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*Glossary of Religious Terms* \\ \\ The following definitions of words and phrases give their meaning as used by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Team.

They are offered for the convenience of the news media covering meetings conducted by Team members, to avoid possible confusion with terms used in various religions.

\\ \\ *Abase *- to live in poverty \\ *Abound *- to live in prosperity \\ *Admonition *- instruction \\ *Affliction *- pain in the body or soul \\ *Ambassador *- one who is appointed to interpret the mind of his ruler to those in a foreign land \\ *Apostle *- an appointed, or special messenger \\ *Assurance *- disappearance of all doubts; sureness \\ *Atonement *- an act that brings enemies together as friends \\ *Beget *- to cause to be born \\ *Begotten *- caused to be born \\ *Believe *- to trust; to rely upon \\ *Beseech *- to plead strongly \\ *Bestowed *- given to one as a gift \\ *Blessed *- happy; highly favored with God \\ *Born again *- given spiritual life by God \\ *Book of Life *- God's list of believers \\ *Carnal *- that which is controlled by physical desires \\ *Charity *- love \\ *Christ *- the Anointed Son of God \\ *Commendeth *- makes a public demonstration; reveals \\ *Commitment *- entrusting; giving over one's life to God \\ *Condemnation *- verdict of guilt \\ *Confess *- to admit openly; to acknowledge agreement with God's Word \\ *Constrain *- to control or compel \\ *Conversation *- way of living \\ *Comforter *- one who imparts strength through consolation \\ *Corruptible *- perishable; that which can be made rotten or spoiled \\ *Damnation *- judgment \\ *Delude *- to mislead \\ *Destroyer *- one who wrecks that which is built \\ *Destruction *- ruin \\ *Devil *- a fallen personality who is against God, good, and Christians; sometimes called Satan- a deceiver and tempter \\ *Discernment *- ability to see into a problem, to understand why things differ \\ *Disciples *- those who follow so they can learn \\ *Doctrine *- a teaching \\ *Edify *- to build up; to strengthen \\ *Elect (noun) *- those chosen by God \\ *Enmity *- positive hatred against another \\ *Evil one *- same as devil \\ *Exceeding abundantly *- far beyond and above \\ *Expiation *- the compensation or satisfaction that fully makes right a wrong relationship \\ *Faint *- to lose heart; to weaken; to give up \\ *Faith *- confidence in something or someone (especially Christ himself); trust \\ *Fear of God *- striking awe before a God to whom one is responsible \\ *Fellowship *- enjoyment of something with another person \\ *Flesh *- the self that wants one's own desires rather than God's \\ *Forbearance *- putting up with the faults of others \\ *Foreigner *- one whose citizenship is elsewhere \\ *Fornication *- sex outside marriage \\ *Glory of God *- all God's attributes displayed in their perfection \\ *Gospel *- the good news of how Christ, by His death and resurrection, took away our sin and offers us the gift of eternal life \\ *Grace *- the undeserved favor of God \\ *Heart *- the real self; the inner man with his affections \\ *Holiness *- God-like state of being a complete person, blameless in character, pure in personality \\ *Holy Ghost *- the Holy Spirit; the third person of the One God who exists in three equal persons \\ *Impute *- to credit one person with something that belongs to another \\ *Imperishable *- something that cannot be ruined or changed for the worse \\ *Iniquity *- something that does not meet requirements; a condition of not being right \\ *Inner man *- the unseen part of a person that lives on after the body is dead; innermost being or self \\ *Inspiration *- God's act of imparting something to one's mind \\ *Intercession *- prayer or pleading on behalf of another \\ *Jesus *- the given name of Him who came into the world to save sinners.

The name means “Savior,” the promised Messiah.

\\ *Joint-heirs *- those to whom it is given to share equally an inheritance or estate \\ *Judge *- to decide on the basis of the knowledge we have \\ *Justified *- declared and regarded as being in right relationship with God \\ *Law *- the demand and expectation of God \\ *Lord *- the title of One who is the highest and final authority \\ *Lord Jesus Christ *- this phrase speaks of the three-fold nature of the Savior- as man (Jesus); as God (Christ); and as sovereign (Lord) \\ *Manifest *- to show openly, to put on display \\ *Meekness *- the gentle spirit that accepts the will and right of God as his own \\ *Messiah *- God's appointed One, set apart to deliver His people \\ *Ministry *- act of supplying in service the needs of others \\ *Nurture *- the discipline that regulates character \\ *Ordained *- set apart for a special reason or purpose \\ *Overcome *- to prevail; conquer; win out; master \\ *Pastor *- a minister who nourishes his people with God's Word \\ *Peradventure *- perhaps, once in a while \\ *Perdition *- state or place of everlasting misery and loss \\ *Perfection *- making a person grow up or be complete; maturing \\ *Perish *- to be separated from God \\ *Perverse *- morally twisted out of the right shape \\ *Pilgrims *- those who temporarily travel through a foreign or strange land \\ *Powers *- those who can cause things to take place; authorities \\ *Pre-eminence *- state of being first in order, having no other equal \\ *Prevent *- to go ahead of (early English); precede \\ *Principalities *- those who are in power and exercise rule \\ *Prophet *- one who speaks on behalf of God by inspiration \\ *Prophetic *- having to do with prophecy; that is, the announcement to persons of things they cannot learn by any other way \\ *Propitiation *- act of making the right place and terms so that people who are enemies can get together and both be satisfied \\ *Purify *- to make absolutely clean \\ *Quick *- living \\ *Quicken *- to make something come to life \\ *Reconcile *- to bring together as friends those who were separated as enemies \\ *Redemption *- the releasing or deliverance of something at a cost which makes that thing the possession of the purchaser \\ *Regenerate *- to make over or to make new again \\ *Remission *- forgiveness, the removing of a debt \\ *Repent *- to turn about in thinking and acting \\ *Reproof *- conviction of sin; exposing of error \\ *Revelation *- taking away blindness so that the truth can be seen \\ *Reverence *- a special regard for another which shows honor, responsibility and willingness to be subject to him, especially to God \\ *Righteousness *- doing all that is called for in the law; quality of being right or just \\ *Saint *- a person cleansed from sin and set apart for God \\ *Salvation *- state of being rescued; made safe \\ *Sanctify *- to cleanse from sin and dedicate to God \\ *Satan *- same as devil \\ *Saved *- rescued, made safe, taken out of danger, delivered, found and kept \\ *Savor *- a certain flavor, a distinctive quality \\ *Sin *- violation of God's law by failure to fulfill his requirements \\ *Sojourners *- those living temporarily in any place \\ *Soul *- the person or unseen one who lives in the body but can also survive the death of the body \\ *Strait *- narrow; confined; restricted \\ *Suffer *- (Biblical English) to allow or permit \\ *Supplication *- asking with great desire \\ *Unbelievers *- those who refuse to put their confidence and faith in the Savior and trust Him to take away their sins \\ *Verily *- honestly, truly \\ *Wickedness *- the practice of ways that are displeasing to God and harmful to man \\ *Witness *- one who tells what he has seen or experienced \\ *World *- the world system, usually as in the control of evil and wicked powers, together with their ungodly ways \\ *Wrath *- strong anger; rage; indignation