[Easton 한국어 번역]
믿음은 일반적으로 어떤 진술이 참되다는 마음의 확신이다(빌 1:27; 살후 2:13). 그 근본 개념은 신뢰이다. 어떤 것이 참되므로 신뢰할 만하다는 것이다. 믿음은 그것이 근거하는 증거에 따라 여러 정도가 있으며, 믿음의 충만한 확신에까지 이를 수 있다.
믿음은 가르침의 결과이다(롬 10:14-17). 지식은 모든 믿음의 필수 요소이며, 때로는 믿음과 동등한 것으로 언급되기도 한다(요 10:38; 요일 2:3). 그러나 믿음에는 동의가 포함되며, 이 동의는 지성의 행위에 더하여 의지의 행위이기도 하다는 점에서 둘은 구별된다. 진리에 대한 동의는 믿음의 본질에 속하며, 계시된 어떤 진리에 대한 우리의 동의가 의지하는 궁극적 근거는 하나님의 진실하심이다.
역사적 믿음은 단순한 역사적 사실로 여겨지는 특정 진술들을 이해하고 이에 동의하는 것이다.
일시적 믿음은 진리가 제시되고 종교적 공감의 영향을 받거나, 때때로 성령의 일반적 역사라고 일컬어지는 것에 의해 사람들, 예를 들어 벨릭스에게 일어나는 마음의 상태이다.
구원에 이르는 믿음은 영생이 그것과 불가분하게 연결되어 있기 때문에 그렇게 불린다. 이에 대해서는 총회의 소요리문답보다 더 잘 정의할 수 없다. “예수 그리스도를 믿는 믿음은 구원에 이르게 하는 은혜로서, 이로 말미암아 우리는 복음에서 우리에게 제시되신 그리스도를 구원을 위하여 영접하고 오직 그분만을 의지한다.”
구원에 이르는 믿음의 대상은 계시된 하나님의 말씀 전체이다. 믿음은 그것을 지극히 확실한 참된 진리로 받아들이고 믿는다. 그러나 그리스도와 연합하게 하는 믿음의 특별한 행위는 주 예수 그리스도의 인격과 사역을 그 대상으로 삼는다(요 7:38; 행 16:31). 이것이 죄인이 하나님 앞에서 의롭다 하심을 받게 되는 믿음의 구체적인 행위이다(롬 3:22, 25; 갈 2:16; 빌 3:9; 요 3:16-36; 행 10:43; 16:31). 이러한 믿음의 행위에서 신자는 그리스도의 모든 직분에 있어서 오직 그분만을 중보자로 자신의 것으로 받아들이고 의지한다.
하나님의 증언에 근거하여 받아들인 진리에 대한 이러한 동의 또는 믿음에는 언제나 깊은 죄의식, 그리스도에 대한 분명한 이해, 동의하는 의지, 사랑하는 마음이 따르며, 아울러 그리스도를 의지하고 신뢰하며 그분 안에서 안식하는 것이 따른다. 그것은 자신의 죄를 의식하는 가련한 죄인이 죄 있는 자신에게서 피하여 구주이신 그리스도께로 달려가 자기의 모든 죄의 짐을 그분께 넘겨 맡기는 마음의 상태이다. 그것은 주로 하나님께서 그분의 말씀에서 하시는 증언에 동의하는 데 있기보다, 하나님께서 계시하시는 유일한 구주를 의탁하는 신뢰와 의지로 붙드는 데 있다. 이러한 신뢰와 의지는 믿음의 본질에 속한다. 믿음으로 신자는 그리스도를 직접적이고 즉각적으로 자신의 것으로 받아들인다. 믿음은 그 직접적인 행위로 그리스도를 우리의 것으로 삼는다. 믿음은 하나님께서 완전한 순종을 대신하는 것으로 은혜롭게 받아 주시는 행위가 아니라, 우리 구속자의 인격과 사역을 우리 구원의 유일한 근거로 붙잡는 손일 뿐이다.
