Greetings everyone,

This month we will learn about Saul’s history and understand the importance of your role in Christ. Before we can understand our role, we must understand our past. Our family history, past conduct, and behavior helped create the person we are today.

Paul’s History

Paul’s life reflects how we were before we accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior. We were against the teaching of Jesus by not following God’s Word and his Will in our lives. Paul had family members that followed Christ, but at that time, he chose not to follow Him until Christ spoke to him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3-6).

Here is some information about Paul :

1. Originally known as Saul of Tarsus, A native of Tarsus, the capital city in the Roman province of Cilicia.

2. Was dedicated to the persecution of the early disciples of Jesus in Jerusalem. He witnessed and approved of Stephen’s Stoning (Acts 7:58).

3. His initial reaction to the newly formed Christian movement was to persecute its early followers zealously and to attempt to destroy the movement (Acts 8:1-3) violently.

4. The Bible reveals very little about Paul's family. Paul's nephew, his sister's son, is mentioned in (Acts 23:16). Acts also quotes Paul indirectly referring to his father by saying he, Paul, was "a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee" (Acts 23:6). Paul refers to his mother in (Romans 16:13) as among those at Rome. In Romans 16:7, he states that his relatives, Andronicus and Junia, were Christians before he was and were prominent among the apostles.

Paul learned that he was more than an overly zealous persecutor of the early followers of Christ. He became a preacher for Christ to both the Jews and Gentiles. He used that same boldness that persecuted the Christians to serve as missionaries, traveling for Christ. Paul learned who he was in Christ. His past did not stop him from doing God’s Will. Christ wants you to understand who you are in Him.

I encourage you to look up each scripture so that you may know a Christian's different roles and responsibilities.

1. 2 Tim. 2:3-4:

2. 2 Tim. 2:6:

3. 2 Tim. 2:5:

4. 2 Tim. 2:15:

5. 2 Tim. 2:20-21:

6. Matt. 4:19:

7. Matt. 5:13:

8. Matt. 5:14-16:

9. John 15:5:

10. 1 Cor. 4:1-2:

11. 2 Cor. 5:20:

12. 1 Pet. 2:5:

13. 1 Pet. 2: 9-11:

Our Bible Study Assignment: Please read Acts 9:2 and answer the following questions.

• Why was Paul so determine to arrest the members from the Way?

• The Way was a common name for the early Christians (Acts 19:9, 23; Acts 22:4; Acts 24:14, 22). Using the SOAP format; Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer; what can we learn from this scripture?

• Please respond to at least 2 posts and encourage one another. Again, thank you for studying God’s Word with us.

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