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SACRIFICE(S)

Types of Christ

^{Heb 9:10}	^{had to keep these rules to tide them over until Christ}
^{Heb 10:2}	^{one offering would have been enough}

Figurative

^{Psa 116:17}	^{offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving.}
^{Isa 34:6}	^{used for slaying lambs and goats for sacrifice.}
^{Rom 12:1}	^{Let them be a living sacrifice, holy}
^{Phil 2:17}	^{which I am offering up to God as a sacrifice}
^{Phil 4:18}	^{a sweet-smelling sacrifice that pleases God}

SADDUCEES

Condemned by John the Baptist and Jesus

^{Matt 3:7}	^{Sadducees coming to be baptized, he denounced them.}
^{Matt 16:6}	^{beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.}

Beliefs of the

^{Matt 22:23}	^{the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection}
^{Mark 12:18}	^{a group who say there is no resurrection.}
^{Luke 20:27}	^{Sadduceesmen who believed that death is the end}
^{Acts 23:8}	^{no resurrection or angels or even eternal spirit}

Persecuted the apostles

^{Acts 4:1}	^{some of the Sadducees came over to them,}
^{Acts 5:17}	^{the Sadducees reacted with violent jealousy}
^{Acts 23:6}	^{Part of the Council were Sadducees,}

SAINT(S)

Believers as

^{Eph 2:19}	^{you are members of Gods very own family,}
^{Col 1:12}	^{always thankful to the Father who has made us fit}
^{Rev 5:8}	^{incensethe prayers of Gods people!}

Obligations of

^{2 Chr 6:41}	^{let your saints rejoice in your kind deeds.}
^{Psa 31:23}	^{love the Lord, all of you who are his people;}
^{Rom 16:2}	^{Help her in every way you can, for she has helped many}
^{Eph 6:18}	^{Plead with him, reminding him of your needs,}
^{Heb 6:11}	^{keep right on loving others as long as life lasts,}
^{Heb 13:2}	^{Dont forget to be kind to strangers,}

SALVATION
, see
Atonement
;
Justification

Plan of

^{Acts 3:18}	^{the prophecies that the Messiah must suffer}
^{Acts 17:3}	^{the sufferings of the Messiah and his coming back to life,}
^{Rom 10:4}	^{that Christ gives to those who trust in him}
^{Rom 10:9}	^{believe in your own heart that God has raised him}
^{1 Cor 1:23}	^{we preach about Christ dying to save them,}
^{2 Cor 5:19}	^{God was in Christ, restoring the world to himself,}
^{Eph 1:7}	^{he took away all our sins through the blood of his Son,}
^{Eph 3:6}	^{promises of mighty blessings through Christ}
^{1 Tim 3:16}	^{Christ, who came to earth as a man,}
^{Heb 2:9}	^{Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world.}

Conditions of

^{Matt 3:2}	^{Turn from your sins . . . turn to God . . .}
^{Matt 24:13}	^{But those enduring to the end shall be saved.}
^{Luke 3:8}	^{prove by the way you live that you really have repented.}
^{Luke 14:27}	^{no one can be my disciple who does not carry his own cross}
^{John 3:3}	^{Unless you are born again, you can never be saved}
^{John 5:24}	^{believes in God who sent me has eternal life,}
^{John 6:47}	^{anyone who believes in me already has eternal life!}
^{Acts 2:38}	^{turn from sin, return to God, and be baptized}

Illustrations of

^{2 Sam 22:51}	^{He gives wonderful deliverance to his king,}
^{2 Chr 6:41}	^{Let your priests be clothed with salvation,}
^{Psa 18:2}	^{he is my Savior, a rock where none can reach me,}
^{Isa 12:3}	^{drinking deeply from the Fountain of Salvation!}
^{Isa 26:1}	^{We are surrounded by the walls of his salvation!}
^{Hab 3:8-9}	^{No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!}
^{Eph 6:17}	^{you will need the helmet of salvation}

Symbolic

^{Num 21:8}	^{Make a bronze replica of one of these snakes}
^{John 3:14}	^{lifted up the bronze image of a serpent on a pole,}

SANCTIFICATION

Through Christ

^{Heb 2:11}	^{We who have been made holy by Jesus,}
^{Heb 10:10}	^{made clean by Christs dying for us once and for all.}
^{Heb 13:12}	^{where his blood washed our sins away.}
^{1 Joh 1:9}	^{depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us}
^{Rev 7:14}	^{washed their robes and whitened them by the blood}

