For a few years now I have been getting a weird feeling with the oh-so-frequent use of term Faithful and Discreet Slave, and some times Class added. I mention the added part cause we always say "Is the word Trinity found in the Bible?" Nope, and neither is the phrase FDSC. And yes I the same Heebie Jeebies every memorial when I don't feel I should be there, and we have the silent non-purposeful-passing, and then the speaker reaches out and touches the plate at the last second!
So I reasearched every parable in and around Mathew 24 and there are about 14 if recall, and they all are basically saying to be on the watch, be ready, be doing what you are supposed to be. Great, these are friggin illustrations though, and mostly about the same things. We are told the FDS started in 33CE with the pouring out of Holy Spirit in the upper room. These folks HAD to be a dang close link to pure knowledge and truth. I mean they could instantly speak or do something with their tounges, heal people, raise people from the dead, and expell demons. They were super FDSC right? So what did they call themselves? NOT FDS! Not once.
So what term did they generally use to refer to themselves? That is the question to ask your favorite elder or CO. Dang it now I can't get this yellow to go away and I only wanted to highlight the first two sentences!
And how do you guys cut and paste other posts to make them look like a newspaper cut-out, I have tried and tried.
So anyway, when I asked that question to my CO and my favorite elder in a serious private meeting, you could hear a pin drop in the Library. They looked at each other, them back at me, they looked at each other again, then back at me, and, to my great surprize said what I did not expect......"What did they call themselves?"
It is the same thing at least a dozen times, so let me know if you have noticed this. I can post my response to their almost humble question later.
Thanks, and thanks for all your help as I have been a real mess for the past two years and am new here.
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