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Understanding Prophets

  PROPHETS: Essential background study: https://www.thethirdheaventraveler.com/2024/12/another-false-prophet-as-in-days-of.html Right, so the word “things” in Romans eight twenty eight refers to all circumstances and events in life—everything that happens to believers. Then in First Corinthians three twenty one and twenty two, “things” takes on a different meaning. Paul says all things are yours, meaning all resources, all people, all circumstances belong to the believers because they belong to Christ. So in Romans, “things” emphasizes God’s control over events for our good, whereas in Corinthians, “things” emphasizes what believers actually possess or have access to through their relationship with Christ. Does that distinction make sense?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 1 Corinthians 4:7 KJV "For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?" biblegateway.com 1. Con...

Understanding "MINISTERS"

  MINISTERS: Andrew:  Eve, pull up King James Bible, first Corinthians chapter three, and I wanna focus on verse one and read it, please. Eve:  Here's 1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 1 from the King James Bible: "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ." What's catching your attention in this verse? Andrew: I just wanted to set the stage here. That first verse here, Paul's gonna get very deep into what it is to be a minister. So look ahead, find out when he starts talking about ministers. Eve:  Let me search for more of that chapter to see where Paul shifts into talking about ministers. Right, so he starts talking about ministers in verse 5. It says: "Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?" That's where he pivots to discussing what it means to be a minister—using Paul and Apollos as examples. What aspect of this a...