The doctrine of the perseverance of the saints is to the effect that they whom God has regenerated and effectually called to a state of grace, can neither totally nor finally fall away from that state, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end and be eternally saved.
Louis Berkhof

JEWS

JEWS

JEWS, The

  1. Descended from Abraham # Isa 51:2 Joh 8:39
  2. Divided into twelve tribes # Ge 35:22 49:28
  3. CALLED 3a) Hebrews

    # Ge 14:13 40:15 2Co 11:22

3b) Israelites # Ex 9:7 Jos 3:17 3c) Seed of Abraham # Ps 105:6 Isa 41:8 3d) Seed of Jacob # Jer 33:26 3e) Seed of Israel # 1Ch 16:13 3f) Children of Jacob # 1Ch 16:13 3g) Children of Israel # Ge 50:25 Isa 27:12 3h) Jeshurun # De 32:15 4) Chosen and loved by God # De 7:6,7 5) Circumcised in token of their covenant relation # Ge 17:10,11 Ac 7:8 6) Separated from all other nations # Ex 33:16 Le 20:24 1Ki 8:53 7) DESCRIBED AS 7a) A peculiar people # De 14:2 7b) A peculiar treasure # Ex 19:5 Ps 135:4 7c) A holy nation # Ex 19:6 7d) A holy people # De 7:6 14:21 7e) A kingdom of priests # Ex 19:6 7f) A special people # De 7:6 7g) The Lord’s portion # De 32:9 8) Sojourned in Egypt # Ex 12:40,41 9) Brought out of Egypt by God # Ex 12:42 De 5:15 6:12 10) In the desert forty years # Nu 14:33 Jos 5:6 11) Settled in Canaan # Nu 32:18 Jos 14:1-5 12) Under the theocracy until the time of Samuel # Ex 19:4-6 1Sa 8:7 13) Desired and obtained kings # 1Sa 8:5,22 14) Divided into two kingdoms after Solomon # 1Ki 11:31,32 12:19,20 15) Often subdued and made tributary # Jud 2:13,14 4:2 6:2,6 2Ki 23:33 16) Taken captive to Assyria and Babylon # 2Ki 17:32 18:11 24:16 25:11 17) Restored to their own land by Cyrus # Ezr 1:1-4 18) Had courts of justice # De 16:18 19) Had an ecclesiastical establishment # Ex 28:1 Nu 18:6 Mal 2:4-7 20) Had a series of prophets to promote national reformation # Jer 7:25 26:4,5 35:15 44:4 Eze 38:17 21) The only people who had knowledge of God # Ps 76:1 1Th 4:5 Ps 48:3 Ro 1:28 22) The only people who worshipped God # Ex 5:17 Ps 96:5 115:3,4 Joh 4:22 23) Religion of, according to rites prescribed by God # Le 18:4 De 12:8-11 Heb 9:1 24) Religion of, typical # Heb 9:8-11 10:1 25) Their national greatness # Ge 12:2 De 33:29 26) Their national privileges # Ro 3:2 9:4,5 27) Their vast numbers # Ge 22:17 Nu 10:36 28) NATIONAL CHARACTER OF 28a) Pride of descent, &c # Jer 13:9 Joh 8:33,41 28b) Love of country # Ps 137:6 28c) Fondness for their brethren # Ex 2:11,12 Ro 9:1-3 28d) Attachment to Moses # Joh 9:28,29 Ac 6:11 28e) Attachment to customs of the law # Ac 6:14 21:21 22:3 28f) Fondness for traditionary customs # Jer 44:17 Eze 20:18,30,21 Mr 7:3,4 28g) Stubborn and stiffnecked # Ex 32:9 Ac 7:51 28h) Prone to rebellion # De 9:7,24 Isa 1:2 28i) Prone to backsliding # Jer 2:11-13 8:5 28j) Prone to idolatry # Isa 2:8 57:5 28k) Prone to formality in religion # Isa 29:13 Eze 33:31 Mt 15:7-9 28l) Self-righteous # Isa 65:5 Ro 10:3 28m) Unfaithful to covenant engagements # Jer 3:6-8 31:32 Eze 16:59 28n) Ungrateful to God # De 32:15 Isa 1:2 28o) Ignorant of the true sense of Scripture # Ac 13:27 2Co 3:13-15 28p) Distrustful of God # Nu 14:11 Ps 78:22 28q) Covetous # Jer 6:13 Eze 33:31 Mic 2:2 28r) Cowardly # Ex 14:10 Nu 14:3 Isa 51:12 29) Trusted to their privileges for salvation # Jer 7:4 Mt 3:9 30) Distinction of castes among, noticed # Isa 65:5 Lu 7:39 15:2 Ac 26:5 31) Degenerated as they increased in national greatness # Am 6:4 32) Often displeased God by their sins # Nu 25:3 De 32:16 1Ki 16:2 Isa 1:4 5:24,25 33) A spiritual seed of true believers always among # 1Ki 19:18 Isa 6:13 Ro 9:6,7 11:1,5 34) MODERN, DIVIDED INTO 34a) Hebrews or pure Jews # Ac 6:1 Php 3:5 34b) Hellenists or Grecians # Ac 6:1 9:29 34c) Many sects and parties # Mt 16:6 Mr 8:15 35) An agricultural people # Ge 46:32 36) A commercial people # Eze 27:17 37) Obliged to unite against enemies # Nu 32:20-22 Jud 19:29 20:1-48 1Sa 11:7,8 38) Often distinguished in war # Jud 7:19-23 1Sa 14:6-13 17:32,33 Ne 4:16-22 39) Strengthened by God in war # Le 26:7,8 Jos 5:13,14 8:1,2 40) Under God’s special protection # De 32:10,11 33:27-29 Ps 105:13-15 121:3-5 41) Enemies of, obliged to acknowledge them as divinely protected # Jos 2:9-11 Es 6:13 42) PROHIBITED FROM 42a) Associating with others # Ac 10:28 42b) Covenanting with others # Ex 23:32 De 7:2 42c) Marry with others # De 7:3 Jos 23:12 42d) Following practices of others # De 12:29-31 18:9-14 43) Despised all strangers # 1Sa 17:36 Mt 16:26,27 Eph 2:11 44) Held no intercourse with strangers # Joh 4:9 Ac 11:2,3 45) Condemned for associating with other nations # Jud 2:1-3 Jer 2:18 46) Received proselytes from other nations # Ac 2:10 Ex 12:44,48 47) Gentiles made one with, under the gospel # Ac 10:15,28 15:8,9 Ga 3:28 Eph 2:14-16 48) ALL OTHER NATIONS 48a) Envied # Ne 4:1 Isa 26:11 Eze 35:11 48b) Hated # Ps 44:10 Eze 35:5 48c) Oppressed # Ex 3:9 Jud 2:18 4:3 48d) Persecuted # La 1:3 5:5 48e) Rejoiced at calamities of # Ps 44:13,14 80:5,6 Eze 36:4 49) None hated or oppressed, with impunity # Ps 137:8,9 Eze 25:15,16 35:6 Ob 1:10-16 50) CHRIST 50a) Promised to # Ge 49:10 Da 9:25 50b) Expected by # Ps 14:7 Mt 11:3 Lu 2:25,38 Joh 8:56 50c) Regarded as the restorer of national greatness # Mt 20:21 Lu 24:21 Ac 1:6 50d) Sprang from # Ro 9:5 Heb 7:14 50e) Rejected by # Isa 53:3 Mr 6:3 Joh 1:11 50f) Murdered by # Ac 7:52 1Th 2:15 51) Imprecated the blood of Christ upon themselves and their children # Mt 27:25 52) Many of, believed the gospel # Ac 21:20 53) Unbelieving, persecuted the Christians # Ac 17:5,13 1Th 2:14-16 54) Cast off for unbelief # Ro 11:17,20 55) Scattered and peeled # Isa 18:2,7 Jas 1:1 56) Shall finally be saved # Ro 11:26,27 57) Punishment of, for rejecting and killing Christ, illustrated # Mt 21:37-43 58) Descendants of Abraham # Ps 105:6 Isa 51:2 Joh 8:33 Ro 9:7 59) The people of God # De 32:9 2Sa 7:24 Isa 51:16 60) Separated to God # Ex 33:16 Nu 23:9 De 4:34 61) Beloved for their