Just because office is not used doesn't mean it is *not* there. And yes, the same is true for the Covenant of Works in the garden. Seems to me some Bibles are half empty of doctrines God expect us to know via divine implication. Pastor Chad Richard Bresson Clearcreek Chapel Springboro, OH http://breusswane.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Dorrington" <hjdinfl@...> To: <soundofgrace@...> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons > Sounds like the argument for infant baptism and a covenant of works in the > garden! Notice how that group always fall back as there argument and ask > about the word Trinity? Of course the Greek word for office is given 4 > times in Scripture. > > Harry > > Chad Richard Bresson <breusswane@...> wrote: > It's the same as the Greek word for "Trinity" in the text. > > Pastor Chad Richard Bresson > Clearcreek Chapel > Springboro, OH > http://breusswane.blogspot.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <24jreisinger26@...> > To: > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:17 PM > Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons > > >> Chad: What is the Greek word for "office"? >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Chad Richard Bresson" > >> To: >> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <24jreisinger26@...> >>> > The word deacon cannot possibly mean two different things in these >>> > verses.] >>> >>> Actually it does mean two different things in these verses. >>> >>> >> 1 Tim. 3:8 says otherwise. [JGR: Where? >>> >>> Because overseer is an office and deacon is in parallelism to overseer, >>> deacon *must* be office in this context. >>> >>> Pastor Chad Richard Bresson > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. > -- > Read the Sound of Grace pages at > http://www.soundofgrace.com > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... > > To view our online archive go to our web page at > http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace > >