Paul's Gospel Journey: Reach, Teach and Guide

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Throughout Paul and the Apostles journey, they reached a variety of types of people. Among those people were believers of Jesus Christ and non-believers of Jesus Christ. Approaching these churches, one thing I notice is people were willing to listen to what Paul had to say. Although some quickly dismissed him and question him because of his past as a persecutor of the Church, he reached a lot of people with the Gospel. In the book of 1 Corinthians, Paul reached out to the people of the Corinthian church and preached about the disorder of the church. Paul was teaching the church that we should not turn our back on those who are sinning and hand the person over to Satan. Although we are never to judge, we are to guide and help our fellow people …show more content…

The Galatians were teaching the only way to be saved was by following the law of Judaism. In fact, Moses was given the law to be handed down, which he did but Jesus Christ fulfilled the law that was given to Moses. With that being said, Jesus Christ is the way to salvation. Thus, Jesus Christ was sent to us to save us and this is exactly what Paul was teaching the Galatians. “ Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen” (Galatians 1:3-5, …show more content…

I do believe that 21st Century believers are similar to those that we have read about. A believer can have God in their heart but not realize their actions are hindering them. Important to realize, we should not put our needs above God’s. I do believe 21st Century believers put the flesh above the spirit and it is becoming coming. This is where we need to remember what Paul preached to use about guiding those who are sinning and not overlooking the sin or accepting it because it is becoming the norm. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20,

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