resist

# believers are able to resist sin but are not beyond the possibility of falling from grace.

* Man has free will to respond or resist: Free will is limited by God's sovereignty, but God's sovereignty allows all men the choice to accept the Gospel of Jesus through faith, simultaneously allowing all men to resist.

# Prior to being drawn and enabled, one is unable to believe … able only to resist.

# Having been drawn and enabled, but prior to regeneration, one is able to believe … able also to resist.

# After one believes, God then regenerates ; one is able to continue believing … able also to resist.

# Upon resisting to the point of unbelief, one is unable again to believe … able only to resist.

* Nature of grace – Arminians believe that, through grace, God restores free will concerning salvation to all humanity, and each individual, therefore, is able either to accept the Gospel call through faith or resist it through unbelief.

However, using pure mass to resist the forces of a storm only works well as a permanent mooring ; a large enough rock would be nearly impossible to move to a new location.

* Mud weight: Consists of a blunt heavy weight, usually cast iron or cast lead, that will sink into the mud and resist lateral movement.

One method of building a mooring is to use three or more conventional anchors laid out with short lengths of chain attached to a swivel, so no matter which direction the vessel moves one or more anchors will be aligned to resist the force.

As the anchor begins to dig in and resist backward force, the engine may be throttled up to get a thorough set.

Like with Tyrannosaurus, the maxillary ( cheek ) teeth of Albertosaurus were adapted in general form to resist lateral forces exerted by a struggling prey.

; Assault with intent to resist arrest: The offence of assault with intent to resist arrest is created by section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

* Assault with intent to resist arrest: under section 7 ( 1 )( b ); this offence was formerly created by s. 38 of the OAPA 1861.

Because of its hardness and ability to resist acids, agate is used to make mortars and pestles to crush and mix chemicals.

Along with his two brothers, he made preparations to resist the government forces that were sent against him.

For want of funds, Alexander was unable to resist the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights or prevent Grand Duke of Muscovy Ivan III from ravaging Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Tatars.

Alexios III took no efficient measures to resist, and his attempts to bribe the crusaders failed.

His inability to resist the demands of his nobles was to leave a heritage of disunity in Aragon and further dissent amongst the nobility, who increasingly saw little reason to respect the throne, and brought the Kingdom of Aragon close to anarchy.

The zones of minimum rainfall have a very scanty flora, consisting of plants adapted to resist the great dryness.

Spencer insisted people should resist for the benefit of collective humanity as these severe fate singles out the weak, debauched, and disabled.

Those Greeks who chose to resist ( the ' Allies ') were defeated in the twin simultaneous battles of Thermopylae on land and Artemisium at sea.

Choosing to resist, their town was besieged and conquered ; the males were put to death and the women sold into slavery ( see Melian dialogue ).