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What is love?

  What is love?   1 Corinthians 12:4-7: "Love (he agape) is patient, love is kind (krestuetai), love does not envy, love does not boast, love is not arrogant, love does not behave rudely, love does not seek its own advantage, love does not get angry, love does not think evil, love does not rejoice in injustice, but rejoices with the truth, love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."   Here, love is related to the gifts given by God. The reason God gives gifts to believers is to preach the gospel. Although believers face many difficulties when preaching the gospel, because they are doing valuable work to revive dead spirits, they are able to be patient, endure, and devote themselves solely to ministry without seeking their own benefit.   Krestuetai ( χρηστεύ εται ) means knowing the value and benefit of it. He Agape ( ἡ ἀ γά πη ) is for the purpose of bringing life to all that was dead; therefore, it is not a competi...
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I do not want you to be ignorant of spiritual things.

  I do not want you to be ignorant of spiritual things.   1 Corinthians 12:1-3: “ Brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant of spiritual things. You know that when you were Gentiles, you were led astray to mute idols. Therefore I tell you that no one who speaks by the Spirit of God (Pneumati Theou) will say, ‘ Jesus is cursed, ’ and no one can say, ‘ Jesus is Lord (Kyrios), ’ except by the Holy Spirit (Pneumati Hagio). ”   Spiritual things refer to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The spiritual things are contrasted with idols. The spiritual things come from God, whereas idols are nothing. God is the One who speaks. The believers in the Corinthian church sought spiritual gifts, but they had not heard the voice of the Lord. This means that those who cannot hear the voice of God are like being led astray to mute idols.   The meaning of "speaking" is that the Ho Logos, who dwells within the hearts of the saints, speaks. It does not mean that God ...
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Am I reading the Bible without error?

  Am I reading the Bible without error?   (To begin) Why do believers read the Bible? The answer to this is likely to seek salvation. Therefore, they realize that their perspective on the Bible is truly important. Many churches today hold the view that the world was originally a perfect creation, but it became this way because Adam misused the free will God gave him. They explain that God created a perfect world and intended to dwell forever with Adam and Eve, who offered Him praise, worship, and adoration starting from the Garden of Eden, while He communed with them. However, because Adam and Eve misused their free will and ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, this vision was broken, and God had no choice but to destroy the world. Consequently, they believe that God's people perform good deeds with a good heart, aiming to change the world and, furthermore, transform the evil world into the Kingdom of God. However, believers must realize that ...
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