Meditations on Apostle Paul
He was mistaken for an Egyptian like Moses had been. He was murdered by the Romans as Jesus Christ had been. He preached an itinerant brand of a gospel of redemption in many lands. He was blinded by light on the road to Damascus while pursuing to persecute the followers of "the way," whose leader he later became, after his sight was restored in Antioch.
He was educated. He was trained by the chief doctor of law, Gamaliel. He was a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. He was present at the stoning of Stephen, even watching over their clothes, when he was named Saul, like the first king of his Jewish people. But, he later changed that name to Paul, as Jacob who had changed his to Israel. He had no wife like John the Baptist and nor heirs, except, over eons, billions of readers, who have gratefully read his many powerful New Testament teachings, letters and epistles to diverse places and people of old, without ever bothering to inquire, who was "Paul?"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/5675461/Oldest-image-of-St-Paul-discovered.html
Friday, August 19, 2016
MEDITATIONS ON APOSTLE PAUL
Meditations on Apostle Paul
He was mistaken for an Egyptian like Moses had been. He was murdered by the Romans as Jesus Christ had been. He preached an itinerant brand of a gospel of redemption in many lands. He was blinded by light on the road to Damascus while pursuing to persecute the followers of "the way," whose leader he later became, after his sight was restored in Antioch.
He was educated. He was trained by the chief doctor of law, Gamaliel. He was a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. He was present at the stoning of Stephen, even watching over their clothes, when he was named Saul, like the first king of his Jewish people. But, he later changed that name to Paul, as Jacob who had changed his to Israel. He had no wife like John the Baptist and nor heirs, except, over eons, billions of readers, who have gratefully read his many powerful New Testament teachings, letters and epistles to diverse places and people of old, without ever bothering to inquire, who was "Paul?"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/5675461/Oldest-image-of-St-Paul-discovered.html