I live in San Francisco, among some of the most powerful in the world. My neighbors are designing your iPhone. That dad at the playground is a world-renowned venture capitalist. The woman next to me in this coffee shop is a VP of an investment bank.
When Jesus washed feet, he made it clear that the gospel transforms how we use power in this broken world. Rather than lording it over the less powerful, we lay down our own egos and demands so that others may know him and be restored to God.
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At this time, the Industrial Revolution was at its peak. The manufacturing and production industry was booming, transforming rural and poor areas into modern powers and increasing jobs. Concurrently, the Progressive Era was happening in America, which sought to eliminate problems associated with political corruption, urbanization, and immigration. It was an exciting time to live with new opportunities around every corner.
The Greek word Epistates (Epistata in the vocative case) is used only in Luke's gospel, where it occurs six times. Robert O'Toole argues that the word relates to Jesus' power over the material world rather than his teaching.[55] Some commentators suggest that in Luke 5, Peter progresses from seeing Jesus as "Master" (v. 5) to seeing him as "Lord" (v. 8).[56]
It can only be by the power of God that Jesus is doing this! Jesus is fighting the forces of evil with the greatest force of love that the world has ever seen! Jesus is fighting evil by the power of the Spirit of God!
The Synod has affirmed the belief, therefore, based on Scripture's account of creation in the book of Genesis and other clear passages of Scripture, that "God by the almighty power of His Word created all things in six days by a series of creative acts," that "Adam and Eve were real, historical human beings, the first two people in the world," and that "we must confess what St. Paul says in Rom. 5:12" about the origin of sin through Adam as described in Genesis 3 (1967 Synodical Resolution 2-31).
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