Subject - The man Paul
Romans 1:1
June 13, 2010
Introduction
The first word in the book is “Paul”. We plan to consider the subject of this man.
Under three headings:
1 What
Paul had been before his salvation.
2 What
changed his life?
3 What
he became by this great change.
I What Paul had been before
his salvation
1 Acts 26:4-5 He
had lived the life of a Pharisee
Cf Acts 23:6
Very religious
Very zealous
A great legalist
2 Acts 22:3-5
He was born a Jew in
Like many Jews
today, born outside of his own country
Educated in
A
persecutor of the Church
3 Philippians 3:5-6 Of the stock
of
Of the tribe of Benjamin
A
Hebrew of the Hebrews.
Cf. 2 Corinthians 11:22
4 1 Timothy 1:15 He
named himself “the chief of sinners”
II What changed
his life? He met Jesus Christ
1 Acts 7:54-60 he
heard Stephen pray.
2 Acts 8:1-3 he
consented to Stephen’s death.
3 Acts 9:1-11 what a story of the grace of
God.
Now he really prays