Our Daily Devotional

CORAZIN City in which the Lord performed some of His mighty works, and over which a woe was pronounced! (Mt. 11:21; Luke 10:13). The oh! It was also pronounced about Bethsaida and Capernaum. They were

BREASTPLATE Chest defense; It consisted of a protection made of leather or strong canvas on which bronze and, later, iron plates were sewn or finished; They were also worn with scales and chain mail. It

CORAL Heb.: “Ra’moth.” This substance was classified among the most precious (Jb. 28:18). Aramaean merchants brought coral to the markets of Tire (Ez. 27:16). It was extracted from the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and

CUPPER Official who poured the drink into the cup and gave it to the king (Gen. 40:9-14; Neh. 1:11; 2:1, 2). In the court of an Eastern monarch, this office was one of the highest

CUP There are several Hebrew terms from which it is translated, for the different uses that the cup had. It is frequently used of the contents of the cup, causing both joy and pain, as

CONVOCATION “A calling together”, and always described as “saint”. The occasions called “holy convocation” are especially given in Lev. 23, in the organization of the festivals. (See PARTIES). These included the Sabbath, and ended with

CONVERSION (gr. «epistrophë» = «to turn to»). In the Scriptures it is the effect that accompanies the new birth, a turning towards God. It is expressed, magnificently in the case of the Thessalonians, showing how

CONSECRATION Act by which a person or an object is set apart for the service and worship of the Lord. All the firstborn of men and animals were thus consecrated to God (Ex. 13:2). Abraham’s

KNOWLEDGE There are several Greek words translated “know”, the main ones being: (a) “oida”, meaning “conscious inner knowledge” in the mind; and (b) “ginoskõ”, which means “objective knowledge”. The latter passes into consciousness, but not

CONFIRMATION Paul and Barnabas went to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to persist in the faith. Judas and Silas, messengers from Jerusalem to Antioch, being prophets, exhorted