구원에 이르는 믿음은 새롭게 된 의지에서 나오므로 도덕적 행위이며, 하나님의 진리를 믿음으로 동의하는 데에는 새롭게 된 의지가 필요하다(고전 2:14; 고후 4:4). 그러므로 믿음은 우리 본성의 지적인 부분에 자리하는 만큼이나 도덕적인 부분에도 자리한다. 마음이 성령의 일을 분별하려면 먼저 하나님의 가르침으로 밝아져야 한다(요 6:44; 행 13:48; 고후 4:6; 엡 1:17, 18).
믿음은 우리의 구원에 필요하다(막 16:16). 이는 믿음에 어떤 공로가 있기 때문이 아니라, 단지 믿음이란 죄인이 하나님께서 자신에게 정해 주신 자리에 서는 것이며, 하나님께서 행하시는 일에 자신을 맞추는 것이기 때문이다.
믿음의 보증 또는 근거는 하나님의 증언이다. 곧 하나님께서 하시는 말씀의 합리성이 아니라, 그분께서 그것을 말씀하신다는 단순한 사실이다. 믿음은 “여호와께서 이같이 말씀하시되”라는 말씀에 직접 의지한다. 그러나 이러한 믿음을 가지려면 하나님의 불변하심과 더불어 그분의 진실하심과 성실하심과 참되심을 인정하고 귀하게 여겨야 한다. 하나님의 말씀은 죄인이 하나님께서 주시는 선물인 그리스도를 인격적으로 상대하고, 그분과 결합하며, 그분을 영접하고, 자신을 그리스도께 드리며, 그리스도를 자신의 것으로 받아들이도록 격려하고 담대하게 한다. 그 말씀은 능력으로 임한다. 이는 자신의 하신 일, 특히 십자가에서 자신을 계시하신 하나님의 말씀이기 때문이다. 하나님은 그분의 말씀 때문에 믿어야 하며, 또한 그분의 이름 때문에도 믿어야 한다.
그리스도를 믿는 믿음은 신자에게 정죄에서 벗어남, 곧 하나님 앞에서의 칭의와, 그리스도 안에 있는 생명 곧 신적 생명에 참여함(요 14:19; 롬 6:4-10; 엡 4:15, 16 등)과, “하나님으로 더불어 화평”(롬 5:1)과, 성화(행 26:18; 갈 5:6; 행 15:9)를 보장한다.
이와 같이 그리스도를 믿는 모든 사람은 반드시 구원을 받을 것이다(요 6:37, 40; 10:27, 28; 롬 8:1).
믿음은 곧 복음을 뜻하기도 한다(행 6:7; 롬 1:5; 갈 1:23; 딤전 3:9; 유 1:3).
영문 원문·다른 사전 펼치기
[Easton]
Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of many degrees up to full assurance of faith, in accordance with the evidence on which it rests.
Faith is the result of teaching (Rom. 10:14-17). Knowledge is an essential element in all faith, and is sometimes spoken of as an equivalent to faith (John 10:38; 1 John 2:3). Yet the two are distinguished in this respect, that faith includes in it assent, which is an act of the will in addition to the act of the understanding. Assent to the truth is of the essence of faith, and the ultimate ground on which our assent to any revealed truth rests is the veracity of God.
Historical faith is the apprehension of and assent to certain statements which are regarded as mere facts of history.
Temporary faith is that state of mind which is awakened in men (e.g., Felix) by the exhibition of the truth and by the influence of religious sympathy, or by what is sometimes styled the common operation of the Holy Spirit.
Saving faith is so called because it has eternal life inseparably connected with it. It cannot be better defined than in the words of the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism: “Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.”
The object of saving faith is the whole revealed Word of God. Faith accepts and believes it as the very truth most sure. But the special act of faith which unites to Christ has as its object the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 7:38; Acts 16:31). This is the specific act of faith by which a sinner is justified before God (Rom. 3:22, 25; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9; John 3:16-36; Acts 10:43; 16:31). In this act of faith the believer appropriates and rests on Christ alone as Mediator in all his offices.
This assent to or belief in the truth received upon the divine testimony has always associated with it a deep sense of sin, a distinct view of Christ, a consenting will, and a loving heart, together with a reliance on, a trusting in, or resting in Christ. It is that state of mind in which a poor sinner, conscious of his sin, flees from his guilty self to Christ his Saviour, and rolls over the burden of all his sins on him. It consists chiefly, not in the assent given to the testimony of God in his Word, but in embracing with fiducial reliance and trust the one and only Saviour whom God reveals. This trust and reliance is of the essence of faith. By faith the believer directly and immediately appropriates Christ as his own. Faith in its direct act makes Christ ours. It is not a work which God graciously accepts instead of perfect obedience, but is only the hand by which we take hold of the person and work of our Redeemer as the only ground of our salvation.
Saving faith is a moral act, as it proceeds from a renewed will, and a renewed will is necessary to believing assent to the truth of God (1 Cor. 2:14; 2 Cor. 4:4). Faith, therefore, has its seat in the moral part of our nature fully as much as in the intellectual. The mind must first be enlightened by divine teaching (John 6:44; Acts 13:48; 2 Cor. 4:6; Eph. 1:17, 18) before it can discern the things of the Spirit.
Faith is necessary to our salvation (Mark 16:16), not because there is any merit in it, but simply because it is the sinner’s taking the place assigned him by God, his falling in with what God is doing.
The warrant or ground of faith is the divine testimony, not the reasonableness of what God says, but the simple fact that he says it. Faith rests immediately on, “Thus saith the Lord.” But in order to this faith the veracity, sincerity, and truth of God must be owned and appreciated, together with his unchangeableness. God’s word encourages and emboldens the sinner personally to transact with Christ as God’s gift, to close with him, embrace him, give himself to Christ, and take Christ as his. That word comes with power, for it is the word of God who has revealed himself in his works, and especially in the cross. God is to be believed for his word’s sake, but also for his name’s sake.
Faith in Christ secures for the believer freedom from condemnation, or justification before God; a participation in the life that is in Christ, the divine life (John 14:19; Rom. 6:4-10; Eph. 4:15, 16, etc.); “peace with God” (Rom. 5:1); and sanctification (Acts 26:18; Gal. 5:6; Acts 15:9).
