THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS
THAT HE WAS PERSUADED. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ?
Persuasion is a gift often used by people who want to motivate others to action. Persuasive speech is meant to influence the opinions, attitudes, beliefs and values of audiences and/or their behavior by appealing to a combination of their needs, desires, interests, and even fears. When a person speaks persuasively, he or she wants to cause some shift in the audience’s emotions and reasoning about an issue—to arouse interest and perhaps motivate action for an issue or cause, or to strengthen (or weaken) beliefs about a certain controversy.
SOMETHING SPOKE TO PAUL AND APPEALED TO HIM
Persuasion - the act of
influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves
the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. To urge reasons
for or against something; It means to convince; PAUL WAS CONVINCED – PAUL WAS
PERSUADED
WHAT
PERSUADED PAUL THAT NOTHING COULD SEPARATE HIM OR US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST ? WHAT WAS IT THAT CONVINCED PAUL ?
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (John 12:32)
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him... (John 6:44)
...therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (Jeremiah 31:3)
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (John 12:32)
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him... (John 6:44)
...therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (Jeremiah 31:3)
THE MAGNETIC LOVE OF GOD THE FATHER AND OF CHRIST PERSUADED PAUL
For the love of Christ constraineth us;
because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: (2 Corinthians 5:14)
CONSTRAIN
MEANS -
to press; urge; to drive; to exert force, physical or moral, either in urging to action or in
restraining it.
The love of Christ was the
actuating principle of Paul’s conduct; it was his motive power.
WHAT IS LOVE
? WHAT IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST ?
Stay tuned for the continuation of this review in our next
post.
© 2016 Tyrone Keels
www.issues-of-life.com
What is the definition of love? According to Webster, as a noun, it is an intense feeling of deep affection, or it could be a person or thing one loves, As a verb, to feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone, but these definitions are not what Paul is speaking about.
ReplyDelete1 COR 13 4-7, love is patient, love is kind, does not envy, it does not boast.....but I don't think this scripture is the one that best fits Christ's love. I believe once Paul had his Damascus road experience, that John 3:16 sealed it for him. For God so loved the world that He he gave His only begotten Son...you ask what is the love of Christ..I think it is the love you have for one another. I look forward to your continuation. God bless