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Key Verses
- I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me [the needed] strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service [for this ministry], even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief. 1 Timothy 1:12-13 AMP
Characteristics
1. Fasting & Prayer
And he was unable to see for three days, and he neither ate nor drank. Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he answered, “Here I am, Lord.” And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul; for he is praying [there] Acts 9:9-11 AMP
2. Evangelism
- And immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This Man is the Son of God [the promised Messiah]!” Acts 9:20 AMP
3. Tongues
- I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 1 Corinthians 14:18 BSB
Other versions
- I thank God that I speak in [strange] tongues (languages) more than any of you or all of you put together 1 Corinthians 14:18 AMPC
Implying that he was speaking in Tongues all the time. Possibly the secret of Paul’s spirituality and fruitfulness. If GOD uses others more than you, could it not be that they did something more than you that caught His attention?
Read: No Favouritism
Read: TONGUES
4. Hard Worker
- But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10 AMP
5. Work + Ministry
- because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade. Acts 18:3 NASB
6. Instant Obedience to God
And instantly something like scales fell from [Saul’s] eyes, and he recovered his sight. Then he arose and was baptized, And after he took some food, he was strengthened. Acts 9:18-19 AMPC
7. Completed Course
- But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing. 2 Timothy 4:5-8 BSB