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gregorydc:
Hello all,
  Can anyone shed some light for me? Does anyone know how long the Apostle Paul was a preacher/teacher?
Greg

gregorydc:
This question is important to me because it shows through scripture, and with what Ray shows, how long it actually takes one to change into what God wants them to be. It helps me to know that it does not all happen over night but in increments over time, and trials. It helps me keep the faith. Thirty years is a pretty good chunk of a persons life, if it took Paul that long to learn every thing that he wrote in his letters, then what makes me think it will not take me that long also. We are all from the same piece of clay.  Thank you JfK for your answer.
Greg 

Rhys 🕊:
Hi Greg

From one of Ray's emails he said

If people do not have the time or patience to spend a few hours reading what it took me a lifetime (tens of thousands of hours) to come to understand, then such a person is not worthy of the Truth.

http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,3210.msg23902.html#msg23902

It takes a while there Greg. God has His will for all of us. Just take each day as it comes with it's up's and down's. He is the potter and we are the clay with a lot of molding needing to happen in all of us to shape what he wants for us.

We have a high calling. If God hit us with it all straight away you would be too overwhelmed. You know dealing with all that carnal flesh stuff.

He is doing an awesome work in us, a great honour indeed I think that God would use me. In my case I say take as long as you need there Lord I know what I'm like and you got your work cut out out on someone like me. He's chipping away on me so that must be the trials, I'm pretty sure it is. I'm not quite sure I like the shape of me at the moment but then I am a work in progress. I think something is happening. You know I'm pretty sure He's got some masterpiece lined up as He has for all of us. Let's be assured the finished product is gonna look a lot better than it does at the moment (I'm talking about myself here)

OK Rhys move on your rambling again, OK Rhys thanks for telling me.

Bless you Greg

Dave in Tenn:
Paul was 'changed' in a very short period of time from Saul, persecutor of Christ, to Saul acknowledging the Lord and asking Him what he must do, and doing it.

Then we read this:  Act 9:15,16  ...he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

How long do you think it took him to find out all the great things he must suffer?

Paul died, and is dead.  When he is resurrected, it will seem to Paul as no time has passed, and he will be 'changed' again.

 
 

Rhys 🕊:

--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on March 11, 2013, 09:07:41 PM ---Paul was 'changed' in a very short period of time from Saul, persecutor of Christ, to Saul acknowledging the Lord and asking Him what he must do, and doing it.

Then we read this:  Act 9:15,16  ...he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

How long do you think it took him to find out all the great things he must suffer?

Paul died, and is dead.  When he is resurrected, it will seem to Paul as no time has passed, and he will be 'changed' again.

 
 

--- End quote ---


Yay for that and Amen.

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