{"id":486,"date":"2017-04-30T20:16:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T20:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=486"},"modified":"2017-06-13T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T20:24:33","slug":"02-a-jew-from-tarsus","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/sermons\/02-a-jew-from-tarsus\/","title":{"rendered":"02 A Jew From Tarsus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jew From Tarsus <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Acts 21:39-22:3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tarsus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Was the center of learning for the world, surpassing the colleges of Alexandria and Athens<\/p>\n

The capital of Cilicia in southern Asia Minor<\/p>\n

Ancient trade routes from Euphrates Valley to Asia Minor passed through Tarsus<\/p>\n

East and West met at Tarsus and influenced the culture there<\/p>\n

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Birth and Raising<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jewish<\/em> \u2013 Hebrew of the Hebrews, a trained rabbi at the top of his class<\/p>\n

Hellenistic (Greek)<\/em> Paul was considered a Hellenistic Jew because of the influence he received from the Greek world. He learned Greek culture, language and study methods. He could speak and related to anyone one in the known world<\/p>\n

Roman<\/em> \u2013 He and his family had Roman citizenship. This allowed him to intermingle with the cream of society. His father had probably preformed a service for Pompey or Marc Antony. Roman citizenship was very rare with 75% of the Empire being slaves<\/p>\n

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Gamaliel<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was highly educated and honored teacher and Pharisee.<\/p>\n

He was influenced and taught by his grandfather Rabbi Hillel, the founder of one of the main branches of the Pharisees.<\/p>\n

He was given the title of rabban, which only seven doctors of Jewish law were ever given the title<\/p>\n

It was said when he died \u201cthe glory of the law departed\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul was his prized student<\/p>\n

It was Gamaliel who said to leave the Christian disciples alone and let God sort it out (Acts 5:34-39)<\/p>\n

Paul did not adopt the party line and went past his teacher to become a terrible persecutor of the church<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Interaction with Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul would have entered training as a Rabbi in Jerusalem shortly after the visit of Christ at age 12 (Luke 2:40-52)<\/p>\n

Paul had a different view of who the Christ should have been<\/p>\n

He envisioned a militant messiah, a true son of David, a man of war<\/p>\n

The Messiah would smite Roman Empire and make Jerusalem the capital of the world founded on the Mosaic Law<\/p>\n

He wanted a Messiah who would let Himself be crowned and not crucified<\/p>\n

The cross was revolting (Galatians 3:13, Deuteronomy 21:23)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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