IT DON’T COST NUTHIN’ TO BE NICE!!

At a Touchdown Club meeting many years before his death, Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant told the following story:

I had just been named the new head coach at Alabama and was off in my old car down in South Alabama recruiting a prospect who was supposed to have been a pretty good player and I was having’ trouble finding the place. Getting hungry I spied an old cinder block building with a small sign out front that simply said “Restaurant.” I pull up, go in and every head in the place turns to stare at me. Seems I’m the only white fella in the place. But the food smelled good so I skip a table and go up to a cement bar and sit. A big ole man in a tee shirt and cap comes over and says, “What do you need?” I told him I needed lunch and what did they have today? He says, “You probably won’t like it here, today we’re having chitlins, collared greens and black eyed peas with cornbread. I’ll bet you don’t even know what chitlins are, do you?”(small intestines of hogs prepared as food in the deep South) I looked him square in the eye and said, “I’m from Arkansas , I’ve probably eaten a mile of them. Sounds like I’m in the right place.” They all smiled as he left to serve me up a big plate. When he comes back he says, “You ain’t from around here then?” I explain I’m the new football coach up in Tuscaloosa at the University and I’m here to find whatever that boy’s name was, and he says, “Yeah I’ve heard of him, he’s supposed to be pretty good.” And he gives me directions to the school so I can meet him and his coach. As I’m paying up to leave, I remember my manners and leave a tip, not too big to be flashy, but a good one and he told me lunch was on him, but I told him for a lunch that good, I felt I should pay.
The big man asked me if I had a photograph or something he could hang up to show I’d been there. I was so new that I didn’t have any yet. It really wasn’t that big a thing back then to be asked for, but I took a napkin and wrote his name and address on it and told him I’d get him one. I met the kid I was looking’ for later that afternoon and I don’t remember his name, but do remember I didn’t think much of him when I met him. I had wasted a day, or so I thought. When I got back to Tuscaloosa late that night, I took that napkin from my shirt pocket and put it under my keys so I wouldn’t forget it. Back then I was excited that anybody would want a picture of me. The next day we found a picture and I wrote on it, “Thanks for the best lunch I’ve ever had.”

Now let’s go a whole buncha years down the road. Now we have black players at Alabama and I’m back down in that part of the country scouting an offensive lineman we sure needed. Y’all remember, (and I forget the name, but it’s not important to the story), well anyway, he’s got two friends going to Auburn and he tells me he’s got his heart set on Auburn too, so I leave empty handed and go on to see some others while I’m down there. Two days later, I’m in my office in Tuscaloosa and the phone rings and it’s this kid who just turned me down, and he says, “Coach, do you still want me at Alabama?” And I said, “Yes I sure do.” And he says OK, he’ll come. And I say, “Well son, what changed your mind?” And he said, “When my grandpa found out that I had a chance to play for you and said no, he pitched a fit and told me I wasn’t going nowhere but Alabama , and wasn’t playing for nobody but you. He thinks a lot of you and has ever since y’all met.” Well, I didn’t know his granddad from Adam’s housecat so I asked him who his granddaddy was and he said, “You probably don’t remember him, but you ate in his restaurant your first year at Alabama and you sent him a picture that he’s had hung in that place ever since… That picture’s his pride and joy and he still tells everybody about the day that Bear Bryant came in and had chitlins with him…” “My grandpa said that when you left there, he never expected you to remember him or to send him that picture, but you kept your word to him and to Grandpa, that’s everything. He said you could teach me more than football and I had to play for a man like you, so I guess I’m going to.
” I was floored. But I learned that the lessons my mama taught me were always right. It don’t cost nuthin’ to be nice. It don’t cost nuthin’ to do the right thing most of the time, and it costs a lot to lose your good name by breaking your word to someone. When I went back to sign that boy, I looked up his Grandpa and he’s still running that place, but it looks a lot better now; and he didn’t have chitlins that day, but he had some ribs that would make Dreamland proud and I made sure I posed for a lot of pictures; and don’t think I didn’t leave some new ones for him, too, along with a signed football. I made it clear to all my assistants to keep this story and these lessons in mind when they’re out on the road. If you remember anything else from me, remember this. It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable. ~ Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant

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Editor’s Note: Coach Bryant was in the presence of these few gentlemen for only minutes, and he defined himself for life. Regardless of our profession, we do define ourselves by how we treat others, and how we behave in the presence of others, and most of the time, we have only minutes or seconds to leave a lasting impression… We can be rude, crude, arrogant, cantankerous, or we can be nice. Nice is always a better choice.

