TRUTH-FALSEHOOD (A) TRUTH(1) Preciousness of Psa 119:72; Psa 119:127; Psa 119:162; Pro 23:23 –SEE Wisdom, WISDOM (2) Attitude of the Wicked toward Isa 59:4; Jer 9:5; Gal 3:1; 2Th 2:10; 1Ti 6:5; 2Ti 3:8 (B) CHRIST THE TRUTH Joh 1:14; Joh 14:6; Joh 18:37 (C) GOD OF TRUTH Deu 32:4; 2Sa 7:28; Psa 33:4; Psa … Continue reading “TRUTH-FALSEHOOD”
Truth, Children of
Truth, Children of A group of religious bodies, including: the Orthodox Society of Friends; the Hicksite Society of Friends, dissenters under the leadership of Elias Hicks; the Wilburite Orthodox Conservative Friends, separatists under the leadership of John Wilbur; and the Religious Society of Friends of Philadelphia who seceded from the Wilburites. The religious movement known … Continue reading “Truth, Children of”
Truth
Truth In the apostolic documents the simplest meaning given to truth is that of sincerity. St. Paul, writing of the different motives that had impelled people to make known the gospel of Christ, declared that he rejoiced that Christ was proclaimed whether in pretence or in truth (Php 1:16). The same Apostle called upon the … Continue reading “Truth”
Trusts and Bequests
Trusts and Bequests A trust has been defined, in its technical sense, as the right enforceable solely in equity to the beneficial enjoyment of property of which the legal title is in another (Bispham, “Equity”, p. 68), and as a right of property, real or personal, held by one party for the benefit of another. … Continue reading “Trusts and Bequests”
TRUSTING IN WORKS
TRUSTING IN WORKS Luk 18:12; Rom 9:32; Rom 10:3; Gal3:10 –SEE False Trusts, INSECURITY Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Trustees, General Board Of
Trustees, General Board Of The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1864, appointed a committee of seven to report a plan of trusteeship. The report of the committee was adopted, and is substantially the same as the section of the Discipline on that subject. The General Conference appointed a board whose headquarters should … Continue reading “Trustees, General Board Of”
Trustee System
Trustee System I. In the exercise of her inherent right of administering property, the Church often appoints deputies who are responsible to herself. Technically, such administrators, whether cleric or lay, are called the “fabric” of the Church. In very early times ecclesiastical goods were divided into three or four portions, and that part set aside … Continue reading “Trustee System”
Trustee
Trustee Mosaic law concerning Exo 22:7-13; Lev 6:2-7 The parable of the pounds Mat 25:14-28; Luk 19:12-27 Steward Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Trust in God
TRUST IN GOD Signifies that confidence in, or dependence we place on him. This trust ought to be, 1. Sincere and unreserved, not in idols, in men, in talents, riches, power, in ourselves part, and him part, Pro 3:5-6. 2. Universal; body, soul, circumstances, 1Pe 5:7. 3. Perpetual, Is. 26: 4. 4. With a lively … Continue reading “Trust in God”
Trust-deeds
Trust-deeds are forms of conveyances of real estate specifying some trust for which the property is held. At an early period of his history Wesley published a model deed for the settlement of chapels, to the effect that the trustees, for the time being, should permit Wesley himself, and such other persons as he might … Continue reading “Trust-deeds”