Bible Discussion Thread

Ministers of the new testament / covenant, not of the letter, but of the spirit. Bible organizers and publishers have borrowed the phrase "new testament" to describe the added scriptures, after Malachi. This can be confusing since the Bible's definition of testament is a covenant or arrangment that only came into affect after the cross. See Heb. 9:15-17. The teachings of John the Baptist and Jesus to people who were still under the Moses covenant, were usually not new testament, although they at times adressed it. When Jesus told them to do whatever the Scribes and Pharisees bid them ( Matt. 23:2), He was not teaching born-again Christians. Peter was not converted until after the resurrection. See Lu.22:32). To minister, means to serve so in that sense, we can all be ministers one to another. V.3 of this passage states, "You are the epistle (letter) of Christ...written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. May our Lord direct and bless.