All who thus believe in Christ will certainly be saved (John 6:37, 40; 10:27, 28; Rom. 8:1).
The faith=the gospel (Acts 6:7; Rom. 1:5; Gal. 1:23; 1 Tim. 3:9; Jude 1:3).
[Nave]
–General scriptures concerning 2Sa 22:31 ; Ps 2:12 ; 5:11 ;
7:1 ; 9:9 , 10 ; 18:30 ; 32:10 ; 33:18 , 19 ; 34:1-8 , 22 ; 36:7 ; 40:4 ; 64:10 ; 78:5-7 ; 84:5 , 12 ;
112:5 , 7 , 8 ; 118:8 , 9 ; 125:1 ; 147:11 ; Pr 3:5 ; 14:26 ; 22:19 ; 28:25 ; 29:25 ; 30:5 ; Isa
10:20 ; 14:32 ; 26:3 ; 30:15 ; 57:13 ; Jer 17:7 , 8 ; 39:18 ; Na 1:7 ; Mt 9:22 ; 21:21 , 22 ;
Mr 9:23 , 24 ; 11:23 , 24 ; Lu 7:50 ; 8:48-50 ; 17:5 ; 18:8 ; Joh 11:25-27 ; Ac 3:16 ; 13:48 ;
26:18 ; Ro 1:16 , 17 ; 4:1-25 ; 5:1 ; 9:31-33 ; 10:6-10 ; 11:20 , 23 ; 15:13 ; 1Co 1:21 ; 2:5 ;
12:8 , 9 ; 2Co 1:24 ; Ga 3:1-29 ; 5:22 ; Eph 2:8 ; 6:16 ; Col 1:23 ; 2:12 ; 1Th 2:13 ; 5:8 ;
2Th 2:13 ; 1Ti 1:5 , 19 ; 2:15 ; 4:10 ; 6:11 , 12 , 17 ; 2Ti 4:7 , 8 ; Heb 4:1-11 ; 6:1 , 7 , 12 , 18 ;
10:35 , 38 , 39 ; 11:1-39 ; 13:5 , 6 ; Jas 1:6 ; 2:1-26 ; 1Pe 1:5 , 7 , 9 , 21 ; 3:5 ; 1Jo 3:21 ; 5:4 ;
Re 22:7
–See FAITH IN CHRIST
–ENJOINED Ex 14:13 ; Nu 21:34 ; De 1:21-31 ; 3:2 , 22 ; 7:17-21 ;
20:1 ; 31:6-8 , 23 ; Jos 1:5-9 ; 10:25 ; Jud 6:14-16 ; 2Ki 19:6 , 7 ; 2Ch 15:7 ; 16:9 ; 20:15 , 17 , 20 ;
32:7 , 8 ; Ne 4:14 ; Job 35:14 ; Ps 4:5 ; 27:14 ; 31:19 , 24 ; 37:3 , 5 , 7 , 39 , 40 ; 55:22 ; 62:8 ;
115:9 , 11 ; 130:7 ; Pr 3:5 , 6 , 24-26 ; 16:3 ; Isa 26:4 , 20 ; 35:3 , 4 ; 37:6 ; 41:10 , 13 , 14 ; 43:1 , 2 , 5 , 10 ;
44:2 , 8 ; 50:10 ; Jer 42:11 ; 49:11 ; Joe 2:21 ; 3:16 ; Hab 2:3 , 4 ; Zep 3:16 , 17 ; Zec 8:9 ;
9:12 ; Mt 6:25-34 ; 17:18-20 ; Mr 1:15 ; 11:22-24 ; Lu 12:22-32 ; 17:6
.INSTANCES OF: see after the following subtopic
–EXEMPLIFIED Ge 6:22 ; 16:13 ; 24:7 , 40 ; 48:21 ; 50:20 , 24 ;
Ex 15:1-19 ; 18:11 ; Nu 10:29 ; 14:8 , 9 ; Jos 14:12 ; 1Sa 14:6 ; 17:36 , 37 , 45-47 ; 2Sa 7:28 ;
22:2-5 ; 23:5 ; 2Ki 18:5 ; 1Ch 28:20 ; 2Ch 13:10 , 11 ; 14:11 ; 20:12 ; 32:7 , 8 ; Ezr 8:22 ;
Ne 1:8-10 ; 2:20 ; Job 4:7-21 ; 5:8 , 9 ; 10:12 ; 13:15 ; 14:15 ; 16:19 ; 19:25-27 ; 23:6 ;
42:2 ; Ps 3:3 , 5 , 6 ; 4:3 , 8 ; 6:8 , 9 ; 7:1 , 10 ; 9:3 , 4 ; 11:1 ; 13:5 ; 16:1 , 2 , 5 , 8 , 11 ; 17:6 ;
18:1-3 , 18 , 28 , 29 ; 20:5-7 ; 21:7 ; 22:4 , 5 ; 23:1-6 ; 25:1 , 2 , 5 , 15 , 20 ; 26:1 , 12 ; 27:1 , 5 , 6 , 10 ;
28:7 ; 31:1 , 3-6 , 14 , 15 ; 32:7 ; 33:20-22 ; 35:10 ; 38:9 ; 39:7 ; 40:3 , 4 , 17 ; 41:12 ; 42:5 , 6 , 8 ;
43:5 ; 44:5 , 8 ; 46:1-3 , 5 , 7 ; 47:3 , 4 ; 48:8 , 14 ; 52:8 ; 54:4 ; 55:16 , 17 , 23 ; 56:3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , 11 ;
57:1-3 ; 59:9 , 10 , 17 ; 60:9 , 10 , 12 ; 61:2 , 4 , 6 , 7 ; 62:1 , 5-7 ; 63:6 , 7 ; 66:9 ; 67:6 ; 69:19 , 35 , 36 ;
