Paul and Peter: Bible Characters

By Elvis Betancourt

Our Lord Jesus Christ aside, the Apostle Paul is the most outstanding man in the New Testament. His name is found approximately one hundred times from the book of Acts to the second epistle of Peter. Paul was of extraordinary personality: bold but humble, loved but hated, and above all, wholly dedicated to the cause of Christ. It is evident that this greatness was due to the influence of the One whom Saul of Tarsus addressed on the road to Damascus: "Who are you, Lord?" It can be said that the motto of his whole life as a Christian is found in Galatians 2.20 I do not live, but Christ lives in me.
Between the phrase in Acts 7.58, "a young man whose name was Saul," and that of Philemon verse 9, "Paul now old," there is a gap of perhaps thirty years. It was an unparalleled period of service for Christ, filled with suffering, adversity, and imprisonment. Few biographies offer more interesting reading than the inspired account of Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles, and there is no exaggeration in that account. Except for our Lord again, we learn more lessons from this man than from any other in both Testaments.
Peter's story becomes closely associated with that of his Master. Participate in his humiliation, the heavy trips by day and the loneliness of the field at night. Sometimes they were hungry, taking no food for the road, a bag for money, or a second robe with them. All this was in contrast to the comfort of the home of a married man and the freedom of action of a fisherman.
His epistles are replete with references to his experiences, or the phrases he heard in his formative years; they have been called the reminiscences of the apostle. For example: "gird up your loins", "living stone", "witness to the sufferings of Christ".
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JQB3L2Y
• ISBN13: 9798685451620
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"