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NASB | 2 Kings 2:9 ¶ When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Kings 2:9 ¶ And when they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." |
Subject: Double portion is really only two-thirds |
Bible Note: Hi Indiana Just a sidebar... I take it you are fellow believer in the PCUSA. Glad to know there's another one on this forum, as I am too. Actually, the vote is going quite well for evangelicals in the PCUSA right now, running about 2 to 1 in favor of leaving the "fidelity and chastity" verbage in the Book of Order. God is more mighty than the one of this world! I will also relate that I am on a search committee for a new pastor for our church, Central Pres Baltimore (www.Centralpc.org) Our pastor accepted a call to Highland Park Dallas, 3rd largest in the PCUSA... God is placing strong evangelical pastors in the "high steeple" churches of the denom... a great sign! Anyway, I have been very pleasantly surprised by the quality and number of evangelical pastors in the denom. I think we get disillusioned by all the noise coming from a very small group within the denom who are well versed at manipulating the system to their advantage. Did you know that the number of "more light" and "covenant network" churches... the openly pro gay churches... number less than 100 out of 12,000 churches in the denomination? Contrast this to the thousands of churches that have pro-actively signed on to the "Confessing Church" movement (the pro-evangelical position). In my study of the denomination, I have seen a very strong undercurrent moving back toward the authority of Scripture, the deity of Christ and the core values of the faith. While our church is often the lone voice in the very liberal Baltimore Presbytery, we did manage to get one of our elders elected to represent us at the next General Assembly. This is the first in almost 50 years. Though our church is one of the largest, we have traditionally been boxed out by the liberals. Not this time! My encouragement is growing. By the way, we anoint folks with oil at our healing service... yes, in the PCUSA! Blessings Curt |