70:5 ; 71:1 , 3 , 5-7 , 14 , 16 , 20 , 21 ; 73:23 , 24 , 26 , 28 ; 74:12 ; 77:10-12 ; 86:2 , 7 ; 89:18 , 26 ;
90:1 ; 91:1 , 2 , 9 , 10 ; 92:10 , 15 ; 94:14 , 15 , 17 , 18 , 22 ; 102:13 ; 108:10-13 ; 115:12-14 ; 116:7 ;
118:6 , 7 , 10 , 14 , 17 ; 119:42 , 43 , 57 , 74 , 81 , 114 , 151 , 166 ; 121:2 ; 124:8 ; 130:5 , 6 ; 138:7 , 8 ;
140:6 , 7 , 12 ; 141:8 ; 142:3 , 5 ; 143:8 , 9 ; 144:2 , 10 ; Ec 11:1 ; Isa 8:10 , 17 ; 12:2 ; 25:9 ;
26:1 , 8 ; 33:2 , 22 ; 38:16 ; 50:7-9 ; 63:16 ; 64:8 ; Jer 10:23 ; 14:9 , 22 ; 16:19 ; 17:12 , 17 ;
20:11 ; La 3:24-32 ; Da 3:16 , 17 ; 6:16 ; Jon 2:2-9 ; Mic 7:7-9 , 20 ; Hab 1:12 ; 3:17-19 ;
Zep 3:12 ; Lu 1:38 ; 7:50 ; Joh 3:33 ; Ac 16:34 ; 24:14 , 15 ; 27:25 ; Ro 8:18 , 28 , 38 , 39 ;
15:29 ; 1Co 9:26 ; 2Co 1:10 ; 4:8 , 9 , 13 , 16-18 ; 5:7 ; Ga 5:5 ; Php 1:19-21 ; 1Ti 4:10 ; 2Ti
1:12 ; 2:11-13 ; Heb 10:34 ; 11:4 , 5 , 7-11 , 13 , 14 , 16-39 ; 13:14 ; 2Pe 3:13 ; 1Jo 4:16
–INSTANCES OF
.Noah, in building the ark Ge 6:14-22 ; Heb 11:7
.Abraham, in forsaking the land of his nativity at the command
of God Ge 12:1-4
.Believing the promise of many descendants Ge 12:7 ;
15:4-8
.In the offering up of Isaac Ge 22:1-10 ; Ro 4:18-21 ;
Heb 11:8-19
.Jacob, in blessing Joseph’s sons Heb 11:21
.Joseph, concerning God’s providence in his being sold into Egypt,
and the final deliverance of Israel Ge 50:20 ; Heb 11:22
.Jochebed, in caring for Moses Ex 2:2 ; Heb 11:23
.Pharaoh’s servants, who obeyed the Lord Ex 9:20
.Moses
In espousing the cause of his people Heb 11:24-28
At the death of Korah Nu 16:28 , 29
.The Israelites
When Aaron declared the mission of himself and Moses Ex 4:31
In the battle with the Canaanites 1Ch 5:20
And other conquests 2Ch 13:8-18
.See MIRACLES OF MOSES
.Caleb, in advising to take the land of promise Nu 13:30 ;
14:6-9
.Rahab, in hospitality to the spies Jos 2:9 , 11 ; Heb
11:31
.The spies, sent to reconnoiter Jericho Jos 2:24
.Conquest of Jericho Jos 6
.Manoah’s wife Jud 13:23
.Hannah 1Sa 1
.Jonathan, in stricking down the Philistines 1Sa 14:6
.David, in striking down Goliath 1Sa 17:37 , 46 , 47
.In choosing to fall into the hands of the Almighty for his punishment
for counting the people of Israel 2Sa 24:14
.In believing God’s promise, that his kingdom would be a perpetual
kingdom Ac 2:30
.Elijah, in his controversy with the priest of Baal 1Ki 18:32-38
.Widow of Zarephath in feeding Elijah 1Ki 17:13-15
.Amaziah, in dismissing the Ephraimites in obedience to the command
of God, and going alone to battle against the Edomites 2Ch 25:7-10
.Hezekiah 2Ki 18:5 ; 19 ; 20:1-11
.Daniel, in the lions’ den Da 6
