Paul’s intention was to show them that Abraham was already justified before he acted upon any of these noble tasks. God could never be obligated to any man. This is not the relationship He desired with man. Morris explains
and he tried to reform one’s conscience to the word of God. Carson explained what it takes to become an apostle and showed how Jesus impacted Paul’s life. Paul understood when he became saved he was transformed by the blood of Jesus; however, he understood the need to be flexible for winning souls. Paul realized the need to be like others to gain access to people for the sake of evangelism. Paul understood
Paul wanted to live his own life to the best of his ability, and find his own path. It made him feel loved that people cared about him enough to want to help, but he made the choice to live by his own rules, and live independently, just like a fly fisherman is independent and doesn’t accept flies or unsolicited advice from
For Centuries the interpretations of Paul’s letters have been centered on them apparently being of Judaist works and legalistic. Kent L. Yinger’s 105-page book, The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction, Yinger studies the history of NPP via E.P Sanders 1977 publication of Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A comparison of Patterns of Religion. He details Sanders views and main arguments of NPP in the book since these are what laid the groundwork for the new perspective. He uses historical background and an outline format in each chapter as a method to illustrate new aspects to the perspective of Paul. Yinger, who is pro-NPP, attempts to introduce these topics in lame terms to prevent confusion and create clarity in understanding the new
“Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God”. -The Letter of Paul to the Philippians. Irving chose this quote because he wanted people to have an idea about what the book will be about and also give an important message to readers that can be applied to their everyday life. The message to readers is if you believe in God, there is no need to be worried because if you speak to God and tell him your problems, you will be taken care of.
Historical Background of the Policy America is founded on the ideology of Christianity. Whether one believes in the Bible, or not, society still focuses on similar morals and values portrayed in the Bible. The Bible describes children as blessings from the Lord (Psalm 127: 3-5 New American Standard Version), and it also states not to provoke our children (Ephesians 6:4 New American Standard Version). There is controversy in the book of Proverbs where it is notated that a child is foolish until a rod of discipline removes foolishness (Proverbs 22:15 New American Standard Version). Again, it is mentioned when explaining that disciplining a child will not kill the child, discipline will only correct the child (Proverbs 23:13 New American Standard Version).
The armor of God has 6 pieces of armor that all Christ followers should clothe themselves with. The armor is intended to help Christians take their stand against the devil and his attempt to separate us from Christ. Clinton describes the point of the armor of God in the book of Ephesians as, “Showing the reader the divine power God gives us so we can defend our faith from all demonic forces.” It is interested that there is a natural shift that helps divide the armor in two parts. The first half of the armor includes he belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, and feet fitted with readiness.
John MacArthur reveals that Paul planned was to point out that the teaching, exhortation, praise, and prayer is all for the glory of God, and the text of Colossians' purpose was to warn the Colossians against the heresy they faced. (1730 commentary) Paul also urged the Colosse to flee from false doctrines which deny Christ's deity. (251 quick references) As believers in Christ, one must remain humble and remember all the glory goes to God because it is in Him that we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).
He assumes that this voice giving him instruction is telling him the truth therefor he turns his life around and follows the commands. He also assumes that the non-Jews were unaware of the gospel and the work Jesus was doing on earth. Paul was interested in telling people about the gospel. God told him to share the message so it was his interest to tell
His letter is seen by many scholars as a sermon or speech, but different from his other writings because of the receivers. According to Thomas Lea and David Black, the recipients of this letter may not be known, which suggest a lack of contact with the readers. Therefore, the specific purpose and exact occasion cannot be deduced from the evidence presented in the text. However, there are some detailed aims that Paul wanted to address with the congregation.
Ephesians 1:5-6 says, “He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.” Paul describes God’s relationship with us with these words; love-redemption, forgiveness, wisdom, validating, chosen plan, and purpose. These very words have meant so much to me. I have learned that love is tangible, real, and vibrant and I experience it every day.
Ephesians and Colossians: The epistle to the Ephesians church is a faith treatise on victorious Christian living or said in other words a ‘triumph of faith’ and so does Colossians. However,Colossians the apostle addresses some heretical teachings probably by Gnostics who argued the body was bad or evil and that nothing good can come from the evil body. Some also taught of celestial and constellation worship and philosophies of men. (Tokunboh Adeyemo: 2005:1155: Biblestudies.org). Paul explains how believers’ faith is rooted in Christ and how Christ overcame the devil and triumphed on the cross.
that asked the question in Psalms 8;4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: No one knows the love of God as does sinful humanity does.
Because of his attribution to the New Testament as writing 13 books in the total of 27 books, Paul even considered himself “as little more than an ambassador or emissary for Jesus” (Powell, 231). Paul is the person who had oppressed the church. After that, on the road to Damascus, when he experienced a rendezvous with Jesus, he became a Christian missionary. Discussing particular theological issues, Paul’s epistles are written to a specific person or a specific group of people. Paul’s epistles are to Romans, two to Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, two to Thessalonians, two to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.
Paul’s pneumatology found in his writings has been a matter of interest in recent New Testament scholarship. Gordon Fee has been a great contributor in this area and in Paul, the Spirit and the People of God he outlines the various elements found in Pauline pneumatology giving us greater insight into this subject. In this paper I will highlight some of these elements that are unique to Paul and are not found in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts. The first distinctive of Pauline pneumatology is the way he sees the Spirit as God’s personal presence. For Paul, the coming of the Spirit meant that God had fulfilled the promises He had made to Jeremiah and Ezekiel when He said, ‘I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel’ (Jer. 31:31), and
