing the scriptures to interpret themselves.
SPIRITUAL LOCATION: The disposition of our fleshy mind in every circumstance, situation or relationship and will reflect how we now deal and respond (spiritual), or react (carnal).
SPIRITUAL OPERATIONS: 1. A series of acts or workings expressed primarily through exhalation to effect a certain purpose. 2. Examples of the movement of faith in the life of the believer. These examples cause us to see the Word come to life in our situations and relationships.
SPIRITUAL SENSES: The attribute of the new creature. For example, as the human being has five natural senses (hearing, sight, taste, smell and touch), likewise, the spiritual being has senses (might, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel and the fear of the Lord, Isaiah 11:2).
SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS: 1. A perversion of the ways in which the Holy Spirit demands we operate. 2. An abuse of our spiritual position in someones life. This is idolatry. When a leader or someone you look up to falls into sin, it could devastate you and others.
STRONGHOLD: A place of refueling or regrouping of the enemy.
SUBMISSION: A righteous attitude of the heart that is reflected in the mind and body.
SUICIDE: condemnation of the flesh by the mind; Websters Dictionary--the ruin of ones interest through ones own actions, etc.
SUPPRESSION: 1. To put an end to (especially by force). 2. Subdue. 3. To keep from being revealed. 4. To hold back. 5. To crush, overpower, bottle up, choke. (2 Timothy 1:7). 6. Denial of expression. 7. To hold back or deny expression, thoughts and an overall mental disposition. Operation: The devil will try to intimidate you into being fearful. He will tell you all the things you cannot do. Thus, producing low self-esteem that will not allow true potential to be realized.
SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE: The meaning of the scripture is found in the context or explained somewhere else in scripture. (Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16-20).