The life of a fully surrendered Christian, as evidenced by Paul the Apostle, George Müller and Hudson Taylor, impacts his surroundings and leaves a lasting legacy. Hudson Taylor said “God’s man, in God’s place, doing God’s work, in God’s way, will never lack God’s supply.” The Christian who is living life in full surrender shows that in everything they do, they do it for God. Surrender is allowing God to work in you and through you without your own desires getting in the way. A friend of D L Moody once said to him, “The world has yet to see what God can do with one man wholly dedicated to Him.” The lives of these three men, Paul, Müller and Taylor show the power of a fully surrendered life. They are men who changed their times, greatly influenced their communities and accomplished many great achievements. They are men who left a legacy to follow because of the principles they lived by, the character they showed, the works they accomplished and their faithfulness to God. They are men who showed the world what God can do and will do through a man wholly dedicated to Him.
The Apostle Paul exemplifies a life of full surrender. He is one of the greatest men of the Christian faith and the reason is because he lived his life in full surrender. Paul, however, did not always live a life following Christ. Paul was a devout Jew. He had grown up with the Jewish culture. His father was a Pharisee, he was circumcised on the eighth day and he knew the Torah inside out. Hebrew society Paul was your go to man. If you wanted to know something he knew it. If you wanted to get something done, he could do it. On top of all this he was a persecutor of Christians. In those days Christians were considered heretics and blasphemous for believing in Je...
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...efore strengthened again and he would pray all the more fervently for the future or current need. A great example of this is with the milk truck story that is most commonly known.
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The movie Glory is the story of the first African American military unit which fought during the Civil War. This powerful story is told through the eyes of the unit’s leader, Colonel Robert Shaw. The director, Edward Zwick, uses a number of important scenes expressing growth, patriotism and leadership. Whenever there was an obstacle that the 54th regiment needed to overcome faith seemed to be the answer. Faith in their fellow man, faith in their country and faith in God.
Besides Paul's humble and radically changed image found in his introduction, he also explains that he is one who is "called". His apostleship wasn't a man apointed thing, but a matter fully bestowed upon him by God. Paul was chosen and sent on a mission, and he had authority to represent God. Reading this gives great hope to us, the believers of today
Paul the Apostle, was a famous preacher of first century Christianity and was God’s tool used to spread the light of the gospel to the Gentiles. Paul is credited fir having written many books in the New Testament of the Bible. He was born an Israelite to a clan of the tribe of Benjamin, speaking the Aramaic and Hebrew tongues from infancy. He was an enthusiastic student and a stringent devotee of the Torah. He was the man that later had a peculiar meeting with the Lord Jesus Christ while on the road to Damascus. His life and duty were considerably altered and in turn eventually changed the course of the development of Western Civilization and culture.
Paul reasserts the authenticity and authority of his apostleship in this section. He does so by describing the unique manner by which he was called to into the Lord’s service (cf. Acts 9:1- 18). Years subsequent to the apostle’s special call (i.e., 3 and 14 years, respectively), he met some of the other apostles (i.e., Peter, James). It was crucial that Paul reassert and defend his divine appointment so that his message to the deceived Galatian believers would be regarded as legitimately apostolic and thus authorative. ...
Jesus may have founded Christianity, but it is thanks to the revolutionary and enduring groundwork Paul laid that it exists in such a diverse, living and dynamic way. Following the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christianity was fledging. Persecuted at every turn, the early followers of Christ were plagued with uncertainty of what their religion should look like, rife with inconsistencies and false testimonies of Jesus and his messages. Thankfully, salvation was found for early Christians when Paul began his support and development of the Church, having a seismic role in solidifying much of the beliefs and practices that existed in the early Church, results of his work still forming the bedrock of modern Christianity and it...
Paul has given an extraordinary of example of humbleness to those who preach and teach the Gospel. Although, the Apostle Paul was well known prepared on any theological subject, he went to Jerusalem to meet with other apostles to verify that his message was alienated with the Gospel. Therefore, pastors and church leaders should look intentionally for spiritual mentors that help them to grow in their knowledge of the Gospel. (121, Habermas)
Paul, also known as Saul, was an apostle of God who wrote the book of Ephesians and was sent to set up churches for Him. He changed his name from Saul to Paul because he wanted to start his life over, follow God, and live for Him. He wanted to start over because he was known as a man who persecuted Christians. Saul did not even notice he was doing wrong until he started to reach Damascus and a voice yelled from the Heavens saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” Saul answered back, “Who are you, Lord?” then the Lord answered, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But, rise and enter the city, and you will be told what to do.” For three days Saul was made blind by Jesus and did not eat or drink. Then, Ananias walked into where Saul was staying and restored his sight, something like scales fell off his eyes and he could see. After being in Damascus with the disciples he proclaimed that Jesus is the one true God. Then, he fled to Jerusalem where he joined the disciples with the help of Barnabas, changed his name to Paul and became a missionary to Christ. He set out on three missionary journeys where on his third, he was put under house arrest in Rome for two years where he wrote the book of Ephesians. After his release, he left, went to Spain, and was eventually persecuted and martyred by Nero.
Harris calls Paul “the most influential apostle and missionary of the mid-first-century CE church and author of seven to nine New Testament letters” (H G-33). It would be quite an accolade to receive such recognition, but what makes it even more remarkable is that Paul, or Saul, (Saul was his Judean name and Paul was his Roman name (footnotes B 1943)) originally persecuted the ekklesia or “church”. Paul went from persecuting the ekklesia or “church” to being its “most influential apostle and missionary”. Why and how did Paul make such a drastic change? The answer to the question can be found in various books of the New Testament including some of the letters that Paul wrote. This answer also aids in the explanation of how and why Paul argue with the Ioudaioi.
Zechariah 7:9-10, “Execute true justice, show kindness and mercy to each other. And do not oppress the widow or orphan, the sojourner or poor. And do not plot evil against each other, says the Lord.” This is true justice. God calls us on this earth to love, care, show kindness and mercy to one another. As i saw on a picture with a little boy holding up a sign saying “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace.” It is impossible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people. That is why we cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering and at any given point we the people have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end. That is exactly why Jesus Christ died for us, he knew we were going to fail, mess up, and he knew you were going to be messy and screw up often but thats the point of the cross! The point of the cross is to show this mighty picture of God’s love and mercy for us. Its also the picture we have of just how far Jesus will go because he loves us. As you take steps little by little, bit by bit, from family to family, we will see so many opportunities to do good on so many levels that it will be overwhelming. Jesus showed us true justice by dying on the cross for us, now its time to not just stop the fighting and arguing around the world but execute true justice through love. Additionally, through this it will explain how the United Nations is one of the best organizations to execute justice around the world, BRIC nations is the second most important area to promote justice and finally the Globalized world is the least best tool to promote justice around the world.
Ruden, Sarah. Paul among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time. New York: Pantheon, 2010. Print.
Paul was faced with a difficult ethical dilemma. If Paul embraced the Christian worldview he would have guidance through his decision. He could turn to God and pray seeking out the answer through the Bible. God would be there with him hand in hand as he made this decision. Following his teachings and ultimately being rewarded for the moral choice. When it comes down to an ethical decision, ethics is an individual’s morals, their sense of what is right and what is wrong (Hiles & Smith,
Class notes. Man’s Desperate Need of Righteousness and God’s Glorious Provision of Righteousness. Faith Christian University. Orlando, Florida. August 2011.
There has always been some sort of Christianity in history. Always new ways of doing things with each generation that comes of age. The changes that are made have not been with the conception of destroying the established ways but with establishing a continuity to preserve what is now and what is new. This is known as the preservation of type or the first note of fidelity of the existing developments of Christianity also known as the Principles of Christianity. There are three particular principles that I find to be intriguingly fascinating.
The Apostle Paul is known as the greatest missionary of the early church. Paul, who once vowed to wipe out belief in Jesus Christ, was later converted to do the work of Christ. He would author almost half of the 27 books in the New Testament. He endured sickness, rejection, and repeated attacks on his life to bring the message of God's grace and forgiveness to Gentiles. Paul was the apostle largely responsible for the solid inception and growth of Christianity. He spoke before Jews, Greeks, and Romans. Paul is known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He defended God's Word before kings and emperors of this world. By the end of his life, much of the Mediterranean world had been reached with the gospel.
Within the Bible it reveals the essentials and key concepts of the Christian faith. There are a few essential principles that most Christians believe, which are as follows; the deity of Christ, belief in the resurrection and the power it gives us over death and sin and, salvation by God’s grace and not by works but salvation is through Jesus. It would s necessarily that we understand these key principles and believe in them if we are truly to be followers of Jesus Christ. In today 's society it is import that the Christian faith values its historical past and be flexible enough to reach the generation today. In this paper I will briefly discuss the essentials of Christian faith