ng and then for work, going from one
tent maker's door to another until finally a place was
found. Then upon the following Sabbath they would
seek the Jewish synagogue and after the reading of the
Scriptures, when an opportunity was given, Paul would
arise and begin to speak, (Acts 13:14-16) leading up
through the Old Testament message (Acts 13:17-43) to
the great topic of Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah
and closing with an exhortation to believe on Him. Such
a speech would naturally excite great interest coming from
the lips of one, who by his speech and the handling of the
Old Testament, would be recognized as a cultivated
Jewish Rabbi. Paul would be asked to speak again the next
Sabbath (Acts 13:44-52), the synagogue would be full of
people and he would set forth Jesus Christ more plainly
as the Savior both of Jew and Gentile. This would
generally be a signal for the Jews to contradict and oppose
Paul, but some Jews would believe with a number of
Gentiles. This would be the starting point of the
Christian church in that community. The Jews, however, who
were untouched by what Paul preached, and who looked
upon him as the destroyer of their religion, would raise a
cry against him and seek to have him expelled from the
city. This experience was frequently repeated. There
were great difficulties also to be encountered when the
heathen thought that their worship was in danger (Acts
19:20-30).

+The Message+ which Paul bore to Jew and Gentile was
the moving force of all his work. The starting point was
the memorable day when Jesus Christ appeared to him on
his way to Damascus. Paul believed that he received his
commission as an apostle directly from Jesus Christ
(Gal. 1:1-24). The four main positions of Paul, set
forth so plainly in his Epistle to the Romans, are: (a)
All are guilty before God (Jew and Gentile). (b) All
need a Savior. (c) Christ died for all. (d) We are all
(through faith) one body in Christ. Paul leaves us in no
doubt as to how he regards Jesus Christ. He is to him
the Son of God, through whom God created all things
and who is the Divine Savior of man (Eph. 3:9-21;
Phil. 2:9-11; Rom. 9:5). There is no doubt, no
hesitation on Paul's part in delivering his message. He is a
witness, testifying to the glory of his Divine Lord. He
is a messenger who cannot alter or tamper with that which
has been entrusted to him. To the rude inhabitants of
the mountain regions of Asia Minor,