6. PPAAUULL:: KKnnoowwiinngg tthhee
MMaann,, KKnnoowwiinngg tthhee
LLeetttteerrss
-Can Live With
CONTRADICTIONS
-A Picture of a Man In
TRANSITION
7. Z DISCUSSION ZOONNEE:: PPaauull’’ss CCoonnvveerrssiioonn
aanndd tthhee NNeecceessssiittyy ooff SSaallvvaattiioonn
-Introduction
1.Read Acts 9:1-30 alone
2.Form groups and discuss: a) Did Paul need conversion? B) Major marks of
his conversion experience
3.Reconvene as class: share your findings and address: “how is
conversion/salvation viewed today”
-Summary
8.
9. WWhheenn IInn……..
EPISTLES: Letters, Not Books
-Addressed to Specific People/Contexts
-Paul: Intro’s Self as Slave
-AMANUENSIS: Paul Used (16:22)
-TO WHOM? Church in Rome
-THEME? Justification by God’s Grace through faith in
Jesus
14. TThhee SSttoorryy ooff SSaallvvaattiioonn PAUL AND
FREEDOM
-Freedom From Sin:
unto obedience
-Freedom From Law:
Good and Holy, but
powerless because
Spirit frees believers
-Freedom and
Responsibility: 1Cor.
8-10; Rom. 14-15
-Freedom In Tension
15. DDiissttiinnccttiivvee FFeeaattuurreess::
RROOMMAANNSS
Contains Some of Most Quoted and
Quotable Material In NT
Offers Strikingly Different List of Spiritual
Gifts From That Found in 1 Corinthians
Paul Begins and Ends Romans, Like A Set
of Bookends, With Attention To the Fact
That The Gospel is to Lead People to the
Obedience of Faith
Theologically Difficult
…The Way Paul Systematically Presents His
Understanding of The Gospel
16. 1 Corinthians Understanding of The Cross
If You had a friend who . . . You would have
them read
-needed to understand and accept the gospel…………………….……….
Romans
-was a part of a problem church and needed
insight on how to help turn it around…………………..………….…..1
Corinthians
-needed to know they are not alone
in being misunderstood and under-appreciated………….………....2
Corinthians
-was turning away from Christ and the gospel…………….……….
…….Galatians
-needed to catch the vision of how important the church is….………
Ephesians
-wanted to know how to maintain the joy in life
even when everything isn't going great………………….………………
Philippians
-had a limited and shallow view of Christ……………….…………..……
Colossians
-wanted information on the Second Coming………….…………..1
Thessalonians
-wanted more information on the end times………………………2
Thessalonians
19. DDiissttiinnccttiivvee
FFeeaattuurreess::
11 CCoorriinntthhiiaannss
-Most problem-centered
church we know of in the New
Testament
-Most spiritually gifted church
we know of in the New
Testament.
-The Corinthian letter reads
like it came straight out of a
contemporary newspaper
-One of the great literary
masterpieces of all time is
found in this letter…..1
Corinthians 13
20. Corinthian Problems PPaauull AAddddrreesssseedd:: HHyyppooccrriissyy
oorr NNoott??
-Skim Chapters/Chapter Headings
-Identify Specific Problems Paul
Addressed
-We’ll List On Board As A Class
and Discusss
22. DISCUSSION ZZOONNEE:: SSeerrvvaanntt LLeeaaddeerrsshhiipp
-Introduction
1.Read Matthew 20:25-28 together
2.Form groups and discuss: a) An instance of poor leadership and what you
learned from that b) Identify a growth area in your realm of leadership
3. Reconvene as class: share your findings and address: “How will the principle
in Matthew 20:25-28 help you in your approach to leadership?”
27. RReevviieeww:: FFiinnaall
•Silent Years between OT and NT (400yrs)
•Alexander the Great: Master of MidEast (334bc)
•Hellenism
•Roman Empire: how it helped Xanity spread
•Distinctions between 4 Gospels
•Sermon on Mount: literary style; what it speaks to in gen.
•Process by which we acquired 27 books of NT
•9 Distinctive Features of Acts (from Lecture)
•Peter At Pentecost: His Preaching (Acts 2:14-40); Who was he
referencing/quoting? Why? What made this sermon important with regard
to what was happening before their very eyes?
•Place the importance of the book of Acts in the context of the Church as
a whole. (Why is it significant? How does the early Church compare with
the Church of today?)
•What was Paul’s personal background?
•Be able to discuss the way Paul handled the Law in his writings (i.e., did
he “do away” with it?)
•Know: atonement; justification; salvation
•Some of the problems in the Corinthian church and how Paul handled
them
•General characteristics of Romans
33. PPrroojjeecctt TTeeaamm IInn
CCllaassss EExxeerrcciissee
“NOTABLE QUOTES IN
PAUL’S WRITINGS”
1. Break Into PT Groups
2. Work on the Worksheet “Notable
Quotes In Paul’s Writings”
3. Pick out 2 Most Notable Quotes in
Each Section or Category (6:50-
7:15)
4. Reconvene as a Class For PT To:
-Take 1 Category At A Time
-Take Turns To Speak to Choice & Why
(7:15-7:30)
34. NNeeww TTeessttaammeenntt
SSuurrvveeyy
COMPOSE QUESTIONS
FROM BOOK
OVERVIEW/FIELD REPORT
-Anonymous
-One Question or One
Observation of Significance
-Take 5 Minutes To Write
Question
-Fold In Half
35. FFRREEEE
WWRRIITTIINN
GG
EEXXEERRCCII
-Write Openly SSEE
About
Where You See Yourself
in the 88::2200--Story of 88::Salvation
2255
According To Romans
-What Changes, If Any,
Would You Make To Get
to Where You Want To
Be?
-Turn In…Points Only On
Participation, Not
Content
36. PROJECT TEAM EXERCISE
“Corinthian-Sized Problems &
Paul’s Handling of Them”
-9:00-9:10 Do Worksheet
“Paul’s Handling of Church’s
Problems In Corinth”
-9:10-9:20 Informal
Presentation of Findings to
Class
38. RReevviieeww:: QQuuiizz ##33 ffoorr
-Quiz 4 WWoorrkksshhoopp 44
-From readings in Ch. 36,
-what are the pastoral epistles
37
-what did he write from prison
-I would know:
-what kind of love did Paul
-Where Paul was from
have for Timothy
-who his ministry was
-how did Paul typically begin
directed towards
his letters
-what was Paul before
-whether Xns are under the
converting?
law or not according to Paul
-where was Paul
-atonement
converted?
-salvation
-how many missionary
-justification by faith
journeys in Acts
-what was Paul trying to do to
-who put Paul to death
the Law?
-NT arrangement of Pauls
-later Christians thought of the
writings
Law in two parts….
-what his first letter was
-Corinthian church…