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the gospel according to. 1. Buying a stronger whip. 9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance. And of course. 13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position. 2. Changing riders. 3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
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the gospel according to 1. Buying a stronger whip 9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance And of course.... 13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position 2. Changing riders 3. Appointing a committee to study the horse 10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance A free CD of this message will be available following the service Luke 4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses 11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses 5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included 6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired 11:1-26 7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse 12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses 8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed
the gospel according to Persistence ~ KJV, importunity • anaideia ~ a – negative particle + aneu - without Luke • chutzpah 11:1-26
the gospel according to But let me tell you, even if he won’t get up because he’s a friend, if you stand your ground, knocking and waking all the neighbors, he’ll finally get up and get you whatever you need. Luke 11:1-26 Message
the gospel according to ask s Keep on ing ing seek s Keep on s knock ing Keep on Luke Present participle 11:1-26
the gospel according to What does it mean to “receive the Holy Spirit”? 1. To get something; to come into possession of Luke 2. To go through or experience, i.e. “The player received minor injuries” 3. To express willingness to have in one's home or environs, i.e.“The community gladly received the refugees” 11:1-26
the gospel according to And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Luke Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” 11:1-26 Acts 2:38 Acts 1:8 John 20:22
the gospel according to 14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Luke 11:1-26 Acts 8:14-17
the gospel according to 1 And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John’s baptism.” 4 Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.” 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.6And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Luke 11:1-26 Acts 19:1-6
the gospel according to What does it mean to “receive the Holy Spirit”? 1. To get something; to come into possession of Luke 2. To go through or experience, i.e. “The player received minor injuries” 3. To express willingness to have in one's home or environs, i.e. “The community glady received the refugees” 11:1-26
the gospel according to 49 Now John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.” 50But Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side.” Luke 11:1-26 Matt. 9:49-50