Paul s conversion summary of qualifications

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The apostle Paul wrote a large percentage of the New Testament. God used Paul to record many of the doctrines and teachings Christians live by.

Who was this Paul? How did he become God’s servant and scribe? Paul’s original Hebrew name was Saul. He was not one of the original twelve disciples; apparently, he never met Jesus before Jesus was crucified.

Paul s conversion summary of qualifications form

Paul came to be a follower of Jesus after Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, when Jesus confronted him…personally.

Paul was highly educated in, and dedicated to, the Jewish religion

Before his conversion, Paul was a dedicated adherent to the Jewish faith.

He truly believed in the truth of the Old Testament and, most probably, was anxiously awaiting the Jewish Messiah. Paul had sat under the teaching of Gamaliel, “a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people” (Acts ESV).

Paul considered Christianity to be a false religion; a religion that was