Understand the language of Scripture Explore idioms, metaphors, euphemisms, hyperbole, and other figures of speech in clear, everyday language. God gives light, life, favor, direction, and blessing. God is the source, protector, authority, and loving covenant Father of His people. God is perfectly holy and true, with no moral darkness in Him. Love belongs to God’s own character and is supremely revealed in His giving of His Son. God leads, feeds, guards, restores, and rules His people like a faithful shepherd. The supreme God above every claimed divine power. The church is God’s cultivated field in which ministers labor but God gives growth. The phrase describes the whole course of daily activity, public leadership, military movement, or ordinary life. A person was generous, kind, or free from envy. The messenger was expected to bring a favorable report. Jesus calls disciples to gather people through gospel witness rather than catch fish. Cause sorrow through conduct that resists the Spirit's holy work and damages the community. Someone’s ability or power was inadequate; when denied of God, it means His saving power has not failed. God powerfully acted on, guided, strengthened, judged, or inspired a person. A disciple must not begin following Christ and then keep turning back with divided commitment. A person stubbornly resisted God, truth, compassion, or correction. Reaping grain and crushing grapes picture the gathering and severe judgment of the earth. A crop ready for reaping pictures people ready for gospel labor, the final gathering, or judgment. Loyalty to Jesus must be greater than loyalty even to the closest family relationships. Leaders and followers, high and low, or the whole social order are included. The parts of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue represent successive kingdoms, beginning with Babylon. Kindness toward an enemy may awaken shame and repentance while leaving judgment to God. God examines the deepest thoughts, desires, motives, and emotions of a person. A person felt intense inward emotion, conviction, anger, or spiritual stirring.Biblical Expressions
God is a sun
God is Father
God is light
God is love
God is shepherd
God of gods
God’s field
Going out and coming in
Good eye
Good news in his mouth
Gospel workers are fishers of people
Grieve the Holy Spirit
Hand is shortened
Hand of the LORD was upon
Hand to the plow and look back
Hard heart
Harvest and winepress as final judgment
Harvest means people ready, final gathering, or judgment
Hate father and mother
Head and tail; palm branch and reed
Head of gold, chest of silver, bronze, iron, and clay
Heap coals of fire on the head
Heart and kidneys/reins
Heart burned within
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