1 Corinthians 11:1
Paul, the apostle to the gentiles....= knew how to enjoy the best of times, and also how to face the worst it could be.
He told us he had "finished his course'.... = as in "obstacle" course.
He was once "snuck" out of a City, in a basket to escape being murdered, and that basket is the same type that Jesus used , one of them, to feed 5000 men and their family using loaves and fishes.
Isn't that interesting?
As you have the Apostle to the Gentiles, in the 'time of the gentiles" (right now) who wrote most of the NT, not including the Gospels or The Revelation.
Paul is "the man".....when it comes to church doctrine and everything else we need to know....as His epistles are the "go to".. they are the most "bread", and there he was in a BREAD BASKET.... the same type that The Lord Jesus used to feed 5000+
Isnt the Bible interesting.....?
Also, Paul didnt say he had been perfect all the way to the end of his Life, . He said that he had "kept the faith" and that because he did, a "crown of righteousness" was waiting for him : "up there".
And that is very interesting, as down here He is the sole Gentile apostle who gave us the Gospel of the "Gift of Righteousness" and the "Gift of Salvation" , "Justification by Faith".... and all the info that literally details what it truly means to be "in Christ" and "Made Righteous" and "one with God".. etc, etc, ....that is the "Gospel of the Grace of God", Pauline Doctrine..... Pauline Theology.
And most of all He gave us this..
2 Corinthians 5:19
So.......as Paul was explaining....IF life is not a test, then what is it????
We the born again have "tribulation" in this world, that is related to taking a stand for Jesus and for Gospel Truth, and for God's righteousness..
And then, Life itself is a long hard test, even for us who are : "in the world but not of it."
Unbelievers have a life test also, but they have a real problem... = they have no HOPE..... ZERO.
They are alone in this devil run world, without Christ.
We have Hope .... we have Jesus.... we have Romans 8:28.
They have nothing but this......... The devil as their father and .....John 3:36
Paul, the apostle to the gentiles....= knew how to enjoy the best of times, and also how to face the worst it could be.
He told us he had "finished his course'.... = as in "obstacle" course.
He was once "snuck" out of a City, in a basket to escape being murdered, and that basket is the same type that Jesus used , one of them, to feed 5000 men and their family using loaves and fishes.
Isn't that interesting?
As you have the Apostle to the Gentiles, in the 'time of the gentiles" (right now) who wrote most of the NT, not including the Gospels or The Revelation.
Paul is "the man".....when it comes to church doctrine and everything else we need to know....as His epistles are the "go to".. they are the most "bread", and there he was in a BREAD BASKET.... the same type that The Lord Jesus used to feed 5000+
Isnt the Bible interesting.....?
Also, Paul didnt say he had been perfect all the way to the end of his Life, . He said that he had "kept the faith" and that because he did, a "crown of righteousness" was waiting for him : "up there".
And that is very interesting, as down here He is the sole Gentile apostle who gave us the Gospel of the "Gift of Righteousness" and the "Gift of Salvation" , "Justification by Faith".... and all the info that literally details what it truly means to be "in Christ" and "Made Righteous" and "one with God".. etc, etc, ....that is the "Gospel of the Grace of God", Pauline Doctrine..... Pauline Theology.
And most of all He gave us this..
2 Corinthians 5:19
So.......as Paul was explaining....IF life is not a test, then what is it????
We the born again have "tribulation" in this world, that is related to taking a stand for Jesus and for Gospel Truth, and for God's righteousness..
And then, Life itself is a long hard test, even for us who are : "in the world but not of it."
Unbelievers have a life test also, but they have a real problem... = they have no HOPE..... ZERO.
They are alone in this devil run world, without Christ.
We have Hope .... we have Jesus.... we have Romans 8:28.
They have nothing but this......... The devil as their father and .....John 3:36
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