Life Lessons From Apostle Paul

Paul was seen as one who influenced the early christian churches. He preached the Gospel of Christ Jesus to non believers and wrote 13 letters to different churches, including the letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians. 

But before he was known as an apostle of Christ, He was a persecute of Christians. The Book of Acts tells us that Paul was even present at the death of the first Christian martyr—where he “approved the stoning of Stephen” (Acts 8:1). Later he set out to imprison Christians. However, he encountered Christ on his way to Damascus  to seek out and arrest followers of Jesus, with the intention of returning them to Jerusalem as prisoners for questioning and possible execution.

This encounter left him blind but after meeting followers of Jesus and turning a new leaf, his name changed from Saul to Paul, meaning ‘small or humble’. God humbled him and he started preaching gospel to non Jewish. Paul made missionary journeys throughout his lifetime to plant churches across Europe and Asia (Partly).

He also performed miracles through the Holly Spirit. He was significant in Unifying the church and defining Christian Beliefs that we follow today.

Despite the challenges he faced such as assassination attempts and house arrest, Paul was steadfast in his mission of promoting the Gospel. By appealing to Caesar, Paul forced Festus to send him to Rome to await trial. When he finally arrived, “Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him” (Acts 28:16). Here, Paul preached freely to the Jews in Rome for two years. Scholars believe this is likely when he wrote his letter to the Philippians, because he references being in chains (Philippians 1:12–13).

The Books that Paul is attributed to have written in the Bible are; Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossian, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon