Message: “Paul, an Example to Sinners” from Jim McDonald

A message from the series “Five Minutes With the Word.” Paul viewed himself as the chief of sinners. He said that “… I obtained mercy that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth his longsuffering for an example of those that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life” (1 Timothy 1:15-16).

Message: “078 When Was Saul Saved?” from YouTube

A message from the series “Five Minutes With the Word.” There’s no doubt that Paul came to believe when Jesus spoke and appeared to him on he Damascus road, but he wasn’t saved there. If he were, God knew nothing about it. He told Saul to hear words that would save him.

Message: “077 Saul’s Encounter With Jesus” from YouTube

A message from the series “Five Minutes With the Word.” Saul’s reaction to the light he saw and the voice he heard caused him to ask, “Who art thou Lord?” The word “Lord” was not spoken by Paul at this point to acknowledge the deity of Jesus. The word “Lord” was and is used to indicate one higher than self.

Message: “076 Saul the Persecutor” from YouTube

A message from the series “Five Minutes With the Word.” Paul wrote, “Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh, even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.” We do not understand Paul to say he was personally acquainted with Jesus in the flesh any more than we are to understand that after his conversion he knew no man after the flesh.