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one anotherA group, association, two or more people, often people who do something together, having some form of relationship. DTP The disciple is not an island but has become part of a family that has similar goals, purposes in focus. We are called out of this world to come together a body of believers under the headship of Jesus Christ.That ye love one another; John 13:34abound in love one toward another, 1 Thes 3:12taught of God to love one another. 1 Thes 4:9and edify one another, 1 Thes 5:11exhort one another daily, Heb 3:13but exhorting one another: Heb 10:25

onyxA semiprecious variety of agate with layered colours. It was one of the twelve stones used in the priest's breastplate, representing one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Onyx represented the tribe of Asher.there is bdellium and the onyx stone. Gen 2:12Onyx stones, and stones to be set in Ex 25:7onyx stones, and stones to be set, 1 Chr 29:2and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, Eze 28:13

open / opened To make a way through, to unlock, to expose something to full view, to gain access. DTP Christ opens many doors and ways for His disciples to walk through. The doors He opens for us to go through require faith and trust in Him. Disciples need to be obedient in order to follow His perfect will.day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, Gen 3:5O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall Ps 51:15I will open my mouth in a parable: Ps 78:2Open to me the gates of righteousness: Ps 118:19Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Ps 119:18I will not open you the windows of heaven, Mal 3:10the heavens were opened unto him, Matt 3:16 (Luke 3:21)knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Matt 7:7 (Luke 11:9)graves were opened; and many bodies ... arose. Matt 27:52he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like Mark 1:10heart burn ... while he opened to us the scriptures? Luke 24:32Then opened he their understanding, that they Luke 24:45how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. Acts 14:27great door and effectual is opened unto me, 1 Cor 16:9and a door was opened unto me of the Lord. 2 Cor 2:12God would open unto us a door of utterance, Col 4:3openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth. Rev 3:7Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose Rev 5:2And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, Rev 6:1

oppress / oppressed Browbeat, subjugate, break down, demoralize, persecute. DTP This word well describes what the devil tries to do to people in the spiritual realm. He tries to oppress our lives into some form of bondage. When the disciple is feeling oppressed, it is a good time to pray and, through the name and blood of Jesus Christ, take authority over oppression, whether that oppression is personally experienced or is affecting some other person.wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Ex 3:9hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, 1 Sam 12:4also will be a refuge for the oppressed, Ps 9:9To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, Ps 10:18neither oppress the afflicted in the gate. Prov 22:22so they oppress a man and his house, Mic 2:2healing all that were oppressed of the devil; Acts 10:38

oppressedTo be burdened down in one mind and spirit. oppress - Jer 30:20; oppressed - 1 Sam 12:4; Acts 7:24; harm - Matt 15:22; vexed, torment - Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28; 20:11; Rev 6:8, 7:3, 9:5, 10, 14:10, 11; entreated, persecute - John 5:16; persecuted - Acts 7:52, 9:4, 26:11, 14; brow beaten, subjugated, broken, insult.

oppressionAffliction, persecution, tribulation, domination, cruelty, harassment, repression, subjugation. DTP The enemy tries to distract us from our walk with Christ by afflicting us through a variety of cruel and oppressive ways. By remaining close to Christ and by looking constantly to Him, we can be set free from the oppression of Satan.have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians Ex 3:9and looked on our affliction, ... and our oppression. Deut 26:7For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of Ps 12:5Deliver me from the oppression of man: Ps 119:134

oppressorDespot, persecutor, bully, tyrant, dictator, authoritarian.they hear not the voice of the oppressor. Job 3:18up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: Ps 54:3wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: Prov 28:16because of the fierceness of the oppressor, Jer 25:38

oracle / oraclesProphecy, vision, revelation, prediction. This is an old English word for the word prophet as well as for the words which that person would speak. God would speak through a person (words of prophecy) with a message concerning current or future things.both of the temple and of the oracle: 1 Kin 6:5up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Ps 28:2the lively oracles to give unto us. Act 7:38them were committed the oracles of God. Rom 3:2first principles of the oracles of God; Heb 5:12let him speak as the oracles of God; 1 Pet 4:11