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“I expect to pass through the world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

The Rare Portrait!!!

A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art.

They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael..

They would often sit together and admire the great works of art..

 

When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war.

He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier.

The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.

 

About a month later, just before Christmas ,

 

There was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands..

 

He said, ‘Sir, you don’t know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life. He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly….

He often talked about you, and your love for art..’

The young man held out this package. ‘I know this isn’t much. I’m not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this.’

 

The father opened the package..

It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man.

He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting.

The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears..

He thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture..

‘Oh, no sir, I could never repay what your son did for me. It’s a gift.’

 

The father hung the portrait over his mantle.

Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.

 

The man died a few months later.

There was to be a great auction of his paintings.

Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.

 

On the platform sat the painting of the son.

The auctioneer pounded his gavel.

‘We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?’

 

There was silence….

 

Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, ‘We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.’

But the auctioneer persisted.

‘Will somebody bid for this painting? Who will start the bidding? $100, $200?’

 

Another voice angrily ‘We didn’t come to see this painting.

We came to see the Van Gogh ’s, the Rembrandts.

Get on with the Real bids!’

But still the auctioneer continued. ‘The son! The son! Who’ll take the son?’

Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the longtime gardener of the man and his son. ‘I’ll give $10 for the painting…’ Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.

 

‘We have $10, who will bid $20?’

 

‘Give it to him for $10. Let’s see the masters.’

The crowd was becoming angry.. They didn’t want the picture of the son.

 

They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections.

The auctioneer pounded the gavel.. ‘Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!’

A man sitting on the second row shouted, ‘Now let’s get on with the collection!’

 

The auctioneer laid down his gavel. ‘I’m sorry, the auction is over.’

‘What about the paintings?’

‘I am sorry. When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will… I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time.. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate, including the paintings.

 

The man who took the son gets everything!’

God gave His son 2,000 years ago to die on the cross. Much like the auctioneer, His message today is: ‘The son, the son, who’ll take the son?’

 

Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything.

 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

THAT’S LOVE

 

The Truth about Health and Nutrition!!!

The Truth about Health and Nutrition

There is a lot of mis-information about health and nutrition.
I hope the following questions and answers will clear things up.

Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life? Is this true.

A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… Don’t waste them on exercise. Everything  wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn and what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one.
If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?

A: Can’t think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain…Good!

Q: Aren’t fried foods bad for you?

A: YOU’RE NOT LISTENING!!! .. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they’re permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It’s the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?

A: Hey! ‘Round’ is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. And remember: ‘Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – Steak in one hand -chocolate in the other – body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
screaming ‘WOO HOO, What a Ride!!!’

AND…..For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Is your Bible the “Holy Bible” are is it just a book?

 

New International Version Bible Authority Test.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Using the New International Version Bible, answer the following questions.

Do not rely on your memory. As the Bible is the final authority, you must take the answer from the Bible verse (not from footnotes but from the text).

1. Fill in the missing words in Matthew 5:44. “Love your enemies,__________ them that curse you, ______________ to them that hate you, and pray for them that __________ and persecute you.”

2. According to Matthew 17:21, what two things are required to cast out this type of demon?

3. According to Matthew 18:11, why did Jesus come to earth?

4. According to Matthew 27:2, what was Pilate’s first name?

5. In Matthew 27:35, when the wicked soldiers parted His garments, they were fulfilling the words of the prophet. Copy what the prophet said in Matthew 27:35 from the NIV.

6. In Mark 3:15, Jesus gave the apostles power to cast out demons and to: ____________

7. According to Mark 7:16, what does a man need to be able to hear?

8. According to Luke 7:28, what was John? (teacher, prophet, carpenter, etc.). What is his title or last name?

9. In Luke 9:55, what did the disciples not know?

10. In Luke 9:56, what did the Son of man not come to do? According to this verse, what did He come to do?

11. In Luke 22:14, how many apostles were with Jesus?

12. According to Luke 23:38, in what three languages was the superscription written?

13. In Luke 24:42, what did they give Jesus to eat with His fish?

14. John 3:13 is a very important verse, proving the deity of Christ. According to this verse (as Jesus spoke), where is the Son of man?

15. What happened each year as told in John 5:4?

16. In John 7:50, what time of day did Nicodemus come to Jesus?

17. In Acts 8:37, what is the one requirement for baptism?

18. What did Saul ask Jesus in Acts 9:6?

19. Write the name of the man mentioned in Acts 15:34.

20. Study Acts 24:6-8. What would the Jew have done with Paul? What was the chief captain’s name? What did the chief captain command?

