It certainly was not any great faith or work on his part while living on earth before the pillar of light. He was a Christain Killer, to the extreme!!!
2007-11-09 10:07:36 · 12 answers · asked by travis 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
well God had a plan for St Paul. Paul was converted, and spoke throughout his epistles of the various things the Lord revealed to him. like in 1 Corinthians- "I speak to you what the Lord has spoken to me that the Lord Jesus on the night he was handed over took bread and when he gave thanks broke it and said: take eat, this is my body broken for you, do this for the rememberence of me. and likewise he took the challice and blessed it, and gave it to them saying: this is my blood of the new testament, as often as you drink it do it for commemeration of me. Paul was not present at the Last Supper. He's saying that the Lord showed him this. The Lord showed Paul the institution of the Eucharist.
2007-11-09 10:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard the phrase, "If you can't beat them, join them"? Well, I think that's what Paul did. It is very likely he made up that whole story to make his transition more believable and acceptable to the Christians of those days.
If you read St. Paul's writings, which have been included in the Bible, you will find that his teaching often contradict the basic things that Jesus taught. I find it disturbing that most Christians are not aware of this and continue to follow many of St. Paul's teachings instead of the teachings of Jesus. If ever there was a false prophet, it was Paul.
2007-11-09 19:42:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tea 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Saul held the coats for the stone throwers and watched St. Stephen, a Christian martyr, while he was stoned to death. In today's world, he would have been just as guilty as if he had thrown stones himself.
Point is...who knows if he really did see Christ on the road to Damascus? Nobody but him. Regardless of whether or not he was chosen, and I don't believe he was because, well, I don't believe in God, Paul still spread Christianity further than any single man has in history, and had it not been for him, who knows if Christianity would have lasted through the first 3 centuries under Roman persecution?
2007-11-09 10:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by Kemp the Mad African 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, he only persecuted Christians because the empire wanted him to. He had been blinded temporarily when Jesus came down from heaven and asked him why he persecuted Christains. After hearing this, Saul regretted persecuting Christians and changed his ways to become a missionary. He was then able to see and had his named changed to Paul.
2007-11-09 10:12:04 · answer #4 · answered by Saphire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, he explains it. He said God chose him because he was the worst sinner, and so When God chose him it was an example that anyone could receive salvation.
1 Timothy 1:16 Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
2007-11-09 10:15:25 · answer #5 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My guess would be that God thought all the apostles were getting kind of lazy and ineffective, so he decided he needed to recruit a psychotic zealot to spread his religion better. Apparently Paul was one of the biggest psychotic zealots around, so God zapped him and made him change sides.
2007-11-09 10:14:52 · answer #6 · answered by Azure Z 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul was epileptic (the "thorn" in his side); it's reasonably certain that his "vision" was a seizure, and his response to it part of a major guilt trip for turning fellow Jews in to the priesthood. Nothing magical there.
2007-11-09 10:17:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus knew that and blinded him for a time, he believed Jesus
and the apostles and went on to do a great work for God
2007-11-09 10:24:51 · answer #8 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Being familiar with the Bible, I have noticed that God picks the most unusual people to follow Him.
2007-11-09 10:15:07 · answer #9 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yet, he had something that God wanted to use.
Besides, no one could be that hateful and not influenced by demons.
2007-11-09 10:14:27 · answer #10 · answered by itofine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