ordain / ordainedTo be picked, chosen or designated by the people and appointed to a specific task by the anointing of oil or the laying on of hands. It can also mean to be set aside a person or a thing for service of our Lord Jesus Christ. A common ordination statement is, "(name of person) having proven a Divine gift and calling, and having evidenced preparation in the preaching and teaching of the scriptures, was publicly commissioned and endorsed as worthy to perform the functions and offices usually pertaining to an Ordained Minister of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ by authority of (name of authorizing body) on this (day and year) at (location). (Signatures of elders)."seer did ordain in their set office. 1 Chr 9:22Also I will ordain a place for my people 1 Chr 17:9I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. Ps 132:17and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jer 1:5he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, Mark 3:14ordained you, that ye should go and bring John 15:16ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. Acts 10:42as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48they had ordained them elders in every church, Acts 14:23but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Rom 13:1And so ordain I in all churches. 1 Cor 7:17Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel 1 Cor 9:14good works, which God hath before ordained that Eph 2:10Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, 1 Tim 2:7ordain elders in every city, as I had Tit 1:5every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: Heb 8:3

orderTo charge, command, a decree, law, ordinance or a statute, a system or a way of doing things. DTP God is a God of order. He expects and commands that we walk according to His ways and will. To walk outside of the order of God is to be disobedient, thus sinning before the face of God. In creation He brought all things into a divine order; that is why, when we look at creation, we can see the evidence of a Divine Maker. The church is also to be a place of order, following the patterns that have been given to us by the Word of God.Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, 2 Kin 20:1appointed, according to the order of David 2 Chr 8:14steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: Ps 37:23but I will reprove thee, and set them in order Ps 50:21a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Ps 110:4 (Heb 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:11,17, 21)Order my steps in thy word; and let not any Ps 119:133to order it, and to establish it with judgment Isa 9:7the rest will I set in order when I come. 1 Cor 11:34Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Cor 14:40But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; 1 Cor 15:23thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, Tit 1:5

ordinance / ordinancesA divine rule or command or order; it can also be a statute or regulation. DTP God has given to Israel and to the church divine ordinances that we are to follow and by which we should live.keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Ex 12:14This is the ordinance of the passover: Ex 12:43there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, Ex 15:25do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, Lev 18:4for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. Num 10:8they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that Ps 99:7have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, Isa 24:5and forsook not the ordinance of their God: Isa 58:2walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, Ezek 11:20the ordinances of the house of the LORD, Eze 44:5ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: Rom 13:2keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 1 Cor 11:2had also ordinances of divine service, Heb 9:1

orthodoxyBeliefs; set of doctrines; conforming to the Christian faith as represented in the creeds of the early church. Eastern Orthodox churches are numerous in Eastern Europe and Russia, but they are also established in many other countries.

outstretched armA picturesque description of how God's efforts reach everywhere. He can work in individual lives, in our churches, as well as on our behalf in the spirit realm. He has no limitations.a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, Deut 26:8by my great power and by my outstretched arm, Jer 27:5

outstretched handA picturesque description of how God's efforts reach everywhere. He can work in individual lives, in our churches, as well as on our behalf in the spirit realm. He has no limitations.fight against you with an outstretched hand Jer 21:5

outwardThe outside of something, seeing the exterior, to look at something, the first glance or appearance. DTP The disciple needs to have spiritual eyes to look past the outward appearance into the heart of things. What appears on the outside may not be an accurate assessment of that which lies within the person's heart. Outward appearances can be deceiving.man looketh on the outward appearance, 1 Sam 16:7appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead Matt 23:27circumcision, which is outward in the flesh. Rom 2:28but though our outward man perish, yet the 2 Cor 4:16Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? 2 Cor 10:7

overcome / overcame / overcomethTo prevail over, defeat, conquer, overpower. DTP In our own strength there are many things that we cannot overcome but, joined together with God, we are able to overcome the challenges of this world and those presented by Satan. Greater is He that is in us that he that is in the world. Christ desires the disciples to live as overcomers.possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. Num 13:30overcome him, he taketh from him all his Luke 11:22I have overcome the world. John 16:33evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, Acts 19:16mightest overcome when thou art judged. Rom 3:4Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Rom 12:21because ye have overcome the wicked one. 1 John 2:13 ye have overcome the wicked one. 1 John 2:14Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: 1 John 4:4is born of God overcometh the world: 1 John 5:4To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, Rev 2:7overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, Rev 2:17that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, Rev 2:26He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; Rev 3:5To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me Rev 3:21they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, Rev 12:11Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: Rev 17:14He that overcometh shall inherit all things; Rev 21:7

overseer / overseersThe Greek word is episkopos. (See 1 Timothy 3:1-7). Elder, one who has experience and wisdom from God to give direction and oversight to others; they can be appointed by the community of people in the church. They can also be appointed for ministry and leadership by the denomination to which a church belongs.he made him overseer over his house, Gen 39:4their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Neh 11:14Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler. Prov 6:7the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, Acts 20:28