21. Copy Romans 16:24 word for word from the NIV.

22. First Timothy 3:16 is perhaps the greatest verse in the New Testament concerning the deity of Christ. In this verse, who was manifested in the flesh?

23. In the second part of First Peter 4:14, how do [they] speak of Christ? And, what do we Christians do?

24. Who are the three Persons of the Trinity in First John 5:7?

25. Revelation 1:11 is another very important verse that proves the deity of Christ. In the first part of this verse Jesus said, “I am the A______________ and O___________, the _________ and the _______:”

Conclusion: Little space is provided for your answers, but it’s much more than needed. If you followed the instructions above, you not only failed the test, you receive a big goose egg.

(Ed. These are all missing in the NIV.) So now what do you think of the NIV as an “accurate, easy to understand, up to date Bible”?

If you would like to improve your score, and in fact score 100%, you can take this test using the Authorized (King James) Bible.

Paul: From Sinner To Saint

Paul: From Sinner To Saint
By: Bill Brown

Who was this man called Paul? Was he the thirteenth apostle, the apostle to the Gentiles, or one of the twelve apostles of Christ? This paper will attempt to not only tell who Paul was, but what his life was all about and the influence he had on Christ’s church.
According to Martin Dibeluis, “Paul’s parents had lived at Geschala in Galilee, the capture of which had caused them to be transported to Tarsus.” Saul was the Jewish name given to Paul, but he was proud of the Roman citizenship he inherited from his father so he used his Roman name of Paulus instead of his Jewish name. Paul was born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia (now part of Turkey). “The notion that Paul had an unhappy adolescence, tortured by religious doubts and an uneasy conscience, is based on a misunderstanding of the letter of Paul to the Romans in chapter 7.” (Encyclopedia Britanica). “No one knows what Paul’s state of mind was or what his early development was like. So it is fruitless to attempt to psychoanalyze Paul.” (Segal)
Paul was a member of three different worlds by birth and education. He was a Roman citizen by birth, which gave him some standing and rights in the great Roman empire. Growing up in Tarsus a community of Hellenistic Hebrews linked him to the Jewish world, we know this by his avowal that he was a”A Hebrew born of Hebrews” (Philipians 3:5). He was lifted out of the Hellenistic community by Judaism, which had its own peculiar character, shunned by some and aspired to by others. The Judaism caused him to travel to Jerusalem to study to become a Pharisee during which time he used the name Saul. Thus, he was at the same time a Roman citizen, a Hellenistic Jew, and a Jerusalem scribe. Being a member of these three worlds was a very significant throughout his journeys.
Paul excelled all his contemporaries in his zeal for the Law of Moses, and by its standards his life was blameless. Paul was trained as a rabbi under Gamaliel I, and this is born out by his frequent use of rabbinic methods of interpreting the Bible. As a rabbi, he learned a trade like most. His trade was tentmaking, by which throughout his missionary career he could make a living. Paul never met Jesus; however, he had learned enough about Jesus to consider him a menace to Pharisaic Judaism, for Paul first appeared in history as a persecutor of the Christian Church. In the judgment of Paul the Pharisee, Jesus and his followers had openly broken the law and had been justly condemned under the curse of the Old Testament.
Paul went before the high priest and asked if he could travel to Damascus to the synagogues to find the followers of Christ and bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined around about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, “Saul, Saul why persecutes thou me?” And he said, “Who art thou, Lord?” and the Lord said, “I am Jesus whom thou persecutes: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.” and he trembling and astonished said , “Lord, what will thou have me to do?” and the Lord said unto him, “Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.” (Acts 9:3-6)

Paul was blinded for three days. He arose and was lead into the city. “It was in Damascus that he was received into the church by Ananias, and here, to the astonishment of all his hearers, he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, declaring him to be the Son of God.” (Peloubert)

In Galatians, he says: “Christ loved me and gave himself for me.” For Paul, Christ, not the Law, was the full, final revelation of God’s nature and purpose; and all of his passionate devotion was transferred to this new center. Along with his conversion came his call to be Apostle to the Gentiles and to break down the barrier of prejudice and hostility that the Law had erected between the Jewish people and their neighbors. (Encyclopedia Britanica)

