This Week In The News
Current Events
By Norbert Link
Since we published the last Update, much has happened on the world scene; therefore, this edition of the Current Events is considerably longer than usual. We hope that you take the time to read it in its entirety, as it shows again how NEAR we are to the return of Jesus Christ. For reasons of space, we are not giving you a summary of the many articles in this introduction; rather, we leave it to you to see, with amazement, how dangerous, rotten and evil this world and its leaders have become.
Editorial
COMPASSION
There are many qualities that describe God and Jesus Christ. They are all powerful as is shown by their creation of all things. They are also just and wise, and they both can be totally relied upon to keep their word or promises.
However, there is one word that is of great comfort to us, and that is that they are both filled with compassion.
So, what is compassion? It is certainly more than sympathy. One dictionary defines it as “a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.” It certainly includes sympathy but it includes wanting to do something about the difficulty that the other is suffering.
A good example of Jesus showing compassion was when a great multitude followed Him for three days during which time He healed many. He knew they were hungry and said: “I have compassion on the multitude because they have continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.” He had sympathy toward them. But then He added, “And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
Continue reading "COMPASSION"Q&A
Why were all the apostles men? (Part 1)
It is probably true to say that most people have assumed that all of the apostles, elders and others mentioned in the gospel accounts were all men. However, there are those who may not be sure about such a conclusion.
In Luke 10:1-12, we read about 70 disciples who were sent out, and this is the only place where this group is mentioned in the Bible.
In Wikipedia we read: “The seventy disciples known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The number of those disciples varies between either 70 or 72 depending on the manuscript.” There are those who feel that this may have been a copyist error.
We want to clarify that the Church of God has never taught, to our knowledge, that these 70 disciples were apostles. This is very unlikely as Christ chose 12 apostles [not 70 plus] out of the disciples who followed Him.
Continue reading "Why were all the apostles men? (Part 1)"