RELIGION
- - FALSE: ... De 32:31-33|
...... See IDOLATRY
...... See INTOLERANCE
...... See TEACHERS, FALSE
- - FAMILY
...... See FAMILY
- - NATIONAL
...... Supported by taxes: ... Ex 30:11-16; 38:26|
...... Priests supported by the State: ... 1Ki 18:19;
2Ch 11:13-15|
...... Subverted by Jeroboam: ... 1Ki 12:26-33; 2Ch
11:13-15|
...... Established by Jeroboam: ... 1Ki 12:26-33|
- - NATURAL: ... Job 12:7-16; 35:10-12; 37:1-24; Ps
8:1-9; 19:1-6; Ac 14:17; 17:23-28; Ro 1:18-20; 10:16-18|
...... See REVIVALS
- - TRUE: ... Mt 5:1-48; 6:1-34; 7:1-29; 22:36-40; Ac
10:34,35; Ro 8:1-18; 10:1-13; 12:1-21; 1Co 13:1-13; Ga 5:22-25; 1Th
5:15-23; Jas 1:27; 2:8-26; 2Pe 1:5-9; Jude 1:20,21|
...... See BLESSINGS, SPIRITUAL
...... See COMMANDMENTS
...... See DUTY
...... See GRACES
...... See REGENERATION
...... See REPENTANCE
...... See SANCTIFICATION
...... See SAVED FROM SIN
- - INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS
...... Abel: ... Ge 4:4-8; Heb 11:4|
...... Noah: ... Ge 6; 7; 8; 9|
...... Abraham: ... Ge 12:1-8; 15; 17; 18:22-33|
...... Jacob: ... Ge 28:10-22; 32:24-32|
...... Moses: ... Ex 3:2-22; De 32; 33|
...... Jethro: ... Ex 18:12|
...... Joshua: ... Jos 1|
...... Gideon: ... Jud 6; 7|
...... Samuel: ... 1Sa 3|
...... David
...... See PSALMS OF DAVID
...... Solomon: ... 1Ki 5:3-5; 2Ch 6|
...... Jehu: ... 2Ki 10:16-30|
...... Hezekiah: ... 2Ki 18:3-7; 19:14-19|
...... Jehoshaphat: ... 2Ch 17:3-9; 19; 20|
...... Jabez: ... 1Ch 4:9,10|
...... Asa: ... 2Ch 14; 15|
...... Josiah: ... 2Ki 22; 23|
...... Daniel: ... Da 6:4-22|
...... The three Hebrews (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego):
... Da 3|
...... Zacharias: ... Lu 1:13,67-79|
...... Simeon: ... Lu 2:25-35|
...... Anna, the prophetess: ... Lu 2:36,37|
...... The Roman centurion: ... Lu 7:1-10|
...... Cornelius, another centurion: ... Ac 10|
...... Eunice and Lois: ... 2Ti 1:5|
...... See, for additional instances, each of the apostles,
disciples, and JOHN, PAUL, PETER, STEPHEN; also see each of the prophets
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REMORSE
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ps 31:10; 38:2-6;
51:1-4,7-17; Pr 1:25-27; 5:7-13; 28:1; Isa 2:19,21; 6:5; 48:22; 57:20,21;
La 1:20; Eze 7:16-18,25,26; 33:10; Lu 13:28; Ac 2:37; 9:6; 1Jo 3:20|
- - INSTANCES OF
...... David: ... Ps 51|
...... Peter: ... Mt 26:75|
...... Judas: ... Mt 27:3-5|
...... See CONVICTION, OF SIN
...... See PENITENTS
...... See REPENTANCE
...... See SIN, CONFESSION OF
RENDING
- - (Ripping, tearing))
...... Of garments, an outward sign of affliction: ...