By the Holy Spirit

^{Rom 15:15-16}	^{pure and pleasing to him by the Holy Spirit.}
^{1 Cor 6:11}	^{the Spirit of our God have done for you.}
^{2 Thes 2:13}	^{cleansing you by the work of the Holy Spirit}
^{1 Pet 1:2}	^{the Holy Spirit has been at work in your hearts,}

By God

^{Exod 31:12-13}	^{remember that I am Jehovah who makes you holy.}
^{Ezek 37:28}	^{I, the Lord, have set Israel apart}
^{John 17:17}	^{Make them pure and holy through teaching them}
^{2 Cor 1:21}	^{who has made you and me into faithful Christians}
^{Eph 1:4}	^{he decided then to make us holy in his eyes,}
^{1 Thes 4:3-4}	^{For God wants you to be holy and pure,}
^{1 Thes 5:23}	^{the God of peace himself make you entirely pure}

Exhortations concerning

^{Eph 5:26}	^{to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism}
^{1 Thes 4:7}	^{full of lust, but to be holy and clean.}
^{Heb 13:22}	^{listen patiently to what I have said}

SATAN
, see
Devil(s)

SAVIOR
, see
Christ

SCRIBE(S)

A transcriber of the law

^{1 Chr 24:6}	^{the son of Nethanel, acted as recording secretary}
^{Neh 13:13}	^{Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe,}
^{Jer 36:12}	^{Elishama (the scribe) was there,}

A teacher of the law

^{Matt 7:29}	^{not as their Jewish leaders.}
^{Matt 13:52}	^{Those experts in Jewish law who are now my disciples}
^{Matt 17:10}	^{Jewish leaders insist Elijah must return}
^{Matt 23:2}	^{they keep making up so many laws!}

Examples of

^{Ezra 4:8-9}	^{Governor Rehum, Shimshai (a scribe), several judges}
^{Neh 13:13}	^{Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah the Lvite in charge}
^{Isa 36:3}	^{Shebna, the kings scribe,}
^{Jer 36:10}	^{Baruch went to the office of Gemariah the Scribe}
^{Jer 37:15-16}	^{under the house of Jonathan the scribe,}

Conspiracy of, against Jesus

^{Matt 26:3}	^{the chief priests and other Jewish officials}
^{Mark 14:1}	^{Jewish leaders were still looking to arrest Jesus}
^{Luke 22:66}	^{chief priests and all the top religious authorities}

Jesus condemnation of

^{Matt 5:20}	^{unless your goodness is greater than theirs}
^{Matt 12:39-40}	^{Only an evil, faithless nation would ask}
^{Matt 21:16}	^{Jesus replied, Didnt you ever read the Scriptures?}

SCRIPTURE(S)

Inspiration of

^{Exod 24:12}	^{I give you the laws and commandments I have written}
^{Exod 32:16}	^{(God himself had written the commandments}
^{Isa 34:16}	^{the Lord has said it, and his Spirit will make it}
^{Jer 36:2}	^{Get a scroll and write down all my messages}
^{Zec 7:12}	^{the laws he had revealed to them by his Spirit}
^{Acts 1:16}	^{this was predicted long ago by the Holy Spirit,}
^{1 Tim 3:16}	^{The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration}
^{2 Pet 1:20-21}	^{It was the Holy Spirit within these godly men}
^{1 Joh 1:5}	^{This is the message God has given us to pass on}

Useful for guidance

^{Psa 19:7-8}	^{make us wise, and give us joy and light.}
^{Acts 20:32}	^{wonderful words which are able to build your faith}
^{Rom 15:4}	^{written in the Scriptures so long ago to teach us}
^{2 Tim 3:17}	^{It is Gods way of making us well prepared}

Convicts of sin

^{2 Kgs 22:11}	^{he heard what was written on it and tore his clothes}
^{2 Chr 34:19}	^{he ripped his clothing in despair,}

To be read, publicly

^{Deut 31:10-11}	^{that these laws be read to all the people}
^{2 Kgs 23:1}	^{read to them the entire book of Gods laws}
^{Neh 8:1}	^{to read to them the law of God}
^{Jer 36:6}	^{you read the scroll in the Temple on the next Day}
^{Col 4:16}	^{after you have read this letter will you pass it on}
^{1 Thes 5:27}	^{read this letter to all the Christians.}

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