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Explore Paul's shift from Pharisee to evangelist, highlighting his credentials, conversion on the road to Damascus, mentorship by Barnabas, ministry with Peter, and significant impact on early Christian communities. Discover the challenges he faced, his motivations, and the enduring legacy he left behind.
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Paul’s Journey from Pharisee to Evangelist,from Tarsus to Rome
His Credentials (Ph 3:5-7) • If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more.... • Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ...I regard all as loss, for the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
Jerusalem studies • .Ac 22:3
Letters from the High Priest • .Ac 9:1
Paul’s own account • Ac 22:4-6 • I persecuted this Way up to death "While I was on my ..a great light shone about me…”
What he left behind.. • Whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ…
Barnabas as Mentor • Barnabas brought him to the apostles, and described for them how on the road he had seen the Lord, …and how in Damascus.. • Ac 9:27f
Outcome of the Antioch Quarell • Short-term: Paul lost status in Antioch; Barnabas sided with Peter; Paul regarded as trouble-maker • Long-term: Paul’s principle (Equality for Gentile Xtians) was vindicated, as vital for the Church’s future