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- Paul had asked God three times to take away this ‘thorn” and God answered his prayer with “NO!” God simply stated, “My grace is sufficient.” “I am going to allow you to continue suffering.” Paul’s reply shows that he understood this. He chose to be quiet, stop praying about it, and be content with sufferings.
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Feb 24, 2019 · If Paul’s message was understood as acceptance of the God of the Hebrew Bible, the ethical and moral standards of the Law, and an ultimate salvation through Jesus apart from the sacrifices of Judaism, then perhaps many of the Gentiles were eager to accept Paul’s message.
- Acts 13 – Paul and The Interpretation of Scripture
Paul explained to the Corinthians this concept “For Jews...
- Luke / Acts
The same is true for the letters, Paul constantly quotes...
- Acts 13 – Paul and The Interpretation of Scripture
The Acts of the Apostles record that Paul received three apparitions of the Lord Jesus Christ: 1) Paul’s Vision on the Road to Damascus (described in Acts 9, 22, and 26). Paul is walking on the road to Damascus in order to arrest Christians in Damascus.
- (1-2) Paul Begins His Message to The Mob.
- (3) Paul Tells of His Jewish Upbringing and Background.
- (4-5) Paul Tells How He Persecuted Christians.
- (6-11) Paul Describes His Supernatural Experience on The Way to Damascus.
- (12-16) Paul Describes His Response to The Supernatural Experience in Damascus.
- (17-18) Jesus Speaks to Paul in A Trance at The Temple in Jerusalem.
- (19-20) Paul Answers Jesus
- (21) Jesus replies to Paul’s response.
- (22-23) The Crowd Riots in Response to Paul’s message.
“Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now.” And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said: a. Brethren and fathers, hear: Paul began his great defense before the Jews the same way Stephen did: Men and brethren and fathers, listen. (Acts 7:2) i. “Paul gave a magnificent defe...
“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.” a. I am indeed a Jew: Paul spoke as a Jew unto Jews. He was careful to lay the common ground between them. With this, Paul began telling the sto...
“I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.” a. I persecuted this Way to the d...
“Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ So I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’ And those who were wi...
“Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good testimony with all the Jews who dwelt there, came to me; and he stood and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And at that same hour I looked up at him. Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One, and he...
“Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance and saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.’” a. When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple: Paul told them about something that happened about 20 ye...
“So I said, ‘Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You. And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death, and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’” a. Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You: ...
“Then He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.’” a. Then He said to me, “Depart”: Jesus didn’t agree with Paul’s response. Jesus knew that it was not Paul’s time and place to preach to the Jewish people the way Paul wanted to. Instead, for his own safety, 20 years before this, Jesus told Paul to simply departfrom J...
And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he is not fit to live!” Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air. a. And they listened to him until this word: The crowd that had tried to kill Paul, and had then listened intently ...
Nov 8, 2019 · Because He has shown us this mercy, we should go tell the world so that they might receive it too! Mark 16:15 says “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” This was Paul’s calling from God and was to be his response to the mercy that was shown to him.
May 2, 2021 · To Paul, problems became opportunities for supernatural power to operate. How did Paul engage the power of God to meet his challenges? 1. Paul prayed. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall guard your hearts and ...
2. (3-5) Paul’s response to the punch in the face. Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?” And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”
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Paul and Barnabas went to the Jewish synagogue and preached with such power that a great number of both Jews and Greeks became believers. 2 Some of the Jews, however, spurned God’s message and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against Paul and Barnabas. 3 But the apostles stayed there a long time, preaching boldly about the grace of the Lord.
