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Read this sample signature paper excerpt below, and either…
Read this sample signature paper excerpt below, and either copy it into comments below , making corrections in red, or noting them and correcting them..
Signature paper
Not since Moses’s day had there been a leader like Paul. In a sense, Paul
was the most important leader mentioned in the bible. Not only was he an
Apostle, but the most prominent and clear headed one ever mentioned by
God in his Word. Maybe the most prominent character in Christianity’s
history. Due to his special calling, his ability to face prosecution and abuse,
his status as an Elder and his great Faith, he ranks highly, even though he is
not one of the original 12 Disciples, and wasn’t even mentioned in the
Biblical texts that discuss Jesus’s earthly days.
In a way, you could compare him to today’s Pope, or the President of the
United Statesor more appropriately, the Senior Pastor of a large church or
the Bishop of a denomination. Think of him like a modern Saint, a person
that has great Spiritual courage and skill. A person that loves God and His
ways. Which makes him all the more remarkeable in the way he treated
Onesimus’s owner, Philemon. Philemon was a humble man, that had a
Church in his house, and that owned Philemon as a slave. In its own
unique way, the paradox of Paul the great leader being kind and
compassionate to people of lower Economic status like Onesimus (a lowly
Slave) shows that he was also a great sheperd not one who would Lord it
over people. He had no allusions of being the King.
Let’s examine in detail the world of Paul, Philemon and Onesimus–the 3
key players in a story with abundent lessons for our day. In a funny verse,
the Bible says “a dog returns to it’s own vomit.” Thinking about an
animal being attracted to there own vomit is a strong image and thought
provoking. This remind’s me of the religous leaders Jesus confronted in the
Temple. One Sunday, my Pastor preached on this. Matthew 11:15, ” Jesus
said, “My house shall be a House of prayer, but you have made it a den of
robbers.” When people think they’re more imporatnt then others based on
Religion or Race, the affect is divine anger. I have thought alot about why
Followers of God would ever think they are holier then other people. Or
how they could justify hating a person that was innocent or poorer then
them. It’s a mystery to me, and a headscratching one at that. I sometimes
literally loose my mind over things like these.
Think about someone that dessecrated the Alter of a Church, or think’s it’s
alright to have a prejudist attitude. What an extordinary embarassment for
priviledged people to act that way; witholding grace from a person that is in
need. Our professor talked about this one day when we did a practise for this
signature assignment.
