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- Paul knows that his Gospel is the truth because he has suffered physically as a result of his preaching of Jesus. It might seem odd, but Paul recalls his first missionary journey as an example of his suffering. He specifically has in mind the persecution he faced in Asia Minor (Acts 14).
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Jul 24, 2006 · Would you open your Bibles to Colossians 1? I want to take you to one verse that explains why Paul made the choices he made. Why did he choose this? I know that Christ called him on the Damascus road and said, “I will show him how much he must suffer for me” (Acts 9:16). This is under Jesus Christ. This is no slip-up. This is a plan.
Before Becoming a Christian, Paul had Caused Others to Suffer Greatly. The first mention of Saul in the Bible is the role of a persecutor. Acts 7:57-58 – “Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him.
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Feb 7, 2010 · Paul saw the purpose of his suffering as a means to mediate, manifest, and magnify the resurrection power of his Savior. We can see Paul’s radical other-centeredness in 2 Cor. 4:15, as he talks about why he endures such pain:
- The Story of A Storm, A Shipwreck, and A Poisonous Snake
- When The Stars Disappear
- Nothing Separates Us
In Acts, Luke records an event in the apostle Paul’s life that helps us understand our experiences of profound suffering. When God called Paul from being the church’s persecutor to be a gospel preacher, the Lord showed him how much he would suffer for the sake of his name (see Acts 9:10–16). Part of Paul’s suffering came during a storm and shipwrec...
For us, the main lesson of this story is that God remains in control of everything even when those involved lose all hope. For at one point in this story, Luke remarks that when “neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved” (Acts 27:20NIV). In ancient times, sailors got the...
And it comes out in his unshakable confidence that nothing—absolutely nothing!—can separate Christians from the love of God in Christ: “Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?” (Rom. 8:35)....
His life was full of fear and trembling (1Cor.2:3). His preaching brought him frequent beatings, cursings and imprisonments (2Cor.11:23-28). He remained strong in spite of those things -- things probably more serious than what typically frustrates us today. Paul's frustration as a new Christian.
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Mar 4, 2024 · Paul’s response to suffering was not to buckle under the weight of circumstance but to realize Christ has called His church to endure hardship (John 16:33; Luke 14:27). Paul said that he rejoiced because in his flesh he was filling up what was lacking in Christ’s afflictions (Colossians 1:24).
