And I spent the day with him.All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord:In the seventeenth verse is Archippus. He knew the name of every bush and berry and shrub in it. I went through a great first church here in the state of Texas, and I never saw a Bible in it, but I saw enough decks of cards and enough bridge tables to open the casino in Monte Carlo had somebody robbed them of their instruments of gaming. Since Luke and Acts represent about one fourth of the total length of the New Testament, Luke’s contribution to sacred Scripture is by no means insignificant. The most beautiful and elegant of all the Gospels is that by Dr. Luke. Full nameEpaphroditus;means "charming, handsome"3.
Amen.Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church which is in his house.And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.Epaphroditus.
Is there no physician there?" [Jeremiah 8:22]. Renan [Joseph Ernest Renan, 1823-1892], the French critic, said that the most beautiful story in the world is the story of the two on the way to Emmaus which is recounted in the twenty-fourth chapter of the Gospel of Luke [Luke 24:13-35]. After he had dictated all the letter through the seventeenth, then he closes: "The salutation by the hand of me–Paul." Then he puts in there: "Remember my bonds. Even when miles separated him from those he loved he remained passionate in praying for their spiritual growth.Other programs from ReFrame Media:Epaphras is mentioned only three times in the Bible.
He is invested in them and they are his spiritual family.In verse 13, Paul elaborates and vouches for the hard work that Epaphras does on behalf of the churches of Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis. I just would. You would too. We know that he understood the gospel of grace and passionately shared it with others.
In this church, as well as in the assemblies at Laodicea and Hierapolis, Epaphras exercised a pastoral and a teaching ministry (Colossians 4:12-13). More information on Luke’s activity on Paul’s missionary journeys can be found in the so-called “‘we’ sections” of the book of Acts, places where Luke indicates his presence with Paul through his use of the first-person plural pronoun in the narrative (Acts 16:8–17; 20:5–15; 21:1–18; 27:1–28:16).Epaphras, the evangelist-pastor who first brought the gospel to Colossae, is mentioned also in today’s passage as one who sent his greetings to the Colossian church when Paul wrote his epistle to the believers in that city (Col. 4:12–13; see 1:3–8). God will not askif we got a Ph.D., but were we faithfulLet your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.And that’s the appeal of this song tonight while we sing.
Then he thought and marvelously added, "Brethren, sisters, that just goes to prove where it say in another place in the Bible, ‘We am fearfully and wonderfully made’" [from Psalm 139:14].If you’re untaught and untrained nor does that matter. Moses was learned in all of the arts and sciences of the Egyptians [Acts 7:22], and Paul was one of the learned of his day – grew up in the university city of Tarsus [Acts 21:39, 22:3], taught at the feet of Gamaliel in Jerusalem [Acts 22:3], the greatest rabbi of all time.
Did you ever see high-button shoes? Luke was also a Gentile and therefore probably the sole biblical author who was not from a Jewish background. Now don’t you laugh. There were – it was a common name.
They’re materialists. Indonesian; Spanish; Chinese; German; CONTACT; Dr. Luke and Mr. Epaphras. It is hard for me to see or to understand.