AN APOSTLE TO THE WORLD
Wouldn't it be great
To BE an apostle=to the WHOLE WORLD?=
That is what Saint Paul was=
Even though he
Wasn't one
Of the ORIGINAL TWELVE
Other than Jesus himself=Saint
Paul is WHO I
Try to emulate
“He said to them=
'Go into the WHOLE WORLD
And proclaim the gospel
To every creature'” Mark 16:15
Today we CELEBRATE-
The CONVERSION of Saint Paul-
Who once was a HATER
Of all Christians=
Wouldn't it be great
If we could all be converted
INTO great apostles FOR GOD?
That is who saint Paul was=
An UNLIKELY person
To be the apostle=of Christ=
FOR THE WORLD
He came to his conversion
From an UNLIKELY PLACE
He was known
As Saul of Tarsus=an aggressive persecutor
Of the CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT
He had a divine encounter
On the road to Damascus
And began
AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION
Into becoming=
JESUS' apostle to the world
“And God has placed in the church=
First of all APOSTLES=
Second prophets-third teachers-
Then miracles........” 1 Corinthians 12:28
“.......built on the foundation
OF THE APOSTLES-and prophets
With Christ himself
As the chief cornerstone” Ephesians 2:20
Saint Paul=
An apostle to the WORLD
For Jesus Christ=as
WE ALL should be
The spectacular GROWTH
Of Christianity=Among the GENTILES
Is all in a large part due
To Saint Paul=
Our great apostle
To the world
“For God so loved
The WORLD
That he gave his one
And only SON-
That whoever believes in him
Shall not perish=
But have eternal life” John 3:16
“For though-
We live in the WORLD
We do not wage war
As the WORLD does” 2Corinthians 10:3
No=we SPREAD the
MESSAGE of Jesus-the message of Paul=
THE MESSAGE OF LOVE
We try to be
APOSTLES TO THE WORLD!
From terrible sinner to Saint=
From persecutor to preacher=
God gives us ALL HOPE
Through Saint Paul
God gives us all hope=
And Saint Paul gives us all hope
That we can be
APOSTLES TO THE WORLD!
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
1-24-21
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick
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