DECISION

- Necessary to the service of God Lu 9:62 - Exhortations to Jos 24:14,15 - EXHIBITED IN . Seeking God with the heart 2Ch 15:12 . Keeping the commandments of God Ne 10:29 . Being on the Lord's side Ex 32:26 . Following God fully Nu 14:24; 32:12; Jos 14:8 . Serving God Isa 56:6 . Loving God perfectly De 6:5 . Blessedness of Jos 1:7 - OPPOSED TO . A divided service Mt 6:24 . Double-mindedness Jas 1:8 . Halting between two opinions 1Ki 18:21 . Turning to the right or left De 5:32 . Not setting the heart aright Ps 78:8,37 - Exemplified . Moses Ex 32:26 . Caleb Nu 13:30 . Joshua Jos 24:15 . Ruth Ru 1:16 . Asa 2Ch 15:8 . David Ps 17:3 . Peter Joh 6:68 . Paul Ac 21:13 . Abraham Heb 11:8

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decision. decision, cutting away.

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DECISION. → General scriptures concerning De 30:19; Jos 23:8; 24:15; 1Sa 12:20; 1Ki 18:21; Ps 37:34; 69:13; Pr 4:25-27; Isa 50:7; Mt 10:22; 11:6; 24:13; 25:23; Mr 13:13; Lu 7:23; Joh 8:31; 15:4,5,7,9; Ac 11:23; 13:43; 14:22; Ro 2:7; 8:38,39; 11:22; 1Co 15:8; 16:13; Ga 5:1,10; 6:9; Eph 4:14; 6:13; Php 1:27; 4:1; Col 1:23; 1Th 3:8,13; 2Th 2:15,17; 3:13; 2Ti 1:13,14; 2:1,3; 3:14; Tit 1:7,9; Heb 2:1; 3:6-8,14; 4:14; 10:23,35; 12:1; 13:9,13; Jas 1:4,12,25; 1Pe 1:13; 5:8,9; 2Pe 1:10,11; 3:17,18; 1Jo 2:24,28; 2Jo 1:8; Jude 1:20,21; Re 2:7,10,11,17,25,26; 3:5,11,12,21; 15:2; 21:7; 22:11 → See CHARACTER → See PERSEVERANCE → See STABILITY → See INDECISION → See INSTABILITY → EXHORTATION TO Jos 1:7; 1Ch 16:15; 2Ch 19:11; Mt 4:17; 6:24; 8:21,22; 10:32; 12:30; Lu 9:59-62; 11:23; 12:8; 16:13; 17:32; Col 2:6,7; 1Ti 6:11-14 → INSTANCES OF
* ABEL Heb 11:4
* ENOCH Heb 11:5,6
* NOAH Heb 11:7
* ABRAHAM Heb 11:8,17-19
* JACOB Ge 28:20,21
* JOSEPH Ge 39:7-20
* MOSES Heb 11:24-26; Nu 12:7; Heb 3:5
* ISRAELITES Ex 19:7,8; 24:3,7; De 4:4; 5:27; 26:17; 29:12; Jos 22:34; 24:21-25; 1Ki 19:18; 2Ki 11:17; 2Ch 11:16; 13:10,11; 15:12,15; 23:16; 29:10; Ezr 10:3-44; Ne 9:38; 10:1-39; Ps 50:5; Jer 34:15; 42:5,6; 50:5; Ho 11:12
* CALEB Nu 14:6-10,24,37,38; De 1:36; Jos 14:14
* BALAAM Nu 22:15-18
* PHINEHAS Nu 25:7-13
* JOSHUA Jos 24:15,18-24
* GIDEON Jud 6:25-40; 7
* RUTH Ru 1:16; 1Sa 11:4-7
* ABIGAIL 1Sa 25:4-37
* DAVID 1Sa 17:20-54; 2Sa 22:22-24; Ps 17:3; 26:6,11; 40:9,10; 56:12; 66:16; 71:17; 86:11; 101:2,3; 108:1; 57:7,8; 116:9,13,14,16; 119:8,30,31,38,44-46,57,94,106,115,125,145, 146; 143:12
* A PROPHET 1Ki 13:8-10
* ELIJAH 1Ki 18:22
* JEHOSHAPHAT 1Ki 22:7; 2Ch 18:6
* NAAMAN 2Ki 5:15,17
* JEHU 2Ki 9:11-37; 10
* HEZEKIAH 2Ki 18:6; 2Ch 15:17
* JOASH 2Ki 22:2; 23:3,25; 2Ch 34:31
* NEHEMIAH Ne 6:11
* MORDECAI Es 3:2,3
* ESTHER Es 4:16
* JOB Job 2:3; 23:11,12
* MATTHEW Mt 9:9
* JOSEPH Mr 15:43
* NATHANIEL Joh 1:49
* MARTHA Joh 11:27
* THE DISCIPLES Lu 18:28; Joh 6:68,69; Ac 2:42; 9:29; 26:6; Ro 1:16; Php 1:20,21; Col 2:5; 2Ti 4:7,8
* EPHESIANS Re 2:2,3
* CHURCH OF SARDIS Re 3:4,8,10
* SAINTS Re 14:4
* See PERSERVERANCE
* See STABILITY
* See ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

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decision. Decision, n. the determination of a difference

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De‐ci″sion (?), n. [[L. decisio, fr. decīdere, decisum: cf. F. décision. See Decide.]] 1. 1. Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. Bp. Pearson.
2. 2. The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
The decision of some dispute. Atterbury. 3. 3. An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
4. 4. The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
Syn. — Decision, Determination, Resolution. Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution.