Atonement – a payment made to cover a wrong done

Consecrate – to make holy, to set apart for the Lord’s use

Epistle – letter, a book of the Bible originally written as a letter

Fellowship – the experience of sharing together in friendship

Gospel – good news; also refers to a book of the Bible giving the history of Jesus’ life on earth

Grace – offering to someone what they doesn’t deserve (This includes every good gift from God!)

Holy – set apart; we are set apart from the world and to God

Intercession (intercede) – praying on behalf of someone else

Justification – showing something to be right

Justified – declared righteous

Mercy – offering forgiveness when punishment was deserved

Persecution – being wrongly treated because of your beliefs

Propitiation – an offering needed to appease the wrath of God

Reconciled – brought back into fellowship with God, made peace with God

Redemption – bought with a price

Repentance – turning around, to turn from our sin, rejecting it and choosing God instead

Righteous – right before God

Righteousness – knowing and choosing the right thing to do

Sacrament – a religious practice that Jesus gave us as a church to practice as a holy act to God

Sacred – holy

Sanctification – the process of becoming holy