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To: blue-duncan

He went to the same city more than once.


628 posted on 01/13/2006 9:38:26 AM PST by pby
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To: pby
"He went to the same city more than once."

I said he went back to the cities he had visited to make sure they were standing true. What he didn't do was go and evangelize cities that had already been evangelized by someone else. He did not want to build on another's foundation.

If you will look at how he presented the Gospel to the synagogues at Antioch and at Thessalonica you will see he presented it according to the Old Testament scriptures and used illustrations that had significance to the Jewish audience. Look at his presentation the Greeks at the Mars hill and he doesn't mention the law or scriptures but presents the same evangelistic message using natural law, statues, poets and nature to get his point across. Same message dressed up in different thought forms that the audience will understand. Why talk about Abraham or David to the Greeks who don't know their significance or Greek poets to Jews who think they are pagans.
630 posted on 01/13/2006 9:55:32 AM PST by blue-duncan
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