Norbert Lieth

The Special Representative: About the Apostle Paul’s special assignment. Part 4. The story of Paul’s conversion in Acts 9 also provides a summary of what he stood for in his life as an Apostle. An Encounter with Jesus It all began with Paul’s question: “Who art thou, Lord?” (Acts 9:5). Someone once said, “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” That’s exactly the philosophy that Paul made a reality in his life. Paul had committed a...

The Special Representative: About the Apostle Paul’s special assignment. Part 3. The Bible mentions Saul/Paul for the first time in Acts 7:58: “And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.” The Lord didn’t call Paul without reason; He’d appointed him to his role from the womb (Gal 1:15-16). And so, God gave him access to new revelations and developments in redemptive history. Yet beyond that, Paul was very...

Paul and the Exalted, Glorified Christ The twelve Apostles were called by the humbled Jesus, while Paul was called by the exalted and glorified Christ. Yet, the exalted Christ also remains the previously humbled Son of Man, who has not discarded the name Jesus. Saul was called by the Lord with the phrase, “I am Jesus whom thou persecutest” (Acts 9:5). Almost all of Paul’s letters begin with the wording, “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of...