THE MARTYRS Flashcards
The_____ authorities initiated a religious persecution of Christians who were accused of deifying a condemned and crucified criminal Jesus of Nazareth.
Jewish
For these authorities, the act of worshipping a crucified person was an act of abhorrence before God, equal to idolatry and blasphemy.
Jewish authorities
the first Christian martyr, was put to trial and later, stoned to death due to his refusal to denounce his faith in Jesus.
Stephen
They cast him out of the city and stoned him. And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus receive my spirit.” And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord do not hold this sin against them,” and when he said this, he fell to the ground. And Saul was consenting to his death.
ACTS 7:58-8:1
Being overly committed to his own conviction that the Christians and their faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior are abominations before the “God of Abraham, Jacob and Isaac.” Saul consented and even carried out persecutions against them.
ACTS 7:58-8:1
Nag persecute sa kay stephen?
Saul
THE PERSECUTOR
He then rushed to Damascus with the intention of bringing the Christians to trial for they deserve to be punished, based on his personal prejudice. He was chasing after the Christians but he had no slightest idea that the risen Christ had prepared for the greatest transformation of his life
Saul
Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from the heaven flashed out about him.
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
Acts 9:3-9
As to Saul, he replied: “Who are you sir?” And the voice said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting; but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.
Acts 9:5
SAUL CARRIED TO DAMASCUS
Further on that account, Saul became blind, and he was helped by a Christian named________, who also restored his sight
ANANIAS
The Apostles heard about Saul through the recommendation and testimony of________ to the Apostles Peter and James on the account of his conversion in Damascus
BARNABAS
The Apostles accepted Saul (and renamed him_____) as a member of the Jerusalem Church.
Paul
he earned the title of being the “Apostle to the Gentiles” because it was he who brought many Gentile converts to the Christian faith.
Paul
