The term "essential" refers to that which is absolutely necessary or indispensable. In the context of the Bible, it often pertains to fundamental truths, principles, or elements that are crucial for understanding God's will, living a life of faith, and achieving salvation.

Essential Doctrines

1. The Nature of God: Understanding the essential nature of God is foundational. The Bible reveals God as the Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer. In Deuteronomy 6:4 , it states, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One." This underscores the essential monotheistic belief in the oneness of God.

2. The Deity of Christ: The essential belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior is central to Christian faith. John 1:14 declares, "The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

3. Salvation by Grace through Faith: Ephesians 2:8-9 emphasizes the essential doctrine of salvation: "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast."

4. The Resurrection: The resurrection of Jesus is an essential event that validates His divinity and the truth of the Gospel. 1 Corinthians 15:14 states, "And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith."

Essential Practices

1. Prayer: Prayer is an essential practice for maintaining a relationship with God. Philippians 4:6 instructs, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

2. Worship: Worship is essential for acknowledging God's sovereignty and expressing devotion. John 4:24 says, "God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth."

3. Love: Love is an essential commandment that reflects God's nature and is a hallmark of true discipleship. Jesus taught in Matthew 22:37-39 , "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Essential Virtues

1. Faith: Hebrews 11:6 highlights the essential nature of faith: "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him."

2. Hope: Hope is essential for enduring trials and looking forward to eternal life. Romans 15:13 offers, "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

3. Charity: Often translated as love, charity is essential for living out the Christian faith. 1 Corinthians 13:13 concludes, "And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love."

Essential Warnings

1. False Teachings: The Bible warns against deviating from essential truths. Galatians 1:8 cautions, "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!"

2. Moral Integrity: Maintaining moral integrity is essential for a life that honors God. 1 Peter 1:15-16 exhorts, "But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy.'"

Understanding and adhering to these essential doctrines, practices, virtues, and warnings are crucial for a life that aligns with biblical teachings and honors God.1. (a.) Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

2. (a.) Hence, really existing; existent.

3. (a.) Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.

4. (a.) Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.

5. (a.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

6. (a.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.

316. anagkaios -- necessary
... necessary. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anagkaios Phonetic Spelling:
(an-ang-kah'-yos) Short Definition: necessary, essential Definition: necessary ...
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4833. summorphoo -- conform to, fashion self according to.
... 4833 -- (from 4862 , "together " and 3444 ; " embodying essence") -- properly, sharing
the same form from embodying the same inner (essential) reality; to be ...
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518. apaggello -- to report, announce
... application in each case. This makes essential to properly understanding the
force of 518 () in each of its occurrences.]. Word Origin from ...
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4190. poneros -- toilsome, bad
... From a derivative of ponos; hurtful, ie Evil (properly, in effect or influence,
and thus differing from kakos, which refers rather to essential character, as ...
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281. amen -- truly
... be.". 281 (""), as an "emphasis marker," introduces a statement of -- ie
that is essential in interpreting the passage. Word Origin ...
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5358. philagathos -- loving that which is good
... loves.". 5358 ("a lover of God's good") only occurs in Tit 1:8 where it is
listed as an essential quality for the elder-overseer. Word ...
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1515. eirene -- one, peace, quietness, rest.
... an individual. 1515 (from , "to into ") -- properly, , ie when all essential
parts are joined together; (God's gift of ). Word Origin ...
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1308. diaphero -- to carry through, carry about, to differ, make a ...
... through, carry about, to differ, make a difference, surpass NASB Word Usage carry
(1), differ (1), differs (1), driven about (1), essential (1), excellent (1 ...
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2549. kakia -- wickedness
... even if not . [2549 ("malice") shares the same essential meaning as 2556
("wretched evil," its adjectival cognate).]. Word Origin ...
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433. aneko -- to be fit, be proper
... (Col 3:18) (433 ) -- Note the imperfect tense ("was fitting"). [JB Lightfoot, "The
tense involved perhaps implies an essential () obligation" of what was "."]. ...
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3629. kilyah -- a kidney
... kidneys, reins. Feminine of kliy (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential
organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self) -- kidneys, reins. ...
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Whether it is Essential to this Sacrament that the Chrism which is ...
... CONFIRMATION (Q ) Whether it is essential to this sacrament that the chrism
which is its matter be previously consecrated by a bishop? ...
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Whether the Mixing with Water is Essential to this Sacrament?
... OF THE MATTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the mixing with
water is essential to this sacrament? Objection 1: It seems ...
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Whether the Essential Names Should be Appropriated to the Persons?
... OF THE PERSONS IN RELATION TO THE ESSENCE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the essential
names should be appropriated to the persons? Objection ...
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Whether Promulgation is Essential to a Law?
... TREATISE ON LAW (QQ 90-108)OF THE ESSENCE OF LAW (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether promulgation
is essential to a law? ... Therefore promulgation is not essential to a law. ...
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Whether Death is Essential to Martyrdom?
... OF MARTYRDOM (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether death is essential to martyrdom? Objection
1: It seems that death is not essential to martyrdom. ...
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Whether Trine Immersion is Essential to Baptism?
... OF THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether trine immersion is essential
to Baptism? ... Therefore it seems that trine immersion is essential to Baptism. ...
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Of the Essential Meeting with God Without Means in the Nakedness ...
... OF THE ESSENTIAL MEETING WITH GOD WITHOUT MEANS IN THE NAKEDNESS OF OUR NATURE. ... The
unity of our spirit has two conditions: it is essential, and it is active. ...
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Whether the Essential Attributes are Appropriated to the Persons ...
... OF THE PERSONS IN RELATION TO THE ESSENCE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the essential
attributes are appropriated to the persons in a fitting manner by the holy ...
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Essential Character of the Work of Jesus.
... CHAPTER XXVIII. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE WORK OF JESUS. Jesus, it will
be seen, limited his action entirely to the Jews. Although ...
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Whether Essential Names Should be Predicated in the Singular of ...
... OF THE PERSONS IN RELATION TO THE ESSENCE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether essential names
should be predicated in the singular of the three persons? ...
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Essential (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a
plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil. ...
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Redeemer (42 Occurrences)
... It has the advantage, nevertheless, of always being entirely intelligible
in its essential significance. Our aim must be to keep ...
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Kenosis
... Christ was One. But as omniscience is an essential attribute of God, it
is an essential attribute of the incarnate Son. So does ...
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Type (12 Occurrences)
... structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of
a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an ...
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Element (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A fundamental, essential, or irreducible part
or principle. 2. (n.) One of the ultimate, indecomposable ...
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Parallel (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential
parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage. ...
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Redemption (46 Occurrences)
... It has the advantage, nevertheless, of always being entirely intelligible
in its essential significance. Our aim must be to keep ...
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Anthropomorphism
... forms of religion, there is an anthropomorphic element present, for they all presuppose
the psychological truth of a certain essential likeness between God and ...
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Necessary (75 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing
the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. ...
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Organ (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing
some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or ...
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