Ge 37:29,34; 44:13; Nu 14:6; Jud 11:35; 2Sa 1:2,11; 3:31; 13:19,31;
15:32; 2Ki 2:12; 5:8; 6:30; 11:14; 19:1; 22:11,19; Ezr 9:3,5; Job
1:20; 2:12; Isa 36:22; 37:1; Jer 41:5; Mt 26:65; Ac 14:14|
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Joe 2:13|
...... Symbol of the dissolution of a kingdom: ... 1Sa
15:27,28|
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RENTING
- - Land: ... Mt 21:33-41; Lu 20:9-16|
- - Houses: ... Ac 28:30|
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REPENTANCE
- - (A complete reversal of one's attitude and values, i.
e. a turning toward God)
- - Attributed to God: ... Ge 6:6,7; Ex 32:14; De 32:36;
Jud 2:18; 1Sa 15:11,29,35; 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Ps 106:45; 110:4;
135:14; Jer 15:6; 18:8,10; 26:3; 42:10; Joe 2:13; Am 7:3,6; Jon 3:9,10|
- - The burden of the preaching
...... Of John the Baptist: ... Mt 3|
...... Of Jesus: ... Mt 4:17; Mr 1:15|
- - Exhortation to: ... Pr 1:23-33; Jer 7:3,5; 26:3;
Ho 14:1-3; Am 5:4-6; Mt 3:2|
- - Condition of God's favor: ... Le 26:40-42; 2Ch 7:14|
- - Unavailing
...... To Israel: ... Nu 14:39-45|
...... To Esau: ... Heb 12:16,17|
- - UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ... Le 26:40-42;
De 4:29-31; 10:16; 30:1-3,8-10; 32:29; 1Ki 8:33-50; 2Ch 6:36-39;
7:14; 30:6-9; Ne 1:9; Job 11:13-15; 22:23; 33:26-28; 34:31,32; 36:10;
Ps 22:27; 34:14,18; 51:17; 95:7,8; 147:3; Pr 1:22,23; 9:6; 28:13;
Isa 10:21; 22:12; 31:6; 44:22; 46:8; 55:6,7; 57:15; 59:20; 61:1,2;
Jer 3:4,12-14,19; 4:1-4,14; 6:8,16; 7:5,7; 13:15,16; 18:8,11;
24:7; 25:5; 26:3,13; 31:9; 36:3,7; 50:4,5; Eze 7:16; 11:18-20; 12:3;
14:6; 16:61-63; 18:21-23,27,28,30-32; 20:43; 33:10-12,14-16,19; 36:31;
37:23; Da 4:27; Ho 2:7; 3:5; 5:15; 10:12; 12:6; 14:1,2; Joe 1:14;
2:12,13,15-18; Am 4:12; 5:6,15; Jon 3:8,9; Hag 1:7; Zec 1:3; 12:10;
Mal 3:7; Mt 3:2,7,8; 4:17; 5:4; 9:13; Mr 1:4,15; 2:17; 6:12; Lu 3:3;
5:32; 6:21; 10:13; 13:1-5; 15:1-10; 18:10-14; 24:47; Ac 2:38,40;
3:19; 5:31; 8:22; 17:30; 20:21; 26:20; Ro 2:4; 11:23; 14:11; Eph
5:14; 2Ti 2:25; Heb 6:1; Jas 4:8-10; 1Jo 1:9; Re 2:5; 3:2,3,19|
...... See CONVICTION
...... See PENITENCE
...... See REMORSE
...... See SIN, CONFESSION OF
...... See SAVED FROM SIN
- - INSTANCES OF
...... Joseph's brothers, of their maltreatment of Joseph:
... Ge 42:21; 50:17,18|
...... Pharaoh, of his hardness of heart: ... Ex 9:27;
10:16,17|
...... Balaam, of his spiritual blindness: ... Nu 22:34;
with 22:24-35|
...... Israelites
...... Of worshiping the golden calf: ... Ex 33:3,4|
...... Of their complaining because of lack of bread and water,
when the plague of fiery serpents came upon them: ... Nu 21:4-7|
...... When rebuked by an angel for not expelling the Canaanites:
... Jud 2:1-5|
...... Of their idolatry, when afflicted by the Philistines:
... Jud 10:6-16; 1Sa 7:3-6|
...... In asking for a king: ... 1Sa 12:16-20|
...... In the time of Asa, by the preaching of Azariah: ...
