That Paul could preach Christ and establish churches, under all the opposition that he encountered, shows how fully and implicitly he believed in his Lord.
QUESTIONS
What impression has the man, Paul, made upon the world? What was his work as an apostle? What his leading thought? Where is the place of his birth? What can be said of his family? How was he educated and trained, in the home, in school, and for a trade? What was the political and religious condition of the world as Paul saw it? What were the three difficulties in the way of his work in preaching Christ?
I. PAUL'S PREPARATION
STUDY II
CONVERSION
ANALYSIS
Paul the Persecutor—Order of Events. The Inevitable Conflict. Cruelty of the Persecutor.
Conversion—Cause. Effects (physical, mental and spiritual, penalty, relief to the Christians, triumph of Christ, and estimates of the results).