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Oh, those amazing miracles that helped that first century church get established from the apostles all speaking different languages when the Holy Spirit came upon them (Acts 2:all) to the man being healed by the Gate called Beautiful in the temple (Acts 3:1-11), or Tabitha being brought back from the dead by the hand of Peter (Acts 9:36-42), or the young man named Eutychus who, while listening to Paul speak, was overcome by sleep and fell to his death but was taken up alive through Paul (Acts 20:9-10)! But those same miracles were problematic when handled by people that wanted more out of them than God intended, which was to confirm the word as truth! Corinth was such a place that wanted more from them, just as they placed more importance on who baptized someone (1 Corinthians 1:11-17) that they learn not to exceed what has been written, with arrogance (1 Corinthians 4:6-8) and they also placed more importance on those who held certain gifts, even though the Holy Spirit distributed the gifts as He willed and according to each one to the benefit of the group, just as a body needs different parts to operate effectively. "And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you'; or again the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.' On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; and those members of the body, which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our unseemly members come to have more abundant seemliness, whereas our seemly members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, that there should be no divisions in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are Christ's body and individually members of it." (1 Corinthians 12:19-27)

Paul goes on to tell them, "All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not all are workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healing, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they?" (1Corinthains 12:29-30). And these gifts are to be to the benefit of either the group or the visitor, "So tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers, but to those who believe. If therefore the whole church should assemble together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? But if all prophecy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convinced by all, he is called to account by all; the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you." (1 Corinthians 14:22-25)

That brings us to our question, "Who took Paul's belt and prophesied"? Interestingly enough, Paul's life as a Christian started after seeing Jesus who told him to go into Damascus and see a man named Ananias. Paul saw him three days later and was told by him, "Now why do you delay, arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name." (Acts 22:16). Paul was certain his Jewish friends still holding onto the Old Testament would be swayed by his turn to the Lord, "And it came about when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance, and I saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.' And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in thee. And when the blood of Thy witness Stephen was being shed, I was also standing by approving, and watching out for the cloaks of those who were slaying him.' And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you as far away to the Gentiles.' And they listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, 'Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!' And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air," (Acts 22:17-23) The Jews were not real happy.

So then, for the answer to our question we turn and read, "And on the next day we departed and came to Caesarea; with the change in Paul and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him. Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses. And as we were staying there for some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, 'This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles'" And when we had heard this, we as well as local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem. Paul answered, 'What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.' And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, 'The will of the Lord be done!'" (Acts 21:8-14). And so there we have the answer to our question as the one who took Paul's belt and prophesied was none other than Agabus!

May we be prepared as Paul to show such great courage by confessing Christ before men, while even knowing our lives may be given for the name of the Lord, for life eternal!