Tag: samaria
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Returning to seven servants in the Spirit
Acts of the Apostles 21: 7 We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. Returning to the Church…
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Philip: Preaching to Good and Bad Samaritans
ACTS of Philip the Evangelist Φίλιππος Philip who? Jesus chose Twelve Apostles at the beginning His ministry in Galilee. The Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve. Philip has been an Apostle for about five years now. The year c. A.D. 32 or 33. When Simon Peter healed a lame man and spoke at Solomon’s…
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for it was not the season for figs – 3
You will break the oppressor’s rod,just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian. Isaiah 9:4b NLT the Oppressor’s Rod We expect a powerful King to save us, not a loving, all-powerful King. “..and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Isaiah 53:3 We…
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Interrupting Jesus 4 – Samaritans & family black sheep
Israel. Let’s get something straight: There was NO Israel in the Roman Empire. (Just take a look at the map). Call it Israel or call it Palestine; you will see that to the Romans, Judeans and Samaritans, Israel does not exist except as part of a long-gone past. A certain hatred existed in the days of…
