JESUS OUR MODEL: PAUL OUR EXAMPLE No person,apart from Jesus himself, shaped the history of christianity like the apostle Paul. Even before he was a believer, his actions were significant. His frenzied persecution of christians following stephens death got the church started in obeying Christs final command to take the Gospel worldwide. Pauls personal encounter with Jesus changed his life. He never lost his fierce intensity, but from tgen on it was channeled for spreading the Good News. Paul was very religious. His training under Gamaliel was the finest available. His intentions and efforts were sincere. He was a good pharisee, knew the Bible, and believe this Christian movement was dangerous to Judaism. Thus paul hated the Christian faith and persecuted christians without mercy. Paul got permission to travel to Damascus to capture the Christians and bring them back to Jerusalem. But God had other plans for Paul and stopped him in his hurried tracks on thenDamascus road. Paul personally met Jesus Christ, and his life was never the same. Until Pauls conversion, little had been done about carrying the Gospel to non-jews. philip had preached in samaria and to an Ethiopian man; Cornelius, a Gentile, was converted under peter; and in Antioch of Syria, When paul met Jesus, he found the One with the reason forLiving and Dying, and he became totally sold out for Christ and as a result he was able to carry the gospel message to the while world. God did not waste any part of Paul--his background, his training, his citizenship, his mind or even his weaknesses. Are you willing to let God do the same for you? You wil never know all He can do with you until you allow him to have all that you are! Remember Pauls words To Live is Christ, and to Die is gain Phil 1:21
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:23:28 +0000
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