.The three Hebrews, who refused to worship Nebuchadnezzars idol Da 3:13-27
.Ninevites, in obeying Jonah Jon 3:5
.Ezra, in making the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem without
a military escort Ezr 8:22
.Joseph, in obeying the vision about Mary and to flee into Egypt Mt 1:18-24 ; 2:13 , 14
.Abel Heb 11:4
.Eliphaz, in the overruling providence of God, that afflictions
are for the good of the righteous Job 5:6-27
.Mordecai, in the deliverance of the Jews Es 4:14
.Simeon, when he saw Jesus in the temple courtyard Lu
2:25-35
.Conquests by Heb 11:32-34
.See FAITH, TRIAL OF, below
.See FAITH IN CHRIST, INSTANCES OF, below
–IN CHRIST Isa 28:16 ; Mt 7:24 , 25 ; 8:2 , 13 ; 9:22 , 29 ; 11:6 , 28-30 ;
14:27 ; 15:28 ; 17:7 ; Mr 5:36 ; 9:23 ; 16:16 ; Lu 6:46-49 ; 7:9 , 50 ; 8:50 ; 17:6 ; 18:42 ;
Joh 1:12 ; 3:14-16 , 18 , 36 ; 5:24 ; 6:20 , 29 , 35 , 45 , 47 ; 7:38 ; 9:35 ; 11:25 , 26 , 40 ; 12:36 , 44 , 46 ;
13:7 , 20 ; 14:1 , 11 , 12 ; 16:27 , 33 ; 18:37 ; 20:27 , 29 , 31 ; Ac 3:16 ; 10:43 ; 15:9 , 11 ; 16:31 ;
20:21 ; 26:18 ; Ro 3:22-28 ; 9:33 ; 10:4 , 9 ; Ga 2:16 ; 3:1-29 ; 5:6 ; Eph 1:12-14 ; 3:12 , 17 ;
4:13 ; Php 3:9 ; Col 2:7 ; 1Ti 1:16 ; 2Ti 1:13 ; 2:1 ; 3:15 ; Heb 4:16 ; 6:19 ; 10:22 ; 12:2 ;
13:7 ; 1Pe 1:8 ; 2:6 , 7 ; 2Pe 1:1 ; 1Jo 3:23 ; 5:4 , 5 , 10 , 13 , 14 ; Jude 1 :21; Re 1:17 ; 3:18 , 20
–IN CHRIST, EXEMPLIFIED Mt 8:2 , 5-10 ; 9:18 , 21 , 28 ; 14:33 ;
15:26-28 ; 16:16 ; Mr 5:28 ; 7:27-30 ; 9:24 ; Lu 5:5 ; 7:3-9 ; 23:42 ; Joh 4:29 , 42 ; 6:14 , 68 , 69 ;
7:31 ; 9:38 ; 10:41 , 42 ; 11:21 , 22 , 27 , 32 ; 16:30 ; 20:28 ; Ac 8:37 ; 11:17 ; Ro 7:24 , 25 ;
8:35 , 37 ; 2Co 12:9 , 10 ; Ga 2:20 ; Php 4:13 ; 1Ti 1:14 ; 2Ti 1:12 ; 4:18
–INSTANCES OF FAITH IN CHRIST
.The wise men from the east Mt 2:1 , 2 , 11
.Peter Mt 4:18-22 ; Mr 1:16-20 ; Lu 5:4 , 5 ; Joh 6:68 , 69
.Andrew Mt 4:18-22 ; Mr 1:16-20 ; Joh 1:41
.James and John Mt 4:21 , 22 ; Mr 1:19 , 20
.The woman with the issue of blood Mt 9:21 , 22
.Jairus, for the healing of his daughter Mt 9:18 , 23-25
.Two blind men Mt 9:29 , 30
.Blind Bartimaeus and a fellow blind man Mt 20:30-34 ;
Mr 10:46-52 ; Lu 18:35-42
.The Samaritan leper Lu 17:11-19
.The sick people of Gennesaret Mt 14:36 ; Mr 3:10 ; 6:54-56
.Those who brought the paralyzed man to Jesus Lu 5:18-20
.The Syrophoenician woman Mt 15:22-28 ; Mr 7:25-30
.The woman who anointed Jesus’ feet Lu 7:36-50
.Those who brought those who were sick with palsy Mt
9:2
.Philip Joh 1:45 , 46
.Nathanael Joh 1:49
.The Samaritans, who believed
Through the preaching of Jesus Joh 4:39-42
Through the preaching of Philip Ac 8:9-12
.The nobleman whose child was sick Joh 4:46-53
