Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-ch by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message, Priscilla and Aquila, as we pick up in Romans chapter 16, verse one.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

First of all, Paul commends unto you, Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church,

which is in Centria, or she was a deaconess. Centria was the port of the city of Corinth.

And so she no doubt met Paul when he was ministering there in Corinth, but was serving there

in the church.

And some of those male chauvinists seem to have a little difficulty with this, that she was there as a servant in the church.

Receive her in the Lord as become saints, and that you assist her in whatsoever business she has need of you, for she has been a succor of many and of myself also.

So Phoebe was probably going with those who were carrying Paul's letter from Corinth to Rome,

and so he gives to her a letter of recommendation.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus,

who have for my life laid down their own necks

unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

Now Priscilla and Aquila were gadabots.

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