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1 | the first account written to the ophilus | Luke 1:3 | Jacoba | 74173 | ||
Taleb, I thank God you have decades of knowledge and experience to share with us. I thought Theophilus was a greeting similar to "Dear Reader", but making the distinction of "Friend of God". True, Luke was a Gentile, but he was also active in the mission field in Paul's time. Paul mentions him in two places, Colossians 4.14, (Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.), and 2 Timothy 4:11 (Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.). Maybe, like it suggests in James, Luke was an effective missionary because he used his medical vocation and ministered to people's human needs to create opportunities for enlarging the kingdom. Since it was many years between Jesus's life, death and resurrection, God placed a man of letters in the Church to "write an orderly account for you (and us all), most excellent Theophilus." Jacoba |
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2 | Who can Baptize you? Does it matter? | Rom 10:9 | Jacoba | 72892 | ||
Excuse me, I didn't either. How do you do that? | ||||||
3 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72890 | ||
The reason I'm still on this is I haven't gotten that feeling I get when God's word is opened to me, and I want to provide a definitive interpretation to some others who heard the comment who may be weakened and/or confused. v1 says that word got back to the rich man that the manager was squandering his (meaning the master's) possessions. That tells me the manager was stealing. It wasn't the manager's job to correct the wrong of usury, but the rich man if the latter had inflated the debtor's balances. Also later in the parable the rich man praised the manager, and I think he did that because the manager had corrected the manager's own wrong. In light of the recent American corporate scandals, I think Christians should have it clear about good and bad stewardship. It's my prayer that God will make His people light and salt in whatever avenue we find ourselves. |
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4 | I need a recipe for rasin cakes, OT food | Bible general Archive 1 | Jacoba | 72889 | ||
2 Tim 3:16-17 I'm copying this recipe from "Healing Foods from the Bible" copyrighted 1998 by Globe Communications Corp. See 1 Sam 25:9, 18--on p. 28 the book purports to recount the recipe for Abigail's Fig Cake 1 c butter 1/2 c honey 3 c figs (or fig preserves) 5 egg yolks, beaten (save whites) 3 c whole-wheat flour 1 c plain yogurt 1 c walnuts 1 c raisins 1-1/2 T cinnamon 5 egg whites, beaten Cream butter and honey together before adding the figs and beaten yolks. Stir. Add flour, yogurt alternating. Add nuts, raisins, cinnamon. Fold in whites. Pour into greased cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F 90 minutes. Serve with honey. |
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5 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72753 | ||
But what about the stealing? Unless the steward had previously inflated the debtors' balances, it was wrong to "cook the books". But the lord in the parable commended the unjust steward (v8). | ||||||
6 | Acts 2:33 (*Promise*) | Acts 2:33 | Jacoba | 72744 | ||
Psalm 119:130 I'm definitely a layperson, but as a Christian, I pray that God will give us necessary insight. Christians also believe that the Holy Spirit is none other but God himself. We believe that Jehovah is the Holy Trinity--three distinct but not separate persons--Father-creator, Son-redeemer, Holy Spirit-sanctifier. We cannot live a Christian life, indeed cannot even believe without the Holy Spirit's indwelling. The concept of Holy Trinity is difficult and cannot be treated correctly or completely by human mind, but in Luke 24:45-49 the risen (but not yet ascended) Christ Jesus opened the disciples' minds to understand the Scriptures [and instructs them]....Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." In his Pentecostal speech, Peter was telling the new Christians that what Jesus had said previously was true, and the enduing of the Holy Spirit had manifested itself therein. The enduing of the Holy Spirit of the Christians that day was evidence that God the Father's promise was fulfilled in Jesus's exaltation. Jesus was exalted, and then he sent the Holy Spirit to them. Thus the use of the past tense. We must remember that Peter speaking to his hearers about the miracle of speaking in tongues, and he was at the point in his speech where he is talking to his audience about David (Acts 2:29). He was saying, not so much that David never ascended into heaven as that the patriarch David who died was not as great as his descendant Jesus Christ who died, rose and ascended and resumed his deity as the second person in the Holy Trinity. David knew that he was subordinate, and in Acts 2:34 Peter reminded his hearers that David called his descendant Jesus, Lord (Psalm 110:1). I think this verse also speaks favorably to the fact that David's soul is with God in heaven, with respect to Romans 10:9. Truly God continues to sanctify us, but the saving work of Jesus was a necessary, and complete preamble to entitle his adopted brothers and sisters to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. |
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