.Abraham Joh 8:56
.The blind man whom Jesus healed on the Sabbath Joh 9:13-38
.Mary, the sister of Martha Lu 10:38-42 ; Joh 11:32
.John the disciple Joh 20:8
.The disciples, through the miracle at Cana of Galilee Joh 2:11
.Jews at Jerusalem Joh 2:23 ; 8:30 ; 11:45 ; 12:11
.About three-thousand people on the day of Pentecost Ac 2:41
.About five-thousand people Ac 4:4
.Multitudes Ac 5:14
.The crippled man at Lystra Ac 14:9
.Stephen Ac 6:8
.The Ethiopian eunuch Ac 8:37
.The people of Lydda and S h) aron Ac 9:35
.The people of Joppa Ac 9:42
.The people of Antioch Ac 11:21-24
.Barnabas Ac 11:24
.Eunice, Lois, and Timothy 2Ti 1:5 ; Ac 16:1
.Lydia Ac 16:14
.The Philippian jailor Ac 16:31-34
.Crispus Ac 18:8
.The Corinthians Ac 18:8 ; 1Co 15:11
.Jews at Rome Ac 28:24
.Ephesians Eph 1:13 , 15
.Colossians Col 1:2 , 4
.Thessalonians 1Th 1:6 ; 3:6-8 ; 2Th 1:3 , 4
.Philemon Phm 1 :5
.The congregation at Thyatira Re 2:19
–TRIAL OF 1Ch 29:17 ; Ps 26:2 ; 81:7 ; Mt 13:19-22 ; 24:21-25 ;
Lu 8:13 , 14 ; 2Th 1:3-5 ; Heb 6:13-15 ; Jas 1:3 , 12 ; 1Pe 1:7
.See TEMPTATION
–INSTANCES OF TRIAL OF
.Noah Ge 6:14-22 ; Heb 11:7
.Abraham, when commanded to leave his native land and to go where
he did not know Ge 12:1-4 ; Heb 11:8
.Abraham, when commanded to offer Isaac Ge 22:1-19 ;
Heb 11:17-19
.Moses, when sent to Pharaoh Ex 3:11 , 12 ; 4:10-17 ; Heb
11:25-29
.Moses, at the Red Sea, by the complaints of the people Ex 14 ; 15
.Joshua and the people of Israel, in the method of taking Jericho Jos 6 ; Heb 11:30
.Gideon, when commanded to deliver Israel Jud 6:36-40 ;
7 ; Heb 11:32
.Job, by affliction and adversity Job 1 ; 2
.Ezra, in leaving Babylon without a military escort Ezr 8:22
.Daniel, when forbidden to pray to Jehovah Da 6:4-23 ;
Heb 11:32 , 33
.The three Hebrews, when commanded to worship the image Da 3:8-30 ; Heb 11:32-34
.The Syrophoenician woman Mt 15:21-28 ; Mr 7:24-30
.The two blind men who appealed to Jesus for sight Mt
9:28
.The disciples, when Jesus came walking upon the Sea of Galilee Mt 14:25-33
.The disciples
By the question of Jesus, as to who he was Mt 16:15-20 ;
Lu 9:20 , 21
By their inability to cast out the evil spirit from the epileptic
boy Mt 17:14-21 ; Mr 9:14-29 ; Lu 9:37-42
In the tempest at sea Mt 8:23-27 ; Mr 4:36-41 ; Lu 8:22-26
.Of Philip, when questioned by Jesus as to how the multitude would
be fed Joh 6:5 , 6
.Of Peter, when asked whether he loved Jesus Joh 21:16 , 17
.See AFFLICTION, DESIGN OF
–STRENGTHENED BY MIRACLES
.See MIRACLES, DESIGN OF
–SUM TOTAL OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND LIFE Ro 1:8 ; Jude
1 :3
–WEAK
.See DOUBTING
