Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Peace to the brothers, and love with faith

from God the Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord

Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Ephesians 6:23-24

“Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christby the will of God…”

“What is commanded of a father towards his son?

To circumcise him, to teach him the law, to teach him a trade.”

~Talmud ~

Gamaliel

“Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christby the will of God…”

“They dragged Stephen out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul…and Saul was there, giving approval to his death…Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.”

Acts 7:58 – 8:3

“At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. All those who heard him were astonished…Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.”

Acts 9:20-22

“And the churches in Judea and Galilee had rest.”

Acts 9:31

Paul’s First Journey

Paul’s Second Missionary Journey

Paul’s Third Missionary Journey

“About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.”

Acts 19:23

“I fought wild beasts in Ephesus.”I Cor. 15:30

“We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.9Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.”

2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Paul the Aged Apostle

Artemisor

Diana

Artemisor

Diana

“In everything give thanks…rejoice evermore…I have learned in whatever state I am in, in this to be content…for I can do all things through Christ, who strengtheneth me!”

~ Paul to the Philippians ~

Paul’s Journey to Rome

“Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christby the will of God…”

Table Discussion Questions:

1. “To the Saints…”• What qualifies a person to be called

a saint according to Heb. 10:10-18?• Are you a saint according to Romans 1:5-7?

2. “In Christ…”• What does this mean according to Jesus

in John 15?• What difference should it make today

that you are “in Christ?”

Peace to the brothers, and love with faith

from God the Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord

Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Ephesians 6:23-24