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TEMPTATION OF CHRIST The temptation of Christ, of which we read in the 4th chap. of Matthew, has been much the subject of infidel ridicule, and some ingenious writers, to avoid the difficulties of a literal interpretation, have reduced the whole to vision and allegory. But perhaps this has increased rather than removed those difficulties. … Continue reading “Temptation of Christ”

TEMPTATION The enticement of a person to commit sin by offering some seeming advantage. There are four things, says one, in temptation: 1. Deception. 2. Infection. 3. Seduction. 4. Perdition. The sources of temptation, are Satan, the world, and the flesh. We are exposed to them in every state, in every place, and in every … Continue reading “Temptation”

Tempt, To; Temptation Three different characters of temptation are presented in the scriptures. 1. “God did tempt Abraham” when He bade him offer up Isaac. Gen 22:1. God tried him, putting his faith to the test. Paul speaks of his thorn in the flesh as his ‘temptation:’ it was a trial or test. Gal 4:14. … Continue reading “Tempt, To; Temptation”

Tempt, Temptation temt, tem-tashun (, nasah, to prove try, tempt , massah, a trial, temptation; , peirazo, to try prove , peirasmos a trial, proof): The words have a sinister connotation in present-day usage which has not always attached to them. Originally the words were of neutral content, with the sense of putting to the … Continue reading “Tempt, Temptation”

TEMPT To make trial of, Luk 10:25, and usually to present inducements to sin. Satan is the great tempter, seeking thus most effectually to destroy men’s souls, 1Ch 21:1 Job 1:1-2 :13 Mt 4:1 1Th 3:5 . Men are also led into sin by their own evil inclinations and by other men, Jam 1:14-15 . … Continue reading “Tempt”

TEMPORALITIES OF BISHOPS Are the revenues, lands, tenements, and lay fees belonging to bishops, as they are barons and lords of parliament. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Temporalities of Bishops as, in law, are the lay revenues, lands, tenements, and fees belonging to the sees of bishops or archbishops, as they are barons and lords of Parliament, … Continue reading “Temporalities of Bishops”

Temporal Power of the Pope is a phrase susceptible of two meanings which are very distinct from each other, and the confusion of which has led to frequent and serious misunderstanding. I. In one of these senses it means the sovereign power possessed by the pope as ruler of the Papal States, or STATES OF … Continue reading “Temporal Power of the Pope”

Temporal Blessings See Blessing Blessing Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

TEMPORAL A term often used for secular, as a distinction from spiritual or ecclesiastical; likewise for any thing belonging to time in contrast with eternity. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Temporal “for a season” (pros, “for,” kairos, “a season”), is rendered “temporal” in 2Co 4:18. See SEASON, WHILE. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

TEMPLES, SPIRITUAL, BELIEVERS AS (1) General References to 1Co 3:16; 1Co 6:19; 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:20-22; Heb 3:6; 1Pe 2:5 (2) Christ Dwelling inRevealed in the Coming of the Holy Spirit Joh 14:20 Demonstrates to the World Christ’s Mission Joh 17:23; Rom 8:10 The Old Life dies that the New may Live Gal 2:20 Obtained … Continue reading “TEMPLES, SPIRITUAL, BELIEVERS AS”