Brother TEST TEST I would like to amplify on this scripture in The Book of Philippians 4:11 and it reads: Philippians 4:11 11. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
These are the words was authored by Paul, a Black Man who was mistaken for an Ethiopian by a Roman officer. Paul took advantage of his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences.
Not that I speak in respect of want - Though Paul was doubtless often in circumstances of necessity, yet he did not make these remarks on that account. In his journeys, in his imprisonments, he could not but be at times in want; but be had learned to bear all this; and that which most impressed itself on his mind was the interest which the church ought to show in the cause of religion, and the evidence which it would thus furnish of attachment to the cause. As to his own personal trials, he had learned to bear them, so that they did not give him great uneasiness.
For I (PAUL) have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content - That is, to have a contented mind. Paul says that he had "learned" this. Probably by nature he had a mind as prone to impatience as others, but he had been in circumstances fitted to produce a different state of feeling.
Brother TEST TEST, we can explore more right here: Black Saint Paul: Christ Apostle or Jewish Deceiver? Ask RasTafari Rabbi@LOJSociety http://blackinamerica.com/content/324815/b...
