CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

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6) evpistre,fw, turn:
Acts 11:21, “And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the
Lord”
1 Thess 1:9, “how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God”
7) sunqe,lw (hapax) - “to consent with, have the same wish as”:
Deut 13:8 (of false teaching), “you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity
him, nor shall you spare or conceal him”
8) karpo,j - “fruit,” John 4:36, “fruit for life eternal,” 15:8, 16; Rom 1:13
9) kai. eivj evpi,gnwsin avlhqei,aj evlqei/n - “and to come to a knowledge of the truth,” 1 Tim 2:4
10) u`pakoh, obedience (hearing unto obedience):
a) u`ph,kouon th/| pi,stei – “a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith,” Acts 6:7
b) eivj u`pakoh.n pi,stewj – lit “unto obedience of the faith,” Rom 1:5, “to bring about the obedience
of the faith”
11) manqa,nw - “learn” [unto salvation]:
John 6:45, “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has
heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”
12) evnarxa,menoj evn u`mi/n e;rgon avgaqo.n – “He who began a good work in you,” Phil 1:6 (e.g.
Acts 18:10), the work has a beginning
13) avpo. tw/n dikai,wn [Heb: ~yBir:h' yqeyDIc.m;W] – “they that [turn] many to righteousness,” Dan
12:3
14) Interesting Combinations:
a) e;labon … toi/j pisteu,ousin, John 1:12 (receive and [those] believe[ing])
b) pisteu,saj evpe,streyen, Acts 11:21 (believed and turned)
c) evpei,sqhsan and proseklhrw,qhsan, Acts 17:4 (persuaded and joined)
d) evde,xanto … avnakri,nontej, Acts 17:11 (received and examining)
e) avkou,ontej evpi,steuon kai. evbapti,zonto, Acts 18:8 (hearing, believing, and being baptized)
f) pepisteuko,twn h;rconto evxomologou,menoi kai. avnagge,llontej, Acts 19:18 (believing,
coming, confessing, disclosing)
g) metanoei/n kai. evpistre,fein, Acts 26:20 (repent and turned)
h) evpei,qonto or hvpi,stoun, Acts 28:24 (persuaded or not believing)
i) euvhggelisa,mhn( parela,bete( e`sth,kate( sw,|zesqe( euvhggelisa,mhn( kate,cete( evpisteu,sate,
1 Cor 15:1-2 (preached, received, stand, saved, preached, hold fast, and believed)
d. Salvation rejected:
1) sklhru,nw: to make hard, rough, or harsh; passive, to be stubborn, “But when some were
becoming hardened and disobedient,” Acts 19:9
Like the hardening of Pharoah’s heart, Exo 7:22ff.
Like the people of Israel, Psa 95:8 (cf. Heb 3:8ff)
2) avpeiqe,w: disobedience (and disbelieving):
a) “But the Jews which believed not” (KJV), Acts 17:5 (Byzantine Textform [BYZ])
b) “But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient,” Acts 19:9
3) avpiste,w: not believing:
a) “but others would not believe,” Acts 28:24