![]() ![]() ![]() He moved into Lydia’s house and established a church there.Īcts 16:12-15 “And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.” “And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted. When God sent him to Macedonia, he ministered to the women on the Sabbath and Lydia and her family were saved. Paul was not a hater of women as many thought, for he travelled with women ministers who worked with him. The reason for this is not that he is doubleminded, but that as I said, he is keeping the customs of each person he ministers to. Paul fights for the new Christian doctrine of not having to keep the old Mosaic law and then observes it himself. In this same 1 Corinthians, we read that women should have their head covered when they prophesy in the church.ġ Corinthians 11:5 “But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with head uncovered dishonored her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.”ġ Corinthians 11:15 “But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for hair is given her for a covering.” He establishes a church in Philippi with 2 women in high position and then writes the Corinthian church for women to be silent in church. Paul tries to reach them at their level of understanding at the time. He does not say the same thing all the time, because he is speaking to people who have different customs. This should make it easier for all of us to understand the seemingly discrepancies in Paul’s writings. This may explain what he says in Corinthians.ġ Corinthians 9:19-22 “For though I be free from all, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.” “And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law ” “To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.” “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all, that I might by all means save some.” ![]() Remember Paul was a Roman citizen, from Tarsus, a Pharisee of the Hebrews. ![]() We will see in Paul’s teachings some leftovers from that early learning of the law. Paul was an educated man. He had studied in Jerusalem in a Jewish school under Gamaliel. Paul was such a controversial figure that I feel our time will be well spent considering his background. Philippians 3:5 “Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews as touching the law, a Pharisee ” He was a native of Tarsus, a city of Cilicia. I personally believe that Saul stopped using that name when he was saved by Jesus Christ, and used the name Paul from then on. His Jewish name was Saul and his Roman name was Paul. Saul means asked and this was the name he was using when he was persecuting the Christians. Before we begin in the book of Romans we need to look at the penman, Paul. ![]()
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