Once in Damascus Ananias gave Paul his sight back and started him down his long path of preaching the word of God. Paul was occupied by his study for many days up to the time when imminent danger drove him from Damascus. After this Paul withdrew into Arabia. It is not told why but it is assumed that it was to think over what had happened to him and to study the word of Christ. He then returned to Damascus where he was forced to flee over a wall because of the hostile Jews waiting at the gates of the city. Paul then traveled to Jerusalem.
Paul spent two weeks in Jerusalem visiting Peter and James. Jerry Sanders said, “Here he revealed his gospel of salvation by grace to the twelve apostles.” (Sanders interview) The apostles were all afraid of him at first and did not believe he was a disciple. The introduction of Barnabus removed the fears of the disciples and Paul was with them. He then left Jerusalem and returned to his home country Cilicia where he was out of view for about 10 years.
The most productive period of Paul’s career began just before A.D. 50. Paul started his three missionary journeys, which are described in Acts. He traveled along preaching salvation by grace. This is Paul’s gospel:

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried , and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: (I Corinthians 15:1-4)

On the first missionary journey Paul was accompanied by Barnabus and John Mark. Mark left the group along the way. Barnabus and Paul began their work in Cyprus, “to Jews only” (Peloubet). They then moved to the southern coast of Asia Minor. Paul moved quickly from place to place preaching first in synagogues to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. After being rejected by the Jews he again began using his Gentile name of Paul.
At Lystra, Paul healed a cripple. When this took place the Gentile heathens there mistook Paul and Barnabus for gods and began worshipping them. When Paul and Barnabus told them differently, it provoked them and the Jews from Antioch encouraged their hostility until the people stoned Paul to death and drug him from the city. Paul gives an account of being called up to the third heaven during the time he was dead. (II Corinthians 12:1-4). He then arose the next day and continued on his journeys. After finishing the journey Paul and Barnabus returned to Jerusalem where Paul continued to preach salvation by grace.
Paul took Silas, a Roman citizen like Paul, along on his second missionary journey, in which he visited northwest Asia Minor and then crossed to Macedonia bringing Christianity to Europe. On this journey it is easy to see Paul’s objective of preaching in large cities to spread his gospel as quickly as possible.
On the third missionary journey Paul set out on a tour of the Galatian churches, which covered much of the same territory as the second journey. Paul wrote fou letters to Corinth during this journey, two of which are in the Bible as I & II Corinthians. After this, he traveled to Greece where he wrote the letters to the Romans and Galatians, both of which are recorded in the Bible. Paul then atarted on his last trip to Jerusalem to bring offerings from the Gentile churches. Many of his brethren pleaded with him not to go but he was willing to die for the name of Jesus Christ.
Paul’s preaching to the Gentiles had angered the Jews greatly. Once in Jerusalem, Paul was sighted in the temple by Jews from Asia that had come up for Pentecostal Feast. They believed him to have brought Gentiles into the temple, which kindled their hostility, and they drug him out of the temple and he was imprisoned. The people would have killed him if he had not have been a Roman citizen, which entitled him to a fair trial.
A plot of more than forty Jews was discovered to have pledged not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. The chief captain Claudius Lysias determined to send Paul to Caesarea for his protection. In Caesarea Paul went before the governor Felix. Felix heard the case but gave an excuse for putting off the matter. Felix handed Paul over to his successor Festus. Festus never would rule on Paul and sought the help of Prince Agrippa, a jewish prince. Agrippa heard Paul’s case and said the Paul had done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment and could have been set free if it had not have been for Paul’s appeal to Caesar.
After being heard by Agrippa Paul was sent to Rome to be tried by Caesar. On the way to Rome the ship that Paul was on wrecked. This caused them to be delayed on the island of Malta for three months.
Upon arrival in Rome, Paul was treated with special consideration and was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him. “He was now free to preach the gospel to those that were at Rome also and proceeded to act upon his rule- “to the Jews first.” (Peloubet) Just like always, the Jews rejected his message and he turned to the Gentiles.
Paul lived this was for about two years in his own house, being watched by the Roman guard, preaching to whomever he wished. While he was being imprisoned in his home he wrote letters to Philemon, to the Colossians, to the Ephesians and to the Philippians. (Note the books were not written in the same order that they are arranged in the Bible.)
Ater two years of imprisonment Paul was acquitted by Nero and left Rome. He spent time visiting Greece, Macedonia, Asia Minor and Spain. During the latter part of this time, he wrote the letters to Timothy and Titus from Macedonia. After these were written he was arrested again and taken to Rome. Paul was this time treated as a felon instead of an honorable state prisoner, but he was allowed to write the second letter to Timothy.
No one is sure what happened to Paul next. Many believe he was beheaded by Nero in the great persecutions of the Christians. No matter what happened to him, he set the foundation for many to be saved through his gospel of salvation by grace and opened up the word of God to the Gentiles, before which could not reach Heaven unless they went through a Jew. “Paul was a revealer of a mystery that was never seen before.” (Jerry Sanders)

Who is the Apostle to the Gentiles?

