Life and Teaching of Paul


Why is it important or beneficial to do a personality profile of Saul of Tarsus or Paul the Apostle of Christ? Even though his message is inspired of God, it is still Paul who is the messenger and the message is an expression of his understanding of what has been revealed to him. How he understood what he calls "the gospel" is what we will be looking at in this study.

To Paul, the gospel (story revealed by God) was the power of God with reference to the salvation of the human race. What does he understand by the world salvation (soteri'a)? The answer is found in the whole of his writings,
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but in 1 Cor 15:1-8, we see the most explicit expression of what he means by this term. What role did the cross (Paul's figure for the ignominious and brutal death of Jesus) in the scheme of his thinking on this subject?

Paul draws from his own scholastic background in biblical studies and his cultural background; especially, his educational and religious training in Tarsus and Jerusalem. But to this must be added his experience of the risen Christ, his exposure to the early Christian community (i.e., the church in Damascus, Antioch, and Jerusalem - Acts 9:19-30; 11:19-30; 13:1-3), as well as Peter and James, not to mention the "missing years" in Arabia and Tarsus (Gal 1:13-2:13).

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How To Use This Material
0. Intro and List of Lessons
Lesson 1 Saul the Jewish Rabbi
Lesson 2.Encounter with the Risen Christ
Lesson 3.A Man Recreated
Lesson 4.He Has Seen the Risen Son of God
Lesson 5.The Lost Years
Lesson 6.Paul an Apostle of Christ
Lesson 7 New Creation
Lesson 8.The Mystery of the Gospel
Lesson 9.The Doctrine of Divine Reversal
Lesson 10.Paul Doctrine of Redemption
Lesson 11.The Conquest of Satan
Lesson 12.Paul Doctrine of Justification
Lesson 13. Jesus Death as a Sacrifice