Sermons About Apostle-paul
From Enemy Saul to Apostle Paul
Our first introduction to the Apostle Paul is less then glorious. Saul of Tarsus stands by in approval as Steven is Murdered for his Christianity. Three Years later he shows up in Jerusalem claiming to be an Apostle! This morning we will learn that God's calling is above the approval of man, requires training, and results in God's Glorification. Galatians 1:17-24
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Re-anchored in the Gospel
Not Gnosticism (gnosis = knowledge) but type of it mixed Greek Philosophy (too simple) with Jewish mystic legalism Paul in his 2 year house arrest in Rome Church started by Epaphrus who makes the 1300 mile trip from colossae to Rome Preventative heresy letter Paul writes. False doctrines Ephesus 100 miles away, Laodicia 12 miles, Hierapolis 6 miles from Colossae John MacArthur, “Paul’s words in verses 3-8 suggest seven aspects of the Gospel: it is received by faith, results in love, rests in hope, reaches the world, reproduces fruit, is rooted in grace, and is reported by people. Authority vested in Paul by God. Apostle. Set aside by the Holy Spirit as a missionary Acts 13:2 Phil 2:19-22 about Timothy his son in the faith Grace and Peace in all 13 of his letters as those come from God. Pistis = faith , root word associated with this is peitho = obey = belief FAITH - Spurgeon talked of two men on a broken raft ready to drown while people on shore threw them ropes. One man grabbed the rope and was pulled ashore while the other grabbed a hold of a larger log seemingly safer was carried away downstream over the rapids never to be seen.
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