2Ch 15:1-15|
...... By the preaching of Oded: ... 2Ch 28:9-15|
...... Under the influence of Hezekiah: ... 2Ch 30:11|
...... Achan, because of his theft: ... Jos 7:20|
...... Saul, at the rebuke of Samuel for not destroying the
Amalekites: ... 1Sa 15:24; with 15:6-31|
...... David, at the rebuke of Nathan, the prophet, for his
sins of adultery and murder: ... 2Sa 12:11,13; with 12:7-14|
...... See PSALMS, PENITENTIAL
...... Rehoboam, when his kingdom was invaded, and Jerusalem
was besieged: ... 2Ch 12:1-12|
...... Hezekiah, at the time of his sickness: ... 2Ch
32:26|
...... When reproved by the prophet Micah: ... Jer 26:18,19|
...... Ahab, when reproved by Elijah for Ahab's idolatry:
... 1Ki 21:27; with 21:17-29|
...... Jehoahaz: ... 2Ki 13:4|
...... Josiah, when he heard the law of God which had been
discovered in the temple by Hilkiah: ... 2Ki 22:11-20|
...... Manasseh, when he was carried away captive to Babylon
by the king of Assyria: ... 2Ch 33:12,13|
...... The Jews of the exile
...... At the dedication of the second temple: ... Ezr
6:21|
...... Because of their idolatrous marriages: ... Ezr
10|
...... Because of their oppressive usury: ... Ne 5:1-13|
...... After hearing the law expounded by Ezra: ...
Ne 8:1-12; 9:1-3|
...... By the preaching of Haggai: ... Hag 1|
...... Jonah, after his punishment: ... Jon 2:2-9|
...... The Ninevites, by the preaching of Jonah: ...
Jon 3:5-9|
...... The Jews, by the preaching of John the Baptist: ...
Mt 3:6|
...... The woman who anointed Jesus with oil: ... Lu
7:37-48|
...... The disobedient son: ... Mt 21:29|
...... The Prodigal Son: ... Lu 15:17-21|
...... Peter, because of his denial of Jesus: ... Mt
26:75; Mr 14:72; Lu 22:62|
...... Judas: ... Mt 27:3-5; Ac 1:16,18|
...... The Ephesians, by the preaching of Paul: ...
Ac 19:18|
- - What it is: ... Isa 45:22; Mt 6:19-21; Ac 14:15;
2Co 5:17; Col 3:2; 1Th 1:9; Heb 12:1,2|
- - Commanded to all by God: ... Eze 18:30-32; Ac 17:30|
- - Commanded by Christ: ... Re 2:5,16; 3:3|
- - Given by God: ... Ac 11:18; 2Ti 2:25|
- - Christ came to call sinners to: ... Mt 9:13|
- - Christ exalted to give: ... Ac 5:31|
- - By the operation of the Holy Spirit: ... Zec 12:10|
- - Called repentance to life: ... Ac 11:18|
- - Called repentance to salvation: ... 2Co 7:10|
- - WE SHOULD BE LED TO, BY
...... The long-suffering of God: ... Ge 6:3; 1Pe 3:20;
2Pe 3:9|
...... The goodness of God: ... Ro 2:4|
...... The chastisements of God: ... 1Ki 8:47; Re 3:19|
...... Godly sorrow works: ... 2Co 7:10|
- - Necessary to the pardon of sin: ... Ac 2:38; 3:19;
8:22|
- - Conviction of sin necessary to: ... 1Ki 8:38; Pr
28:13; Ac 2:37,38; 19:18|
- - PREACHED
...... By Christ: ... Mt 4:17; Mr 1:15|
...... By John the Baptist: ... Mt 3:2|
...... By the Apostles: ... Mr 6:12; Ac 20:21|
...... In the name of Christ: ... Lu 24:47|
- - Not to be repented of: ... 2Co 7:10|
- - The present time the season for: ... Ps 95:7,8;
Heb 3:7,8; Pr 27:1; Isa 55:6; 2Co 6:2; Heb 4:7|
- - There is joy in heaven over one sinner brought to: ...
