No, no, Matt.  The disciple whom JESUS loved is John, the apostle, a man,
but it wasn't a homosexual kind of love it was the love that GOD has for us.
Nothing kinky about it.

You need to get disciplined and not get sidetracked because your notes are
giving me heart attacks.  Laughing out loud.  Seriously, though, that's why
you're so confused because like with switching channels on the TV between
programs you're getting youself all mixed up without knowing what's going on
in each spot and none of the shows or Bible stories in this case make sense.
And there's just no way to straighten it all out in e-mail notes.

The closest group JESUS had with Him were the twelve apostles, all men.  But
there was a much larger group called the disciples.  These were both men and
women.  One of these was Joanna.  This is actually a funny or ironic story
because Joanna was the wife of Herod's steward.  In other words, she was
married to the guy who was the right-hand man for the guy who was trying to
kill JESUS.  Her husband got paid by Herod and she got the money from her
husband and used it to support JESUS and the disciples as they went from
place to place.  So Herod was the one providing for the disciples and never
even knew it.  Smile.  Kind of funny when you think about it.  (You can read
about it in Luke 8:3.).

It is exciting to read the Bible and find out everything it has to say and
that the LORD has to say to you through it.  But you've got to get a plan or
you're going to go bonkers.  Smile.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: The book of Thomas?


> OY!  Homosexual Jesus, I had not heard or thought of that one.
> Sounds like manipulative bull to me though, as you already pretty much
said.
> Your explanation of the use of the word loved in this instance pretty much
> clears it up.
> That just makes one think one above all he loved, Hmmm, must have been a
> woman.
> Then, in one place where it is talking about the women who came to tell
> everyone about the stone being rolled away it says, Joanne or some such
name
> was their and that makes me stop because I thought jesus's group was
mostly
> men, accept for this mary Magdalin and his mother.
> I did do the organized bible study but as is my way, I got derailed by my
> own curiosity.  I read John, and Luke and the acts of the aposals and then
I
> got side tract looking up other stuff.
> I am fasenated with all of the stuff which originally came from the bible.
> Sayings and ideas and rules and such.
> I run into things without even really looking.
> I found Brad's discription which could have been reference to a dinosaur
in
> Jobe and I jump around as I listen to Jimmy Evan's teachings and mark all
of
> the text having to do with marage and what we are supposed to do and all
> like that.
> I ran into exidis 22 28 which seems to be a good thing to quote when
people
> want to gripe about our president.
> Oh, and our saying, there is nothing new under the sun?
> Check out aacleazasties 1 9?
> Butcher job on the name of the book, but you shall over come I am sure.
>
> Matt