After reading Polhill's chapter on Paul's citizenship I could not help but be amazed by the sovereignty of God. I knew that Paul was well educated under Gamaliel and that he was a Roman citizen, but I had no idea of how much he was influenced by other philosophers and Hellenization. To be raised in those circumstances and to be so well rounded and educated not only in Jewish Law and tradition but also in secular studies made Paul the ideal minister for the first century church. Who else could have been better equipped? God’s hand in the raising of Paul just screams out how awesome He is!! Without Paul’s background we would never of had the brilliant illustrations or the amazing scholarly arguments that we find in the epistles. I can’t help but get chill bumps when I think that the Sovereign God who placed Paul in Tarsus is the same God that is working in me. I doubt that I become as great as Paul, but it does give me assurance that God is bigger than I can imagine and I rejoice knowing He is in control!
Travis Adams
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