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infirmity / infirmitiesIll-health, illness, sickness, frailty, weakness in the body. DTP Disciples of Christ can experience both physical and spiritual infirmity; it is by Christ's stripes we are healed (Matt 8:17).
ingatheringCrop, yield, reap, return, picking, harvesting; a gathering of the fruit from a crop. DTP The disciples are to go out into the harvest fields that God has prepared. God desires to harvest fruit from our lives to show that we are His children and disciples. In the last days there will a final ingathering of all believers to Christ.
ingraftTaking a portion of like material and then inserting it into another, to become akin to the new surroundings; a branch from one fruit tree can be grafted into another; a cutting open of one shoot and the insertion of a "grafted" shoot into the first one. DTP Christ teaches the disciples that He is the vine and we are the wild branches but, through prayer and commitment to Christ as our Lord and Saviour, the heavenly Father grafts us into the vine of Christ and we become one with Him. (See John 15:1-11)
inheritTo receive something from someone who's gone before, the leaving of a legacy; something being passed on from one generation to another; the Kingdom of Heaven will be our inheritance from Christ, because we are His children and family. DTP We as disciples become joint heirs with Jesus and, because of Christ's death and resurrection we become children of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ.
inheritanceHeritage, legacy; something passed on from one generation to another. DTP As children of God, the Kingdom of Heaven will be our inheritance from Christ, because we are His children. We are, indeed, Christ's inheritance, and our main inheritance is eternal life.
iniquity / iniquitiesWickedness, evil, sin, vice, injustice, crime. DTP Man is born with trespasses and sin. We have a sinful evilness about our nature that can only be dealt with through the blood of Jesus Christ; if it was not for the grace of God mankind would degenerate into deep depravity and would eventually destroy itself.
inspirationMotivation, stimulation, encouragement, idea; a theological term that explains the supernatural process whereby God influenced Biblical writers to record the words of Scripture, the result of which was the Word of God; it was like God Himself speaking through man.
inspiredEnthused, stimulated, stirred, moved, encouraged, motivated; this stirring in the heart of the disciple of Christ comes by the Holy Spirit. DTP A deep unction that empowers people with faith to step forward to live and to serve Christ Jesus; some call it an anointing that flows from God for reasons of service, but always for the glory of God. (See the word inspiration).
instruct / instructed / instructionTeach, inform, enlighten, train educate, discipline. DTP Jesus is our teacher and instructor; He called us to follow Him and He gave to us His life as a pattern on how we should live for Him here on earth. We are to become Christ-like; the goal is discipline in the Word and taking on His nature and truth. Christ also sent the Holy Spirit to teach and instruct us, as a body of believers, in serving together as His Church.
instrument / instrumentsTool, device, musical instrument, a vessel or apparatus which man can use. DTP As disciples, we become Christ's instruments in His hands; a tool going out to preach the Gospel; we are also instruments of praise and worship, making a joyful noise unto the Lord; we are His temple and we are His channels of blessing and forgiveness to a lost world.
integrityWholeness, completeness, soundness, purity, uprightness, moral soundness. Inner and outer consistency. DTP The disciple is to be upright both before man and, most of all, before God; our testimony is our most powerful weapon we have here on earth and it is something no enemy can take from us; for the fullness of Christ to flow through us, we need to make sure that we, as channels, are pure and have no known obstructions that would hinder the move of the Holy Spirit working through us.
intercedeIntervene, mediate, plead, arbitrate; to plead on behalf of another; Biblically, it is to come before the Lord in deep prayer, focused and bearing to God the needs of others. (See Lev 6:7)
intercessionMediation, intervention, pleading, supplication; speaking to God concerning a specific need of someone else; it is the coming together of the body, soul and spirit of man into the Holy of Holies of God to lay our petitions before Him.
intercessorMediator, interceder, a go-between; a bridge-maker between someone and God; taking up the need of another before God; doing battle against the enemy who may be trying to destroy something or someone. DTP The disciple should always make time to be an interceder on behalf of others. Christ is also intercessor, interceding before the Father on behalf of His Children (Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25; 1 John 2:1).
interlinearInterlinear; two or more Bible texts running parallel to each other; example: Greek or Hebrew on one line with the English translation underneath in another line.
interpret / interpreted / interpretationCan also be known as exegesis; this is a method of doing in-depth study of the Word of God, with the purpose of learning and giving explanation and understanding to others; one looks at word meanings, grammar, culture and tradition of the text. It also has the meaning of giving understanding to dreams such as those experienced by Joseph and Daniel. It can also mean the interpretation of languages, whether spoken or written.
IsaacThe son that God had promised to Abraham and Sarah. Abraham was also called upon to offer up his son as a sacrifice of faith before the LORD. Isaac married Rebekah and had two sons, Jacob and Esau. Their descendants became the Israelites and the Edomites. Isaac lived to 180 years of age. He is seen as one of the foundational fathers of Israel. (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob)
ISAIAH, book ofWritten around 701 to 681 BC; the name Isaiah means "salvation"; a major prophet who pled with Israel to return from idolatry and apostasy so that they may escape God's punishment. He also prophesied about God's coming servant Messiah; The book of Isaiah is one of the complete Dead Sea scrolls on display in the Israel Museum across the road from the Israeli senate in Israel.
IslamThis religion was founded by Muhammad around AD 570 to 632. He was an Arab that was born in Mecca. Islam means, devotion, submission to the will of God (Allah). Muhammad believed he was the last of God's prophets. Muhammad claimed many encounters with the angel Gabriel who, he said, instructed him how to call mankind back to the true religion of Abraham. The Holy book, called the Koran, was compiled from his teachings by his followers. There are five pillars to Islam: declaration of faith, prayer, fasting, almsgiving and a pilgrimage to Mecca.
IsraelThe nation comprised of the physical descendants of Abraham's grandson, Jacob, whose father was Isaac. The name "Israel" also represented the twelve tribes of Israel; in English the word means "God preserves".

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