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From: "Chad Richard Bresson" <breusswane@...

JGR said:
> > but the contrast [in Acts 6:2,3 is between “deaconing tables” and
“deaconing the word.”
>
> Correct.
>
> >The words exactly the same thing in both cases.
>
> Incorrect.
>
> >The context alone shows what is being deaconed. {JGR:  That is my whole
Point!!!!  The wording deacon means exacttly the same thing and the context
shows that some were "deaconing tables" and others were "deaconing the
Word." The word deacon cannot possibly mean two different things in these
verses.]
>
> Precisely.  The context alone shows there is a difference in meaning
between
> the two. [JGR:  There is indeed a difference, but the difference is not in
the meaning of the word deacon but what is being deaconed.

> > Scripture use of the word “deacon” simply will not allow for an “office”
>
> 1 Tim. 3:8 says otherwise.  [JGR:  Where?
>
>
> Pastor Chad Richard Bresson
> Clearcreek Chapel
> Springboro, OH
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