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 "question": "Why do some believers seem to be blessed and prospered while others are not?",
 "answer": "Maybe, as Paul expressed in 1 Corinthians 15:10, it is because some \"labor\" harder. Paul took the resources of God's grace and he worked, sweat, did without sleep, and went without all kinds of comforts in order to accomplish the plan of God for his life. He labored past physical and mental exhaustion, because he knew that he would never understand divine power until he had pushed past his own strengths and abilities. God honored that—it was all grace. On Paul's part, it was all faith.",
 "url": "/faq/basics-rhet-why-do-some-believers-seem-to-be-blessed-and-prospered-while/",
 "unit": 4,
 "lesson": "4-1",
 "lesson_title": "Perspective—Grace",
 "question_type": "rhetorical",
 "tier": 1,
 "faq_class": "rhetorical",
 "aeo_questions": [
  "Why do some people who follow God seem to have more success and abundance than others?",
  "What is the relationship between hard work and receiving blessings from God?",
  "Can a person's own efforts and labor contribute to their experience of God's favor and prosperity?"
 ],
 "topic_anchor": null,
 "derivation": "extracted-rhetorical",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
 "source": {
  "doc_id": "btbm-01-TheBasics-8-10-24",
  "book_page": [
   181,
   181
  ],
  "ref": "The Basics, Lesson 4-1 — Perspective—Grace (p.181)",
  "review_row": "rq-p193-28bfdad8",
  "pdf_page": 193,
  "para_id": "the-basics-p0193-004",
  "printed_question": "Why then do some believers seem to be blessed and prospered while others are not?"
 },
 "scripture": [
  {
   "display": "1 Cor. 15:10",
   "osis": null,
   "book_pages": []
  }
 ],
 "topics": [
  "Paul",
  "Plan of God"
 ],
 "topics_context": [
  "Grace",
  "Royal Code",
  "Grace and faith",
  "Grace and works",
  "Paul, the apostle",
  "Plan of God in individual lives",
  "Power and essence of God",
  "conformity to Jesus Christ",
  "provisions/riches of Grace",
  "walking in Holy Spirit"
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