Questions · lesson 2

The Political World of Paul’s Day

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1. Since Paul was only slightly younger the Christ, and it is possible that he might have been the same age, the world in which he lived was substantially the same as the world in which

   performed his numberless works of grace.

2. Complete (fill in the blanks) the following:

3. In Paul’s day, for the most part, the Romans allowed a good measure of freedom of

   regarding religious matters.

4. The early Disciples, and especially the Apostle Paul, were greatly helped in spreading the Gospel because the Romans were great

   .

5. Another factor in spreading of the Gospel by Paul and others was the universal use in speech and writing of the

   language.

6. In Paul’s day and time the official religious system which had been introduced by Augustus Caesar was called

   .

7. But, apart from this official religion, there were in existence in Paul’s day two types of religious beliefs. They were:

8. i. Polytheism: which is

   .

9. 1. Those who accepted this belief were mostly the

   .

10. ii. Skepticism: which is

    .

11. 1. Those who accepted this belief were mostly the

    .

12. When Paul was converted the Church was only about

    years of age.

13. Therefore, because the Disciples and the newly made members had not had sufficient time to come to an understanding of the full import of what had happened on the Day of Pentecost, the Church found itself in a condition where its membership:

14. i. Were possessed of the eager

    .

15. ii. Knew little of nothing of

    .

16. Consequently, because of the “many things” which remained to be taught to these early converts:

17. i. It was the Apostle Paul

    through the

    the many things that Christ had not taught during his earthly ministry, and which were

    “when He, the Spirit of Truth is come”.

18. Paul described himself as a “

    ”. Religiously he was a member of the sect of the

    . This “Apostle to the Gentiles” had two names:

19. was his Roman name.

20. was his Jewish name.

21. He was a member of the Tribe of

    .

22. The Bible mentions only two members of Paul’s family:

23. A

    and a

    in Jerusalem.The Bible seems to indicate that Paul rose to such importance among his own people that he achieved the position of a member of the

    at Jerusalem.

24. was Paul’s home town and it was noted for being the center of one of the many types of

    which worship was unspeakably

    .

25. Jesus was reared in a

    , but the Apostle Paul was reared in a

    .

26. Thus was Christ reared in the provincialism of Palestine and given the task to be the prophet for

    .

27. But Paul who was to carry Christ’s message to all people, was reared in the Cosmopolitanism of Tarsus and was Christ’s prophet for “

    ”.

28. Paul was educated in Jerusalem at the feet of

    which teacher was called by his own people “

    ”.

29. It appears that four elements caused Paul to become the outstanding student at Jerusalem. They were:

30. i. His

    and

    .

31. ii. The

    .

32. iii. The

    .

33. iv. His

    .

34. But as great as became Paul’s learning and prestige, years later he was to write (copy Philippians 3:7-8) (quote)

35. i. By this statement we know that Paul gained the foundational conviction that:

36. However, when Paul first comes upon the scene we see him as a self-righteous Jew, with great zeal, who was determined to

    .

37. And this action, instead of producing a saint, led him to become the

    .