CHT | S2E8: Paul - the Apostle to the Gentiles

[@kimdavid4406]

Wow!! I didn't realize he was so young!!!

[@churchhistoryandtheology]

Indeed! Damascus road was around 25-28 years old. He would've been mid-forties at the Jerusalem Council. About 60 when he was martyred.

[@kimdavid4406]

@@churchhistoryandtheology Thank you for this teaching! I really enjoyed it! Because he was so educated and then so used of God I had always pictured him in my mind being middle-aged on the road to Damascus. I also never really had put that whole timeline together. Thank you!

[@churchhistoryandtheology]

@@kimdavid4406 Anytime. :)

[@ArchDLuxe]

Alot of great stuff here. Very informative. One important mistake I noticed was that you identified circumcision as a rite to become a "God-fearer" (Timestamp 26:23). Cornelius is labeled as a God-fearer in Acts 10:2. If this meant that he had been circumcised, why would Peter have felt any trepidation in going to his house? The very significance of Cornelius's conversion is that he is the first Gentile (uncircumcised) to accept the Gospel as Peter makes reference to in the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:7). Rather circumcision was seen (and still is today) as a way to move FROM the God-fearer category TO the category of Jewish prostelyte.

[@churchhistoryandtheology]

A well-received critique! You are indeed correct, I conflated God-fearer and proselyte. Thanks for the clarity!

[@churchhistoryandtheology]

And you are right, that further drives home the significance of Cornelius' conversion and receiving the Holy Spirit in his state as uncircumcised. Very cool. I love the Scriptures!

[@andrefranklin2311]

I absolutely love how the critique was presented in love and the response in humility. Warms my heart and I pray that as a whole the Body of Christ can be this way. I concur. I live the video and Paul being our Apostle is something that’s not really talked about often. I’ve subscribed 🙏

[@ArchDLuxe]

@@churchhistoryandtheology amen, brother. His word is truly priceless.

[@AnHebrewChild]

See 1 Kings 19:15

[@AmberchelAllen]

How can the supposed Paul be 10 years younger than if it is assumed Paul was born 5AD?

[@churchhistoryandtheology]

@@AmberchelAllen Ten years younger than Jesus, who was born between 4-6 BC