father’s sake # De 4:37 10:15 Ro 11:28 62) Christ descended from # Joh 4:22 Ro 9:5 63) THE OBJECTS OF 63a) God’s love # De 7:8 23:5 Jer 31:3 63b) God’s choice # De 7:6 63c) God’s protection # Ps 105:15 Zec 2:8 64) The covenant established with # Ex 6:4 24:6-8 34:27 65) PROMISES RESPECTING MADE TO 65a) Abraham # Ge 12:1-3 13:14-17 15:18 17:7,8 65b) Isaac # Ge 26:2-5,24 65c) Jacob # Ge 28:12-15 35:9-12 65d) Themselves # Ex 6:7,8 19:5,6 De 26:18,19 66) Privileges of # Ps 76:1,2 Ro 3:1,2 9:4,5 67) PUNISHED FOR 67a) Idolatry # Ps 78:58-64 Isa 65:3-7 67b) Unbelief # Ro 11:20 67c) Breaking covenant # Isa 24:5 Jer 11:10 67d) Transgressing the law # Isa 1:4,7 24:5,6 67e) Changing the ordinances # Isa 24:5 67f) Killing the prophets # Mt 23:37,38 67g) Imprecating upon themselves the blood of Christ # Mt 27:25 68) Scattered among the nations # De 28:64 Eze 6:8 36:19 69) Despised by the nations # Eze 36:3 70) Their country trodden under foot by the Gentiles # De 28:49-52 Lu 21:24 71) Their house left desolate # Mt 24:38 72) Deprived of civil and religious privileges # Ho 3:4 73) DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST THOSE WHO 73a) Cursed # Ge 27:29 Nu 24:9 73b) Contended with # Isa 41:11 49:25 73c) Oppressed # Isa 49:26 51:21-23 73d) Hated # Ps 129:5 Eze 35:5,6 73e) Aggravated the afflictions of # Zec 1:14,15 73f) Slaughtered # Ps 79:1-7 Eze 35:5,6 74) God, mindful of # Ps 98:3 Isa 49:15,16 75) Christ was sent to # Mt 15:24 21:37 Ac 3:20,22,26 76) Compassion of Christ for # Mt 23:37 Lu 19:41 77) The gospel preached to, first # Mt 10:6 Lu 24:47 Ac 1:8 78) Blessedness of blessing # Ge 27:29 79) Blessedness of favouring # Ge 12:3 Ps 122:6 80) Pray importunately for # Ps 122:6 Isa 62:1,6,7 Jer 31:7 Ro 10:1 81) Saints remember # Ps 102:14 137:5 Jer 51:50 82) PROMISES RESPECTING 82a) The pouring out of the Spirit upon them # Eze 39:29 Zec 12:10 82b) The removal of their blindness # Ro 11:25 2Co 3:14-16 82c) Their return and seeking to God # Ho 3:5 82d) Their humiliation for the rejection of Christ # Zec 12:10 82e) Pardon of sin # Isa 44:22 Ro 11:27 82f) Salvation # Isa 59:20 Ro 11:26 82g) Sanctification # Jer 33:8 Eze 36:25 Zec 12:1,9 82h) Joy occasioned by conversion of # Isa 44:23 49:13 52:8,9 66:10 82i) Blessing to the Gentiles by conversion of # Isa 2:1-5 60:5 66:19 Ro 11:12,15 82j) Reunion of # Jer 3:18 Eze 37:16,17,20-22 Ho 1:11 Mic 2:12 82k) Restoration to their own land # Isa 11:15,16 14:1-3 27:12,13 Jer 16:14,15 # Eze 36:24 37:21,25 39:25,28 Lu 21:24 82l) Gentiles assisting in their restoration # Isa 49:22,23 60:10,14 61:4-6 82m) Subjection of Gentiles to # Isa 60:11,12,14 82n) Future glory of # Isa 60:19 62:3,4 Zep 3:19,20 Zec 2:5 82o) Future prosperity of # Isa 60:6,7,9,17 61:4-6 Ho 14:5,6 82p) That Christ shall appear amongst # Isa 59:20 Zec 14:4 82q) That Christ shall dwell amongst # Eze 43:7,9 Zec 2:11 82r) That Christ shall reign over # Eze 34:23,24 37:24,25 83) Conversion of, illustrated # Eze 37:1-14 Ro 11:24