THE LIFE OF SAULPAUL

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THE LIFE OF (SAUL)PAUL

• BORN IN TARSUS 10 A.D.
• STUDIED WITH GREAT RABBI GAMALIEL
• WAS A MEMBER OF THE PHARISEES
• HIS TRADE TENTMAKER
• HOW HE BECAME A ROMAN CITIZEN--
• BY HIS BIRTH

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PAULS CONVERSION

• ON THE WAY TO DAMASCUS
• BLINDED BY LIGHT IN THE SKY
• ANANIAS LAYS HANDS ON HIM
• TO RECOVER HIS SIGHT
• BELIEVERS CALLED CHRISTIANS 1ST IN CITY OF ANTIOCH

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1ST MISSIONARY TRIP

• PAUL AND BARNABAS
• 1ST CYPRUS---- GOVERNOR OF CYPRUS----- SERGIUS
  PAULUS
  
• BLINDS A MAGICIAN NAMED ELYMUS
• PAUL CALLED HERMES IN LYSTRA

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2ND MISSIONARY TRIP

• PAUL AND SILAS
• IN LYSTRA TIMOTHY MEETS THEM
• IN TROAS PAUL HAS A VISION TO GO TO MACEDONIA
• (EUROPEAN MAINLAND)

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3RD MISSIONARY JOURNEY

• GOES TO EPHESUS FIRST
• PAGAN GODDESS ARTEMIS
• IN TROAS HE SAVES A YOUNG MAN WHO FALLS OUT OF A
  WINDOW.
  
• (EUTYCHUS)
• MEETS THE APOSTLE LUKE IN TROAS

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PAULS 13 LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES

• EARLY LETTERS
• 12 THESSALONIANS (OLDEST IN NEW TESTAMENT)
• GREAT LETTERS
• 12 CORINTHIANS,GALATIANS,ROMANS
• PRISON LETTERS
• PHILIPPIANS,COLOSSIANS,EPHESIANS
• PHILEMON
• PASTORAL LETTERS
• 12 TIMOTHY, TITUS

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PAULS LETTERS

• HOW MANY?
• WHAT GROUPS?- PP-E-G
• PASTORAL (LETTERS)
• PRISON (LETTERS)
• EARLY (LETTERS)
• GREAT(LETTERS)

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( PPEG ) 4 GROUPS OF LETTERS

• PASTORAL LETTERS
• PRISON LETTERS
• EARLY LETTERS
• GREAT LETTERS

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CITY OF EPHESUS

• CITY WHERE TRADITION SAYS JOHN BROUGHT MARY TO
  LIVE AFTER JESUS ASCENSION.
  
• CITY IN WHICH THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS MET (431
  A.D.) AND GAVE MARY THE TITLE OF MOTHER OF
  GOD

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CITY OF CORINTH

• A WILD PORT CITY
• THE PEOPLE NOT REFINED OR EDUCATED
• PAUL STAYS THERE 11/2 YEARS

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GREEK PHILOSOPHIES

• THE EPICUREANS
• EPICURUS TAUGHT IN ATHENS 300 B.C.
• TAUGHT LIFES GOAL IS PLEASURE
• LIFE AFTER DEATH NONSENSE.
• THE STOICS
• ZENO TAUGHT ON CYPRUS 300 B.C.
• TAUGHT GOD HAD NO FEELINGS
• WE SHOULD IMITATE GOD.
• LEARN TO WANT WHAT YOU GET.