As I’m reading this book for my class, One Untimely Born, the author, Robert L. Cate, does an excellent job researching the life of Paul. I think God knew long before Paul was even born that Paul was gonna learn to be a Jew, Roman, and know Greek so he could speak in ways that ALL could understand. To me, that’s pretty awesome.
The life of Paul is very much not like a simple bedtime story. For those who want to read about Paul, please get this book. There are so many situations and facts and presentations just within the first couple of chapters that LOCK IN and LINK TOGETHER Paul and what he says with his letters. It’s really cool.
God made Paul smart so God could use Paul (even after Paul persecuted Christians for a living)… weird how that all works together, BUT it fits together with no jumbled up pieces.
People think the Bible is so complex. I believe the Bible, knowing and understanding the Bible, is the beginning of all knowledge. If you know the Bible, you know how to live basically. It’s the guidebook. But all too often I get people who don’t even want to look at a Bible or anything like that. They’d rather dis the Bible completely and to me, as much as that is sad, it’s their choice.
I think it’s the responsibility of the Christian man and woman to spread the Bible to people. Somehow we need to push our beliefs on people… in a way that’s respectful, humbling, but yet firm and strong in relating. It’s our job to spread this word, but how can we do that right here in this culture right now? How about we start with a prayer? Then after a prayer, start a small group. Spread it to others. They spread it to others and the hands helping for the Kingdom of God will grow and grow. We need these hands.
