PAUL,a chosen vessel.Acts 9:15 KJB 1769

Acts 9:15
But the Lord said unto him,
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Go thy way:
for he is a chosen vessel unto me,
to bear my name
before the Gentiles,
and kings,
and the children of Israel: 

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Saul of Tarsus, that we now know as the Apostle Paul and wrote 13 Epistles ,Romans through to Philemon,was persecuted and put in prison because he was preaching
​The Gospel of The Grace of God.
we read :

  "  2 Corinthians 11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 

2 Corinthians 11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 

2 Corinthians 11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. 

2 Corinthians 11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. 

2 Corinthians 11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 

2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 

2 Corinthians 11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 

2 Corinthians 11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 

2 Corinthians 11:26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 

2 Corinthians 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 

2 Corinthians 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 

2 Corinthians 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 

2 Corinthians 11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 

2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 

2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 

2 Corinthians 11:33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.  "

Yes,He was mistreated,persecuted,beaten up,imprisoned not because he was a criminal,but because he obeyed The Risen Christ and PREACHED and TAUGHT the GOSPEL of THE GRACE of GOD!

 Acts 20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 

Acts 20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 

Acts 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 

Acts 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Acts 20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 

Acts 20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 

Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 

Acts 20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 

Acts 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 

Acts 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 

Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 

Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 

Acts 20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 

Acts 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 

Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 

Acts 20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. 

Acts 20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 

Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. 

Acts 20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 

Acts 20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 

Acts 20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. 

PRAISE GOD FOR THE APOSTLE,PREACHER AND TEACHER OF THE GENTILES!

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Preaching The Gospel of Christ ~ Rightly Dividing The word of Truth CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS,WAS BURIED and ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION! BELIEVE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST! BE SAVED AND SEALED BY GRACE!