Tag: elijah
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The Glory of Christ Jesus – 3
doxa – glory: splendour, brightness, magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace, majesty, the kingly majesty which belongs to him as supreme ruler, majesty in the sense of the absolute perfection of the deity, the absolutely perfect inward or personal excellency of Christ, a most glorious condition, most exalted state,! Can ANY description by a man illuminate the glory of Christ Jesus? On…
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Three Widows & a Widower
Fifteen years ago I became a widower. (We had been married more than two decades.) I know personally the loss of the widow (& widower). Jesus spoke of three widows: one, in a parable on the persistence of prayer to God one, of an unnamed widow who sacrificed only two mites to God at the Temple (leptons…
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Who Welcomes His Ministry? – 2
Returning now to the Gospel of Luke, we look back from Jesus’ move to His fast-growing early ministry in Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee to His hometown of Nazareth and the event of His departure. Luke 4 English Standard Version (ESV) 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. 22 And all spoke well…
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Moving on…
Luke 4:14-30 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here…
