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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WALL OF IMPASSE: A place of deadlock or dilemma where a decision must be made for righteousness in order to move closer to perfection.
WANTONNESS: A lust for things, ministry, control, authority, flesh, etc., not kept in due restraint; unprovoked; lustful; lewdness (2 Peter 2:18, James 5:5). Lasciviousness, insolent luxury; when you will break the laws of God to fulfill your desires. Readiness for all pleasure; one who acknowledges no restraints - who does whatever he desires and his unmanageable boundaries dictate (St. Mark 7:22, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19, Ephesians 4:19, Romans 13:14, 2 Peter 2:18).
WICKEDNESS: Anything which produces pain and expresses malice that effects others; iniquity.
WILL: That part of me that is determined to express the affects that any influence has had on my mind (1 Corinthians 7:37); hath power over his own will (St. John 1:13); not my will, but thine be done (St. Luke 22:42); against my will (1 Corinthians 9:16-17). The determination of the flesh to fulfill the desires of the fleshy mind.
WILL POWER: The drive or push to overcome any obstacle in order to fulfill the desire of the mind. Operations: A. Manipulation. B. Magnifies fleshy ability and causes you to fall in love with self. C. Fuel for pride. D. Never allows you to grow spiritually. E. Able to shape a negative attitude toward God. F. Causes you to shut out Gods Word or influence in your life. G. Gives life to a spirit of pessimism. H. Is produced based upon what the mind is exposed to or influenced by, therefore is limited as to what it can produce. God did not intend for us to serve Him with will power, but with the Spirit of Might that is given by the Holy Ghost.
WISDOM: Comprehending and discerning your experiences and the experiences of others. Identifies the ways of God. Always stands ready to reconcile any situation or individual back to God. The peacemaker who fears God. To see as God sees. It identifies the what, the how and the ways of God.
WITCHCRAFT: Any impression given by you that implies that you have supernatural powers over circumstances, situations and relationships without the counsel, wisdom, knowledge, understanding and might of God. Spirit of control. The power or practices of witches; the mysterious resources and powers of the sorcerer; spell-giving potion and magic.
WITNESS: 1. One who testifies of what he has seen, heard or knows. 2. Someone who declares Jesus. 3. Proves the testimony or substantiates the record. (1 John 5:7-9).
WORKS OF THE FLESH: Expressions of negative emotions (Galatians 5:19); The ventilation for the feelings of the soul that are gendered by negative stimuli of affections.
WRATH: Offenses housed in the memory. A product of wrath is unforgiveness. (James 1:19-20; Galatians 5:19-20; Ephesians 4:26). Wrath is not a demon. It is the work of the fleshy mind and is waiting for the opportunity to be exhaled in conversations or deeds. Intense anger, rage, or fury; and action of vengeance; hot anger, or passion; to move impetuously, particularly as the air or wind; a violent motion or passion of the mind; strife, contention, fight or quarrel; struggle. Contention is the expression of enmity. Wrangling debate or variance.
WRONG THINKING: 1. The root of all sin and inward spiritual adversity. 2. The foundation for all negative mindsets and mental dispositions such as depression, suppression and regression; negative thinking.