Hlangana nomphostoli uPhawuli, owake waba nguSawuli waseTarsu
Umphostoli uPawulu, owaqala njengenye yezitha ezishiseka kakhulu zobuKristu, wakhethwa ngesandla sikaJesu Kristu ukuba abe yisithunywa esishisekayo seVangeli. UPawulu wahamba ngokungakhathali ngomhlaba wasendulo, eletha umyalezo wensindiso kwabeZizwe. UPaul umi njengomunye wabahlaseli bobuKristu besikhathi sonke.
Ukuqashelwa komphostoli uPawulu
Lapho uSawulu waseTarsu, kamuva owabizwa ngokuthi uPawulu, wabona uJesu evuswe endleleni eya eDamaseku, uSawule waguqukela kubuKristu. Wenza izinkambo ezintathu ezinde zezithunywa zevangeli kuwo wonke umbuso wamaRoma, wasungula amasonto, eshumayela iVangeli futhi enikeza amandla nesikhuthazo kumaKristu okuqala.
Ezincwadini ezingama-27 zeTestamente eliSha, uPawulu kuthiwa ungumbhali we-13 kuzo. Ngenkathi aziqhenya ngamafa akhe obuJuda, uPawulu wabona ukuthi ivangeli lalingelabantu bezizwe. UPawulu wafelwa ukholo ngokukholwa kwakhe kuKristu ngamaRoma, cishe ngo-64 noma 65 AD
Amandla omphostoli uPawulu
UPaul wayenomqondo ogqamile, ulwazi oluhlaba umxhwele lwefilosofi nenkolo futhi wayengaphikisana nezazi ezazifunde kakhulu zesikhathi sakhe. Ngasikhathi sinye, incazelo yakhe ecacile neqondakalayo yevangeli yenza izincwadi zakhe eziya emabandleni okuqala zaba yisisekelo semfundiso yobuKristu. Isiko lichaza uPaul njengendoda encane ngokwasemzimbeni, kodwa uye wakhuthazelela ubunzima obukhulu bokuhamba ohambweni lwakhe lobufundisi. Ukukhuthazela kwakhe lapho ebhekene nengozi nokushushiswa kuye kwashukumisa izithunywa zevangeli eziningi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Ubuthakathaka bompostoli uPowula
Ngaphambi kokuguqulwa kwakhe, uPaul wavuma ukukhandwa ngamatshe kukaStefanu (Izenzo 7: 58) futhi wayengumshushisi ononya webandla lakuqala.
Izifundo zokuphila
UNkulunkulu angashintsha noma ngubani. UNkulunkulu wanika uPawulu amandla, ukuhlakanipha nokukhuthazela ukuze afeze ukuthunywa uJesu ayephathiswe kona. Enye yezitatimende ezaziwa kakhulu nguPaul uthi: "Ngingenza konke ngoKristu ongiqinisayo" (KwabaseFiliphi 4:13, NKJV), kusikhumbuza ukuthi amandla ethu okuphila impilo yobuKristu avela kuNkulunkulu, hhayi evela kithi.
UPawulu futhi walandisa “iva enyameni yakhe” elalimvimbela ukuba angagabadeli ngelungelo eliyigugu uNkulunkulu ayephathise lona. Lapho ethi "Ngoba lapho ngibuthakathaka, kulapho-ke nginamandla khona" (2 KwabaseKhorinte 12: 2, NIV), uPaul wayehlanganyela enye yezimfihlo ezinkulu kakhulu zokwethembeka: ukuthembela ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu.
Iningi leNguquko YamaProthestani lalisuselwa emfundisweni kaPaul yokuthi abantu basindiswa ngomusa, hhayi imisebenzi: "Ngoba ngomusa ukuthi nisindisiwe, ngokukholwa - futhi lokhu akusisodwa, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu - ”(Efesu 2: 8, NIV) Leli qiniso lisikhulula ukuba siyeke ukulwa ukuze silunge futhi sijabule esikhundleni sokusindiswa kwethu, esitholwe emhlatshelweni wothando kaJesu Kristu.
Idolobha lasekhaya
ITarsus, eCilicia, eningizimu yanamuhla yeTurkey.
Ukubhekiswa kumphostoli uPawulu eBhayibhelini
Izenzo 9-28; KwabaseRoma, 1 KwabaseKhorinte, 2 KwabaseKhorinte, KwabaseGalathiya, kwabaseFiliphi, kwabaseFiliphi, kwabaseThesalonika, kweyoku-1 Thimothi, eyesi-1 kuThimothi, kaThithu, kuFilemoni, kweyesi-2 Petru 2:3.
Umsebenzi
UmFarisi, umenzi wamakhethini, umvangeli ongumKristu, isithunywa sevangeli, umlobi wemibhalo.
Amavesi abalulekile
Imisebenti 9: 15-16
Kepha iNkosi yathi ku-Ananiya: “Hamba! Le ndoda iyithuluzi lami elikhethiwe ukumemezela igama lami kwabeZizwe, amakhosi abo kanye nabantu bakwa-Israyeli. Ngizomkhombisa ukuthi kumele ahlupheke kangakanani ngenxa yegama lami. " (NIV)
KwabaseRoma 5: 1
Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yokuthi siye salungisiswa ngokukholwa, sinokuthula noNkulunkulu ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu (NIV)
Galathiya 6: 7-10
Ungakhohliseki: uNkulunkulu akanakwenziwa inhlekisa. Umuntu uvuna lokho akuhlwanyelayo. Noma ngubani ohlwayela ukujabulisa inyama yakhe, uyovuna ukubhujiswa kwenyama; ohlwanyelwa ukuthokozisa uMoya uyovuna impilo yaphakade evela kuMoya. Masingakhathali ukwenza okuhle, ngoba ngesikhathi esifanele sizovuna isivuno uma singakhathali. Ngakho-ke, ngoba sinethuba, senza kahle kubo bonke abantu, ikakhulukazi labo abangabomndeni wamakholwa. (NIV)
2 Thimothi 4: 7
Ngalwa umlo omuhle, ngiqedile umjaho, ngigcina ukholo. (NIV)