Meshach Adoe

Janet Hong
Biblical Studies
27 November 2014
Q2: Paul of Tarsus video
Gr. 8 Biblical Studies Reflection Questions (11/18/14)
1. Put yourself in Paul, Peter, Stephen and other Jesus disciples shoes. Could you have done
the same (going to prison, getting flogged and killed) just because of Jesus? Why or why
not? Please be honest and thoughtful when answering this question.
If I were one of them, I wouldve to gone to prison but I would have not been so daring to die
as a martyr of Jesus even though I know that God will be there for me and He will save me. I
wouldve just believed in Him.
2. Consider yourself living in that time of Jesus. A stranger comes and proclaims that he is the
Messiah. How would you have reacted to it? Why?
I wouldve been surprised because before he came, no one has ever claimed to be the
Messiah. I wouldve not believed in him because he has never done anything that proves that
what he says is true. If he did miracles and wonders, I would believe in him.
3. Imagine yourself walking around different parts of Southeast Asia telling people about Jesus.
You are all alone; you dont have a definite place to sleep every night or food to eat every
meal. You need to know and remember all the messages correctly to be spoken in front of
many crowds. Many people are chasing you wherever you go. How would you feel about this
and what would you say to God? Why?

I would be really scared and worried because if I speak the wrong thing to the crowds or I
walk the wrong direction, I might end up with bad consequences. Even so, I would have
asked God for His guidance and protection because I know that God wouldve liked it if I
preached His Words to other people. I also wouldve asked God to speak through my mouth
so that everything I say will be His true Words.
4. Why do you think God let evil people like Reuben and persecutors of Christians to do what
they were doing? Why do you think the Almighty God who can do anything didnt just zap
and kill them all?
God let them stay alive because he wants all the people on Earth, including them, to believe
in Him. He wants His believers to spread His words to them and also make them repent from
their sins just as what happened to Paul.
5. What do you think about Pauls saying that, Christ is the end of the Law? Do you think the
Law should be kept and be followed? What is the importance of the Law and why were the
Jews so attached to it?
Paul means that because Christ has already come, the Law is not needed anymore. I think the
Law should not be kept because Jesus has already come to redeem us from our sins and He
has made it easier for us to have a relationship with Him. The Jews were attached to it
because this law has been made a very long time ago and it must be followed. They also
thought that if they followed the Law, they would go to heaven when actually, they just need
to believe in God.
6. Please submit your notes that you took while watching the video. It will be a part of your
Criterion B (Knowledge and Understanding) grade.

Paul was named Saul before.

Saul liked to fight with other people.

He is the captain of the temple guard.

Saul saved a man and a woman who believed in Jesus Christ.

Saul didnt believe in Jesus and thought that he was already dead.

John spread the news about Jesus to the man and woman called Barnabas and Hagar.

Peter and John were scared that if they spread the news, they would be crucified like
Jesus.

People didnt believe in Jesus because they believe that He is dead.

Saul gave money to the poor.

Suddenly, when Jesus followers were praying, they had a surge of the Holy Spirit.

John spread the news to the people that Jesus is alive and told them to repent from their
sins but the people didnt believe them.

John healed a man who couldnt walk with the power of the Holy Spirit.

A Pharisee told John and Peter that the man was pretending.

The High Priest told John and Peter not to spread about Jesus but they didnt want to
listen to him.

John brought Barnabas and Hagar to Mary, Jesus mother.

Peter baptized Barnabas and Hagar to purify them from their sins.

The High Priest arrested Peter and John.

The Pharisees and Sadducees argued about Jesus.

Peter and John escaped from the prison.

The High Priest told the guards to lash them 39 times.

Saul believed in angels.

Reuben was a priest and he didnt believe in Jesus.

Reubens mother told Reuben to bring her to meet Peter.

King Herod wants Peter and John dead.

Barnabas and Hagar sold their house and farm to follow Jesus.

The priests are scared that if they spread Gods Word, the Romans will be angry with
them.

Reuben tried to prevent them from believing in what Peter and John said.

Reuben accused them of blasphemy and they were captured.

They wanted to stone Steven to death and in the end he did die.

Saul refused to throw stones at him.

Saul killed the crazy man.

John and Peter went back.

There are believers all over Judea and Samaria.

Reuben and Saul are going to Damascus to capture the believers and Reubens future
wife, Dinah, wants to go with them.

Barnabas wants to warn them.

Jesus talked to Saul and told him to stop persecuting His believers and blinded him.

God talked to Ananias to find Saul and heal him from his blindness.

God told Saul to spread the Word of God to the Gentiles.

Saul is healed from his blindness.

Barnabas baptized Saul and he repented from his sins.

Saul preached in a place full of believers.

Reuben wanted to capture Saul and Dinah lied to him that he was in the synagogue.

Saul wanted to escape from Damascus.

Saul changed his name to Paul.

Paul wanted to meet Peter.

James didnt believe in Paul but Peter gives him his blessing.

The Romans didnt want the rebirth of Saul to spread and told Reuben to prevent this
from happening.

Reuben married Dinah and he acted to be nice in front of him.

Reuben wanted to use Dinah to capture Paul and the other believers.

Peter and James had a dispute because James didnt believe that Gentiles had the Holy
Spirit.

Caesar wanted to kill the Jewish leaders.

Reuben wanted to fool Dinah so that she could lead her to Paul.

The Roman soldiers killed James.

The Romans imprisoned Peter.

Paul and Barnabas wanted to spread the Word together.

Peter escaped from prison and Caesar wanted Reuben to find him in 10 days or not he
would be killed.

We just need to believe in God to be saved. It is not by the blood that we can be saved.

Paul wanted to start preaching in Rome but Barnabas didnt agree with him.

Barnabas left Paul.

Paul started to preach in many places including Tarsus, Antioch and Greece.

Paul met a Christian couple when he was in Corinth.

The Romans didnt allow any Jews to enter Rome.

Paul cut his hair.

Reuben thought that Paul is already dead and the Roman general wanted Reuben to kill
him.

Paul is a Roman citizen and also a Jew.

Paul went through a trial.

Paul is brought to Rome to meet the Roman emperor.

The Roman general stabs Reuben because he didnt kill Paul.

Reuben was still alive and he met Dinah.

Paul healed a man.

Reuben stoned Paul and Barnabas but they were still alive.

7. How would you have reacted if God spoke to you and has told you that youll be His faithful
servant and that youll die serving Him? Why?
If God spoke to me, I wouldve felt really blessed because from all the people on the Earth,
God has chosen me to be His faithful servant. It wouldve been an honor for me to spread His
Words everywhere. I wouldve followed His commands because I know that His plan is
always the best. If He said that I would die serving Him, I wouldve been scared and worried
because I might die anytime.
8. After watching the movie, how do you want to live your life? Has watching this movie
affected you in any way?
I want to live my life following Gods commands and read His scripture. After watching this
video, I learned that Gods plan is always the best and we must follow it. I also learned that
we must spread His words to other people so that they can also be saved. I learned that we
just need to believe and have faith in Him in order to go to heaven.