12 - Paul Flashcards
name 3
- paul family and roman name, used in gentile contexts
- saul is a jewish name, used mainly when interacting with fellow jews
- not saul->paul, letters signed as paul bc letters sent to gentiles
upbringing
in tarsus, a notable city in a gentile region, known for its learning, culture, strategic role in the region
jewish heritage
paul never stopped owning it
encounter with Jesus
- present at stephen’s martyrdom
- encounter with risen and exalted Jesus persuaded him that early church was right
righteousness and justification 2
- righteous: God’s faithfulness to the covt, shown thru Jesus giving himself
- this made it possible for everyone to be justified: declared not guilty and to be the true people of God
paul’s description of his encounter with Jesus 4
- “God revealed His son in me”
- event of divine revelation, God revealing Himslef in and as Jesus
- “in me” - Paul now reconfigured such that God constitutes his entire life
- transformation includes a commission as an apostle to proclaim Jesus among the Gentiles
gospel modern misconceptions 2
- among non-Christians: doing good, helping others, golden rule
- among Christians: gospel truth (all believing same thing), gospel meetings, getting saved
gospel in septuagint 2
- term euangelizomai
- anouncing the good news of the end of Israel’s exile
gospel in roman world
- eugelizomai in roman context: emperor’s birth, enthronement, victory
israel vs roman views of the gospel
- israel: announcement of high priest/sanhedrin, israel-focussed rule of God over all the earth
- rome: emperor-led Roman rule over the then known world
Paul’s gospel 4
- focusses on Jesus as crucified, risen, and exalted Lord
- enables rescue, renewal, and reconciliation of the world
- a Christ-centred, Spirit-empowered community
- participation in God’s unfolding purpose for the world
paul’s ministry 4
- possibly began immediatly when he went to arabia
- early on visited jerusalem apostles, who endorsed his mission to the gentiles
- hard to reconstruct timeline of his ministry, especially close to the end
- eusebius, 4thc christian historian, says he was martyred in rome under nero
new perspective on Paul
characterization of jewish faith as nothing more than legalism ignores the rich teaching of the ot, ab the grace and mercy of God, rather obedience from God sprungs from His grace
sin
evil force that controls human beings, causing them to commit sinS
sinS
a pattern of life that goes against human identity as God intended it