BIBLICAL & THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
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Christ
Title of Jesus from the Greek word Christos, meaning "Messiah" or "annointed one".

Christian
A true believer in Jesus Christ as his personal savior, possessing eternal life through saving faith.

Christianity
Religion founded on the person and teaching of Jesus Christ

Church
(1) The whole number of true believers throughout the world - past present and future (aka the Invisible Church).  (2)  a local group of worshipers.  (3) A denomination or fellowship of churches.  (4) A building made for public worship.  (5) Ecclesiastical entity as distinguished from a secular one (church vs state).

Communion
See the Lord's Supper.

Creation
The world, the universe and all living things which were created ex nihilo (out of nothing) by God (Gen 1&2).  Creation can also refer to the act of creating or the fact of being created.  God continually sustains and privides for His creation (Job 38-41, Ps 104).

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Death
The absence of life.  There are three kinds of death: (1) Physical - end of our natural life of earth (Ps 23:4).  (2) Spiritual -  the state of the un-saved (Eph 2:1).  (3) Eternal - eternally separated from God, in hell due to sin (Rom 6:23), also known as the "Second Death" (Rev 20:12-15).  See Eternal Life.
 

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