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What was life like for St Paul?
In his daily life, he was a tent maker. During his early life, St Paul was a Pharisee – a group of Jewish people who administered the law. He admitted to participating “beyond measure” in the persecution of Christians. This included taking part in the stoning of Stephen, a Christian.
What dangers did Paul face?
Identify the problems that Paul faced in spreading the gospel
- People did not believe that he was an apostle/ his conversion.
- His message was rejected.
- He was beaten/ stoned.
- He was imprisoned.
- He was deserted by close friends/ mark/ barnabarbas.
- Some of the believers were backsliding.
Why did Paul suffer so much?
Paul suffered all these things because he was a minister of the Gospel — he preached Christ, and Him crucified, as the only way to heaven, as the only salvation for sinful mankind. Believers could and still can rejoice in the Apostle Paul’s sufferings because he was suffering for his faithfulness to Messiah Jesus.
What were Paul’s sufferings?
The Sufferings of Paul the Apostle
- in labors more abundant.
- in stripes above measure.
- in prisons more frequently.
- faced death often.
- from the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
- three times I was beaten with rods.
- once I was stoned.
- three times I was shipwrecked.
Why was Paul willing to walk into the face of danger?
Why was Paul willing to walk into the face of danger? Paul knew and understood God’s calling on his life and because he believed in that calling, he knew that his personal safety was in the hands of God. Where God would lead him he would go, no matter the potential danger that may be there.
What type of person was Saint Paul?
By his own account, Paul was the best Jew and the best Pharisee of his generation (Philippians 3:4–6; Galatians 1:13–14), though he claimed to be the least apostle of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:22–3; 1 Corinthians 15:9–10) and attributed his successes to the grace of God.
What was the life of Paul the Apostle?
Paul the Apostle lived God’s praise. He only cared about God getting the glory by winning souls for Christ. In his former life, Paul was a well-to-do, highly respected, high-ranking Pharisee who vehemently hated and persecuted Christians.
What kind of hardships did Paul go through?
HARDSHIPS: ordeals that produce sorrow such as ill-health, bereavement, apostasy, unemployment. Paul experienced ill-health. He was very sorry when Demas defected from the Faith and went back into the world. However, Paul rose above his ordeals.
What was the frustration of the Apostle Paul?
Paul’s frustration about a lost friend. Later in his preaching, Paul was arrested and brought to Rome twice. The first time he was put under house arrest and then released. The second time, he was treated like a condemned criminal who would soon be executed.
What kind of challenges did Paul face as a Christian?
Paul refers to 3 kinds of challenge: (a) The internal conflicts of the Christian life. TROUBLES: whatever weighs down heavily upon us. When Paul entered Corinth he was burdened with the heavy responsibility of preaching Christ in a thoroughly wicked city. Later the problems that arose amongst the Corinthian Christians oppressed him.