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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 Indy I do remember Walt Ungerer... and we supported his nomination. One of our members is on the Board of Presby's Pro-Life, who I believe also supported his nominaton. Anyway, I can certainly relate to your frustration... b u t, I will take humble exception to your statement "bureaucracy and the seminaries it supports seem beyond redemption". Absolutely true, they s e e m beyond redemption, but as we both know, nothing is beyond the power of God! He is sovereign, even over the PCUSA. And I know you believe this, so don't go feeling like I'm calling you out... just making a statement about the biggness of our God and the smallness of the issue from that perspective. One of the things that we do struggle with is that the evangelicals keep trickling out, albeit for absolutely good reasons, but leaving behind fewer to press the battle. I don't say this as a downer, because I respect the decision of those who feel called to move on. I do believe that the victory, at some point, will be doubly sweet just because it has been such a long uphill battle. Right now, the Covenant Network is getting it derrier handed to it with the vote in Presbyteries, and there are several overtures coming up for next GA that will try to table the issue for 10 years. This might be the factor that sends Covenant Networkers to some other venue for their agenda. I agree that many of the offenses are defrockable, if we could get the PJC to do its job. Slowly, but surely, the money is drying up and Louisville is withering under budget cuts. it is also squeezing out some of the liberal cling-ons who are not active pastors. This will ultimately, I think, give the evangelicals an opportunity to regain a voice at the national level. As I mentioned in my previous note, we have just gotten one of our elders elected as a commissioner to GA. In ultraliberal Baltimore Presbytery, this is unheard of. But one voice at a time, the denomination will be (and is being)brought back. My family is Scotch-Irish Presbyterian back to the 1600's, with many pastors along the way settling from Philadelphia all the way down the Shenandoah valley and beyond. We built churches, founded schools and sent missionaries to far off places when they really were far off. I can tell you... I'm not giving up the denomination to a bunch of liberal new-age whackos who have a social agenda and don't know Jesus... I'll stay and teach five point Calvinism to whoever walks in the door, and when I'm done, either they'll know Jesus or they'll kill me! But that's just me. (Scots always were a little militant) As always, we continue to fight the good fight, try to love everyone into the Kingdom, and try to be faithful witnesses. Blessings Curt |