The answer is Paul; he was called to go to the Gentiles, Kings, and Jews. In Romans 11:13 Paul says: “For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:” In 2 Timothy 1:11 Paul expands that to say he was a preacher and teacher of the Gentiles as well: “Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.” I want you to notice that Paul did not say I magnify myself. Paul said I magnify my office, or calling which was the apostle to the Gentiles.

Check out this video that will help, please take notes.   gjXoEXKV294

Did Peter & the Eleven Apostles preach the same message as the Apostle Paul?

We DO NOT believe that Paul was merely one of the apostles, entrusted with the same message the Peter and the eleven were sent to proclaim, the scriptures clearly teach that this is not so; that his message and ministry were distinct and separate from theirs.

1. Peter was given the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 16:19
     Paul was given the Dispensation of the Grace of God. Ephesians 3: 1-2

2. Peter preached repent and be baptized for remission of sins. Act 2: 38
     Paul preached Christ died for all your sins. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Colossians 2: 15

3. Peter preached Christ the Messiah, King, heir to the throne of David. Act 2:29-32
     Paul preached Christ the glorified Son God, Lord of heaven and earth.
     Colossians 1:15

4. Peter preached works. Act 10: 35, 1 Peter 3: 20-21
     Paul preached faith along. Titus 3:5, Roman 4:5, Ephesians 2: 2-9

5. Peter was sent to baptize. Matthew 28 
     Paul was NOT sent to baptize. 1 Corinthians 1:17

6. Peter’s ministry was in accordance with prophecy. Act 2:16, 3:24
     Paul’s ministry was to make all men see the fellowship of the mystery. Ephesians 3:9

7. Peter was told he must die for his soul to be saved. Matthew 16
     Paul was told that Christ died for our soul to be saved. 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4

8. Peter preached the second coming. Act 3: 19-21
     Paul preached the rapture. 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-17

9. Peter believed in not working for a living as the Lord taught in Luke 12:24
     Paul teaches that if you don’t work, you don’t eat. 2 Thessalonians 3: 10

10. Peter believed in selling out and not laying up. Luke 12:33 compared with
        Act 2: 44-45
       Paul believed in laying up money. 2 Corinthians 12: 14

11. Peter believed in keeping the commandments. Matthew 19: 16-17, Peter 2: 21,
       1 John 2:3
      Paul was taught the law was done away. Romans 6: 14, 10: 4, Colossians 2: 14, 
      Ephesians 2:15

12. According to the gospel of the Kingdom which Peter preached we must endure to
       the end to be saved.    Matthew 24:13
       According to the Gospel of Christ which Paul preached a person is saved the
        moment he or she believes.  1 Corinthians 15: 2

13. Peter is the Apostle to the Jews. Galatians 2: 7-9
       Paul is the Apostle to the Gentiles. Romans 11:13

14. Peter preached two baptisms Act 2: 38, water and the Holy Ghost. Matthew 3:11
       Paul preached one baptism (not water) Ephesians 4:5 into Christ
       1 Corinthians 12: 13

15. Peter believed that you must confess your sins in order to get forgiveness.
        1 John 1:9
       Paul believed the believer was already forgiven—not based on anything the
       believer does. Colossians 2:13, Ephesians 2:8-9
       (that not of yourself)                                                                               

16. Israel’s forgiveness will be at the second coming. Zechariah 13: 1-3,
        Romans 11: 25-26
       The Body of Christ’s forgiveness was in 33AD. 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4

Paul said in Galatians 1: 11-12 “But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
If this is true then Paul did not preach the same message because Paul did not receive it of any man.
So when did Paul receive the revelation of Jesus Christ it could not before Act 8 because Saul was making havock of the church. We believe that Act 9 is when Saul became Paul and receive it.
The revelation of Jesus Christ that Paul preached was a mystery that kept secret since the world began Romans 16: 25. Now the mystery that Paul preached if the princes of this world had known it (the mystery) they would not crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 2: 6-8.

A great book that I’m reading!!

A little book that can be read in a very short time is “Moses and Paul” The Dispensers of Law and Grace by C. R. Stam.

Perhaps the distinctiveness of Paul’s ministry can be best understood and appreciated if we compare it with that of Moses, especially as he himself discusses it in Deuteronomy 4.

Hello world!

Welcome to Bamabull world!!

My name is Wayne, I live in the “Heart of Dixie” Montgomery, Alabama.

I like working with people who want to better their lives.

I know that we must live a balance life, you can not be all work or all play.

Your life must be balance in Spiritual, family, play, and work.