Lu 15:7,10|
- - Ministers should rejoice over their people on their: ...
2Co 7:9|
- - Should be evidenced by fruits: ... Isa 1:16,17;
Da 4:27; Mt 3:8; Ac 26:20|
- - SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY
...... Humility: ... 2Ch 7:14; Jas 4:9,10|
...... Shame and confusion: ... Ezr 9:6-15; Jer 31:19;
Eze 16:61,63; Da 9:7,8|
...... Self-abhorrence: ... Job 42:6|
...... Confession: ... Le 26:40; Job 33:27|
...... Faith: ... Mt 21:32; Mr 1:15; Ac 20:21|
...... Prayer: ... 1Ki 8:33; Ac 8:22|
...... Conversion: ... Ac 3:19; 26:20|
...... Turning from sin: ... 2Ch 6:26|
...... Turning from idolatry: ... Eze 14:6; 1Th 1:9|
...... Greater zeal in the path of duty: ... 2Co 7:11|
- - Exhortations to: ... Eze 14:6; 18:30; Ac 2:38; 3:19|
- - THE WICKED
...... Averse to: ... Jer 8:6; Mt 21:32|
...... Not led to by the judgments of God: ... Re 9:20,21;
16:9|
...... Not led to, by miraculous interference: ... Lu
16:30,31|
...... Neglect the time given for: ... Re 2:21|
...... Condemned for neglecting: ... Mt 11:20|
- - Danger of neglecting: ... Mt 11:20-24; Lu 13:3,5;
Re 2:22|
- - Neglect of, followed by swift judgment: ... Re 2:5,16|
- - Denied to apostates: ... Heb 6:4-6|
- - Illustrated: ... Lu 15:18-21; 18:13|
...... The Prodigal Son: ... Lu 15:17-19|
...... The Repentant Son: ... Mt 21:29|
...... Paul: ... Ga 1:23|
- - EXEMPLIFIED: ... Nu 21:7; 2Sa 24:10,17; 1Ch 21:17;
2Ch 29:6; Ezr 9:4,6,10,13,14; Ne 1:6,7; 9:16-37; Job 7:20; 9:20;
13:23; 40:4; 42:5; Ps 32:5; 38:3,4,18; 40:12; 41:4; 51:1-4,7-17;
69:5,10; 73:21,22; 106:6; 119:59,176; 130:1-3; Isa 6:5; 38:15,17;
59:12-15; 64:5-7; Jer 3:21,22,25; 8:14; 14:7,20; 31:18,19; La 3:40,41;
Da 9:5-7; 10:12; Ho 6:1; 14:3,8; Jon 3:10; Mic 7:9; Lu 15:17-20;
1Co 15:9; 2Co 7:9-11; 1Pe 2:25|
...... See SIN, CONFESSION OF
- - True-Exemplified
...... Israelites: ... Jud 10:15,16|
...... David: ... 2Sa 12:13|
...... Manasseh: ... 2Ch 33:12,13|
...... Job: ... Job 42:6|
...... Nineveh: ... Jon 3:5-8; Mt 12:41|
...... Peter: ... Mt 26:75|
...... Zacchaeus: ... Lu 19:8|
...... Thief on the Cross: ... Lu 23:40,41|
...... Corinthians: ... 2Co 7:9,10|
- - False-Exemplified
...... Saul: ... 1Sa 15:24-30|
...... Ahab: ... 1Ki 21:27-29|
...... Judas: ... Mt 27:3-5|
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